Recruting Tatics (Wal-Mart Scam)

I was over at the CFI drivers forum and came across this story.

Not sure if it violates any board policy, but figured it would be helpful for people like me who happened to stumble on here woefully naive about the industry...

This all happened on 2.21.07 between 2:30 and 7:30 p.m.


I was called by a recruiter from Wal-Mart (he claimed that anyway) He told me he received my resume i placed on the web from his assistant, and wanted to offer me a job as CDL driver for Wal-Mart. Get this, he said that I only needed 90 days of experience and that he would call his friend at Swift and get me hired there with them, he told me not tell them about my conversation with him, as far as being employed with in the 90 days as a driver for wal-mart, he further said I should keep in contact with by calling him once a week and that as soon as the 90 days were completed he would bring me on board with Wal-mart, smells kinda fishy. Am I being scammed by a Swift recruiter. I just finished driving school and really need your opinions and advice on this.

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I called Wal-mart HQ and spoke to a real nice young lady that told me it is a SCAM BY SWIFT!!!! I am the second person today to ask about this fabulous job offer, the Snakes name is ----- and he can be reached at ----- and his E-mail is ----- I have called him and told him what a despicable rat, fink lair he is, this really burns me up, so every one beware of this low life scum and the scum company of Swift he works for.

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I spoke to his buddy over at Swift ----- and I told him how sorry I felt for a company that had to resort to such tactic's, he told me that ------ is an independent recruiter, ya right any way I told him what I thought of a person and a company that has to do business that way. Now I wonder if that's what they do to drivers and prospective drivers just think of the way they do their daily business.

The person I spoke to at Wal-Mart in the transportation division told me that the requirements are driving OTR with in the last three years and you have to have run 50,000 miles in each of those three years and you must have a life time of at least 250,000 just to apply and be considered.