Question about job postings

It's mostly an insurance thing with drivers, but is also a liability and experience thing. It's easier to wait 2 weeks for the perfect candidate than it is to spend 6 months with a new driver learning how to be a professional. The market in trucking is at a low spot as well. Most companies are barely profiting, if profiting at all, running trucks at the moment. Lots of companies are losing money everyday. Give it a year or two and you'll be able to walk in almost anywhere and land a job. During the pandemic, tons of companies were lowering their hiring standards just to fill every seat possible.

 

Well, first, I wouldn't believe this "Indeed" crap, and 2nd, yes, it's not unheard of for a company to have 100 applicants, and nobody hired. Why? Same old thing, nobody can pass a background or drug check.I read a while back, UP railroad had a bunch of openings in the yard in N. "Splatte", and out of 300 applicants, like 4 passed the checks. On a recent car trip cross country, I noticed trucking firms, mostly Wisconsin, with 20 or 30 tractors just sitting and everyone with a banner waving in the wind, "Now hiring", yeah, like they are the only ones.
As for your 2nd paragraph, there are no drivers with 10 years and spotless records looking for a job. Most have what they want, and companies have no choice. It's a dire situation, for sure. What to do? Think outside the box and forget this electronic crap. BTW, I realize the irony of that statement typing on a laptop, but go in and talk to these people. Decide what exactly you want to do, and pursue the companies that do that. We have here at your disposal, one of the best job finders one could ask for, and it's literally free. Stay away from "urgently hiring", as that's a red flag. Remember, there's probably a job opening because someone else quit. Chinatown has a slew of possibilities, but be specific, and he'll surely give you plenty of places. Go in to these places IN PERSON. Shows you care and I all but guarantee, you'll be driving that next day. Good luck, keep us posted, and I thought Hank Scorpio was awesome!

 

Good companies have to listen to their insurance company requirements. If 100 applicants without those requirements apply, they will not hire those applicants. It's easy to want to bend the rules when it is someone else that will pay if they screw up. NOBODY plans on having a wreck or damaging customer property, but it still happens. The insurance companies know which type of drivers are causing claims. Feel free to start your own company and hire anyone you like, just remember you need insurance and if you ignore what those insurance companies require they will reject your claim and you get to pay for the damage out of your pocket.

 

My insurance company gives me the cost added to include a new driver on a policy if not flat out say no. The rate can be acceptable, high, or absurd. Minimum of two year’s experience is required for mine. That’s a hurdle for a new guy.

 

We get a huge break on our insurance if we require five years experience. It's also a lot easier on us and our equipment. After five years a driver has probably made most of the "dumb rookie" mistakes and learned his lessons by tearing up somebody else's trucks.
Also, after five years a driver has probably figured out how to get along with people and how to be part of a crew. That benefits everyone.

 

I remember a few years ago we hired a flatbed driver with 20+ years experience. He knew it all. "If it fits on a flatbed, I've hauled it!" You couldn't tell that guy anything he didn't already know. First day on his own we gave him a load with a bunch of cable reels. He had no idea what to do, and wouldn't listen to anyone trying to help him. He walked out about a week later.

More recently, we hired a young kid who just got his cdl last year from a one day course. He worked for a beverage company a few months before coming to us and that was the extent of his driving experience. He is doing great, one of the best drivers we have ever had.

 

Yep

A lot of companies don’t have empty positions but Constantly running the “now hiring “ ads and judging from the number of calls they get , they know if they need to raise the pay or not .


If they get plenty of qualified people calling they don’t need to worry about making the current drivers happy