32 years old felony for stealing: are my prehire letters good?

Violent felony? Drugs involved? Stealing involved?

It matters.

 

32 years ago shouldnt hurt you....Welcome to the trucking world..

 

http://www.usxjobs.com/uploads/pdf/USXDR11970_Qualifications_PUB.pdf

 

Felony theft may restrict you a little,

even 30-40 years ago..........

 

You will get lots of pre-hires. Thing is you aren't really hired until after orientation, then training and they hand you your keys to your truck.

 

In general a 32 year old felony conviction will not cause you many problems. However depending on what the crime was you might not be able to get a TWIC card or work say hauling mail etc etc. You also might have some problems entering Canada. I understand Canada has what they call Deemed Rehabilitation. If this might be a problem for you I suggest speaking with the company BEFORE leaving home for Orientation.

 

The felony record will be different for each company. You'll have to know if they'll take you or not. Some say never ,others say 10years and so on. So I don't think you can get a good answer to that problem and you'll have to find out on your own with the company you choose.

As far as pre-hires go anyone can get those. I wouldn't put much faith in them and never think you have a job because you got a pre-hire letter. Just consider all the mega carriers as pre-hire letters. Personally, I'd use then as paper to write down the name and address of a company I would like to go to.

 

Have you driven (CMV) at all since your conviction? or are you starting from scratch?