J.b Hunts Hits New Spamming Low

Remember about 5-8 years ago when JobHunt had their "higher pay" campaign? They boasted 42 cpm, and they convinced a lot of drivers to jobhop over to JobHunt to feast on that gravy. Problem was the miles weren't there, so those drivers were no better off. I believe Jobby also had to ask drivers to give back some of that high pay later.

Pay means nothing by itself. High pay must be paired with good miles if one is to make good gravy. Well, anyone who gets paid per-mile will need miles to complement a higher pay rate.

If I had a company, I could advertise 2 bucks a mile, but that'd mean nothing if I had only 100-mile runs available to be done over 3 or 4 days.

 

I'm laughing.

I'm in the market for a new gig. So I polished up my resume and put it up on Monster and the employment section of our local paper.

Not 15 minutes after they were put up(seriously! ), my cell rings...and it's a JB recruiter. I informed him that I'd already worked for them(which he'd have known if he'd bothered to read the resume)and would do so again right after I fed myself into a wood chipper...feet first.

How desperate are these fools?

 

In my 4th week of OTR training and already got JB sending me email on working for them....

 

Yeah I am wondering about an e-mail I got about a book called the best trucking Jobs ever. Anyone heard of it. It's an e-book and claims to get you a job paying over 65k a year and you will be hme every nght. The author claims to know some secret on how to find companies that pay like $30 an hour, it is definately some scam and if You google Barr-nunn it is kind of attached to one of their links, weird. it's $24, The author claims to have otr cdl experience but not much, says he found a way to find jobs everyone els in the industrie missed.
Anyone seen it???

 

Go to "amazon dot com" and see if you can find that book. I bet you can, and I'll also bet it's pretty cheap, as in less than 5 bucks used.

While you're there, pick up Belzer's "Sweatshops on Wheels" used and even Howard Zinn's "A People's History of the United States: 1492-the Present". Happy reading.

 

Amen. You'd better believe recruiters love turnover. Some recruiters' wives have to go on regular shopping sprees, at least according to our best JobHunt buddy.

I think the wheels in a typical hugeantic trucking company recruiter's head spin like this:

"I don't want to see a GOOD driver hire on at my company. He may stay longer than 90 days. I'll thus recruit the headcase flunkies. Those guys don't last too long before quitting."

Think it may be something like this? Of course it's like this.

JobHunt Recruiter: "Let's go shopping, dear. I just got my bonus for this past month."
Wife: "Let's go. I need a new wardrobe for this upcoming month."
Recruiter: "I love truck drivers!"

 

Do Recruiters make good money? More than say a working trucker?

 

If the guy is a genuine recruiter at a hugeantic trucking company, he's probably doing pretty well. These outfits have outrageous turnover, and each new hire comes through the door of a recruiter's office first.

Some companies, such as J.B. JobHunt, are starting to 'farm out' their recruiting duties to people who are sort of like contractors. This saves them money on hiring costs. These people usually recruit for many companies, not just one. Often times, these guys will recruit for competing outfits. Look for Mr. Dude here. He's one of those.

Mr. Dude seems to be a genuine article. I don't think he'd tell you many lies. On the other hand, a poster by the name of JB_Buddy has a PhD in lying. But that's understandable. Buddy's wife likes to shop, so naturally Buddy will tell you anything to sucker you into a JobHunt orientation.

In-house recruiters definitely have it good. But the gravy train may be coming to a halt. I know if I had a company, farming out my recruiting duties would be the route I'd go. Having recruiters on the payroll is a conflict of company interest. Companies want stability and low turnover, which is the opposite of what recruiters want.