Do recruiters call former employers?

Depends on why he was fired. Companies couldn't careless if you need to make a living. I have never been fired but I doubt if you're fired they're putting YES for eligible for rehire.

It really depends on how much experience you have. And if the reason they fired you was for safety/accident issue. Worst case is you'll have to put in a bunch of applications and wait for someone who doesn't check DAC.

 

I worked for a company that "fires" drivers all the time except that they say "we're going to have to let you go" and then they put eligible for rehire on the DAC, but on their internal company records they know not to rehire them.

They also have a rule that drivers can't come to work there more than twice, no matter how good they are, they pretty much report everybody is eligible for rehire on the DAC.

 

My current employer called my last employer and asked if I was rehireable, at least that's what they said they would do. I bet they only call the recruitment office who rarely answers the phone. HR was 1 person and she never answered.

 

Some do some don't. What they say varies greatly. What they are allowed to say is regulated by law but.....
It's supposed to go like "That person worked here from _______ and their title was ________" I believe the "Eligible for rehire is a legal question too." That is an HR thing that is considered internal. They sure make a big deal about putting that everywhere like it's a free cake or something. I have never really worried about what people say about me. Someone offers me a job or they don't. They say what they say. I'm doing fine despite what anyone has ever said, so it's couldn't be that bad....
What they ask YOU and what you tell them goes beyond that. People can and often say much more or imply more. Especially if they know one another. There is additional information available regarding your driving record and this is legal in our profession, it is available to potential employers for obvious reasons and the public can find it as well.
The biggest thing you can do to make good opportunities available to you is to be a safe driver, not wreck stuff, be on time, take care of your equipment and plan your day. Dress like you care, not like a slob in pajamas with shower shoes, write your paperwork legibly all the time and speak to people like a professional. People will judge you on these things. I have got jobs because the other people that applied wrote like reesess monkeys and looked like homeless people. They were probably better qualified than me at the time, but their paperwork went right in the trash Take your duties seriously, or nobody will take you seriously.

 

I have seen that done. It can be interesting. But it can backfire

"Hey! So and so is planning on bailing!"

Then they have you clean out your rig
If you think that's a possibility, do it to the ##*******le driver you can't stand

 

A long time ago, I worked for one company that I was planning to leave and had applied to another. They were in the process of hiring me. The recruiter wanted me to sign off that I gave her permission to contact my current employer. I told her I needed 2 to 3 more weeks at the current employer, and I did not want her contacting them because of their history of being extraordinarily vindictive against drivers who tried to leave a notice.“why, why don’t you want me contacting them? It shouldn’t matter you’re quitting” I sniffed out that the aggressiveness on her part to contact my then current employer was an assurance that I was going to come work for them. In her mind. It was not about inquiring about my work history. I told her if she couldn’t respect my timeline for contacting my current employer, She could just tear up my application. And I withdrew and did not go to work for this company. Most of us that have been in this industry for a while understand how fragile it can be from going from one company to another.

where it ever got started, that somehow people working in this industry are going to be ethical about what they say about you behind your back to a perspective. New employer is beyond me. They’re just people and they’re often very vindictive and retaliatory type of people that hold these positions. most of us when we’re ready to leave a company have plenty to say going both directions.

where I work now, I don’t ever plan on leaving, but if I did, I would leave them a proper 2 to 3 week notice at a minimum because they’re a good ethical company. All the way around and I trust them. The last company not so much. Not so much at all. Recruiters don’t understand this and they certainly don’t know how to respect it. If you don’t handle properly quitting a bad company they can make your life a living hell out there.

 

Recruiters do not care about you. They are trying to get a position filled. They don't care about you or what happens to your reputation or the employer you still have some type of (if any) relationship with. That is why they will tell you just about anything to get you in. The pressure is on them to get people into spots. Keep that in mind. They act like they care so much about you, but they don't. You're a blip on a spread sheet.

 

It all depends. If your company uses HireRight, then they can verify your employment that way. If they don't, then they have to call. In my experience, the lesser known companies are the ones that a prospective employer had to call.