Trucking Companys are not hiring !!! lets say state that is a fact

I'm having similar trouble, but in my case I don't think it's anything really on my record, it's just bad timing - a lot of jobs in the sector I want (fuel hauling) want someone 23 or older...which means I gotta wait 2 months to turn 23 before even being able to apply. Other than that, clean record and all my ducks are in a row - I would say that's a factor too. Couldn't imagine being a new guy getting into it though, it's a rough market in general.

 

I know a guy that just turned 20 when he completed the CDL class at the local community college.
He got hired right out of the class by a local heavy haul outfit , and was doing in state oversize loads before he turned 21.

there’s jobs out there , no different than any other occupation , you just gotta find em . the good ones won’t come looking for you .

 

Trucking Jobs

 

What are you looking for exactly? You're telling me all of those companies suggested to you are telling you no?

 

Yes but sleeping on the job may get you in trouble!

 

As the trucker shortage deepens, some groups are trying to make it easier to become a driver

This is just one example of many articles I still see being published. This one is from May of this year and is talking about a huge driver shortage? HOW? Is this article just some AI gone rouge writing garbage or are we still facing a shortage of (qualified) drivers?

 

I find it interesting how simultaneously there is a claimed driver shortage along with a shortage of parking.

I think that the notion of a driver shortage is nonsense, in my opinion it is merely a recruiting tool primarily for the mega carriers to get more people on board to haul freight for cheap for them.

 

What does one have to do with the other?

 

The driver shortage issue depends on who you ask. Oversize megas, they will say yes. Small fleets and owner ops will say no. I'd probably guess there isn't a shortage in driversnthat bump docks, but I could imagine a shortage in specialized hauling, tanker, or flatbed. I only thought flatbed because when I started driving at Western Express, majority of folks in orientation wanted dry van. Many of them had to wait on trucks. Those flatbed didn't.