"Legal discrimination" in employment search.

I don't know if that kind of terroristic threat applies to 9/11. Telling someone you are going to kill them and saying you have a bomb on an airplane might not get you the same charge.

 

Just curious, how and why did he threaten your wife? On the phone or in person? Was repeatedly across several days or minutes? People don't normally walk up to a stranger and start harassing them.

You might see it as an act of self defense when there are other avenues you could of took. There are police and protective orders.

I might of done the same thing if he was in my or my wife's face. But you have to understand the employers point of view. All they see is a violent person. Do they really want someone that is going into a profession with todays road rage and pissed off customers dealing with a hot head loose cannon in their eyes??

There are too many clean applicants out there to be giving the others chances.
Has it been a full 3 years since conviction and you are off probation? Get that part behind you and it might be different.

They just started training graduates and it isn't the best company. But they are hungry for northeast drivers. Give Hirschbach.com a shout.

You should of never pleaded guilty. You see now the ramifications.

 

You sir are a dime a dozen, its always everybody fault but yours. Youre also the reason why its takes sometimes hundred of wasted interviews to find one or two worthy new hires.

You say; lack of common sense and intelligence, but I submit to you. Youre the one that cant get the job...

Answer me this. Why in the HELL would they waste their time on you?

 

Not harsh, just reality.

That said, I do believe the O/P deserves a shot as what he did was actually reasonable and it isn't likely based on the circumstances that he would repeat such behavior.

The suggestions to look to smaller companies is a good one, though the sheer volume of applications that any size organization receive could be a hurdle. I just hired (not trucking related) a position and this time around the volume of applications was actually pretty low. In the past though, I've had to go through 600 applications for a single position. When you're dealing with those kind of numbers the threshold for disqualifying candidates is quite lower.

 

It happened, now you have top deal with it - it won't be as easy as everyone else has it... you have to make up your mind and push forward, get your documentation in hand.

Best scenario, as has already been suggested, is to take your info to a local company, explain yourself, then sell yourself.

 

But you're not just as qualified, and I'm not hacking on you, just being serious and honest.

If an employer has 300 applicants with nothing in their criminal history, and you have something there, that makes you less qualified. How you overcome that is up to you, and it isn't discrimination in any form, it's just life.