felony friendly companies???

HELLO this is my first post i am an ex felon 11 years ago! i was a trucker 4 a major trucking company back in 98 then left it to be home close to my kids and went to work for a readymix company ended up rolling my mixer 2001 got hurt bad let my cdl expire now i just got it back ! and im having trouble finding a company to hire me! i have a clean ten year driver report perfect dac report have been out of trouble 11 years and i am drug free! where do i start looking? can anyone help! im in pahrump nv there is nothing out here! ive been turnd down by 5 major carriers now! this sucks!

 

Most carriers look for 6 months to 1 year of current experience. You may try some of the smaller carriers. There always seems to be a need for dump or transfer drivers around Las Vegas. That isn't too far from you. Finding insurance that will cover a new driver is difficult for most carrier. Some of the larger carrier find it easier since they often self insure up to a certain point. Knight has a terminal in Las Vegas. I have heard that they are a good company, but I don't know their current hiring requirements. Check with Swift, Millis, Roehl, Stephens, Schneider and CRST. I believe all of them have training programs. I am not sure if Schneider still has their training program, but you never know.

The felony may still cause a problem with some carriers, but most will over look it after 10 years have passed. The accident has also been long enough ago that it should not cause a problem. Not all carriers hire out of Nevada. You need to find one who will hire out of your area. I would suggest taking a trip to Vegas and visit some of the truck stops. Strike up a conservation with some of the drivers and ask about their carriers.

Another thought is that you might try talking to some of the limousine companies. I have a good friend who does this in Vegas and he does pretty well when you include tips. It may take some diligence, but I am sure you can find something with a little leg work. Another source is your state employment office. Some companies list jobs with them.

 

I was a regional manager for a national telecom company in my former life. I've reviewed hundreds, if not thousands, of applications and resumes.

I've interviewed applicants with felonies ranging from manslaughter to drug trafficking.

One thing I've learned over the years is that, god willing, people can change. Some of my best employees had criminal records that would make my superiors question my sanity for hiring them.

I always evaluated applicants on a case-by-case basis without prejudice or pre-conceived ideas about their ability to perform the job. Everyone started in the middle and would ascend or descend the ladder based on their actions.

People make mistakes and shouldn't be condemned to re-live those mistakes for the rest of their lives. It's a shame that corporate America doesn't see it that way.

Just my opinion...

 

My thoughts exactly everyone deserves a second chance its how you live it shows if you can do it better! AMEN!

 

thank you to every one ! for all of your support ! james

 

PT.2: Why felonists gravitate towards trucking.

My theories as to why felonists gravitate towards trucking are as follows: Trucking is relatively easy/fast to get into as a next level/higher level type job.

First let's differentiate here: Entry level jobs would be considered mc dumpster, warehouse, and in general any type of minimum wage type job. Next level/higher level jobs would be considered for example, nursing, trucking, welding, plumbing, accounting.

With trucking, you could go thru a school and have your CDL in 3 weeks. Alot of other fields take much longer, sometimes years.

Also, trucking requires less skill and accuracy as say, welding or bricklaying. Yes, you have to be accurate with logs and paperwork, but generally rolling down the highway DOES NOT require pinpoint accuracy. And, in most case, neither does backing into a dock.

Trucking requires MUCH less studying/reading the other fields; Felonists don't like to study or read. If they did, they wouldn't be felonists.

So, because felonists tend to want to take the easy way all the time, trucking is a natural progression for them.

Also, felonists tend not to have good self-control, the ability to delay gratification, and patience. Studies prove this. More reasons for the gravitation towards trucking.

Discipline is the key to success. Felonists tend not to have this quality.


2) For all the people who "think" felonists should be given a second chance and all that other B.S.....

Trucker please. PEOPLE DO NOT CHANGE. No one ever "gets it together," "gets on the right track" etc. Once a douchebag, always a douchebag.

Now, people can improve their situation, but these people were always "on the right track" to begin with; These people had good backrounds and their heads were right. Their luck and circumstances may not have been optimal.

You need to wake up and realize the real deal. Don't be in dreamland and don't be child-like in thinking.

 

Evidently, YOU don't like to study of read, either... WTH is a "felonist"?? I always thought that people who have committed a felony were called FELONS...

There are only TWO types of people in this world... Those who have been CAUGHT, thereby being labeled FELONS, and those who have NOT BEEN caught...

Life sure is simple up in your ivory tower, isn't it?? Maybe you can give us road maps so we can ALL find our way up there...

Ever wonder why the rate of recidivism is so high in this country?? When you give a man no options, you leave him no choice...

 

Easy peasy. Don't commit a felonious offense.

 

By doing what? Calling out a "person" who thinks it's OK to sit in his ivory tower and look down on other people??

Last I heard, it's God's job to judge, and from what I understand, He doesn't like it when someone tries to fill His shoes...

 

Hey, you asked for directions. I provided them. Don't complain about the route you were given, or find your way on your own.............