the attitude of the "new breed of driver"

now I have never understood why you would bash the company you previously worked for because what is that potential new employer going to think when said employer fires your ###

 

NEVER bash your old company in an interview... doe sno good, just makes you look like a stupid whiner. You can always say that you're trying to improve your situation and want to concentrate on runs that work better for you, your family and your company... instead of saying "I spent weeks in the shop driving those POS trucks..."

 

Flatbed, this is excellent information. Your presentation is exactly what people seeking work need to see. This is so valuable, it deserves its own thread.

To see what goes through a potential employer's mind when presented with applicants.... wow.

Would you consider posting a thread with this? And continue through the process of choosing your employee?

 

I will be a 35 YO new driver from the old school of thought. Before driving I worked in the same business since high school eventually responsible for training the endless train of new lazy workers you tend to find with seasonal work (took care of 3 cemeteries and had a monument co). Noting annoyed me more than employees that did not listen. We did things this way for over 100 years (4th gen family business) for a reason, because it works. There is a procedure for everything, a certain order of steps for everything from digging a hole to mowing the grass. Do the steps out of order and you are going to screw something up and have to waste time fixing the mistake. I had to fire so many people just because they would not listen and could not follow the simplest of instructions. One of the worst was a guy 15 years older than me who thought he always knew a better way to do everything and after time and again proving him wrong I finally had to fire him. I found that young or old doesn't matter. Its all about work ethic. Some have it and some dont. I just hope I don't get one of the ones that doesn't for a trainer as I am serious as a heart attack about making this new career my way of life for the next 20 years or more.

 

Injun I have tried a few times to give the VIEW from the other side of the desk , this is the first that it was welcomed.

This past week I could have hired 7 drivers if I had some old PETES , W900s in the back lot.

Guys willing to work for next to nothing just to be in a CLASSIC ( aka Junker ) that went FAST , and if I did not care how my equipment was taken care of , or the image my customers were projected.

 

I'm not sure I could get back into trucking these days. I don't even own a pair of sweatpants or flip-flops.

 

No need to dress up its just a driving job .

 

do you only pull flatbeds --flatbed?

 

Flats , van , reefer , log , containers have a niche area / market ( close to US Army Base ) as well as some heavy equipment / dump trucks.