No luck with landing a job?

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by xJagsfanx, Oct 16, 2012.

  1. xJagsfanx

    xJagsfanx Light Load Member

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    I am a recent grad of a truck driving school, and I am having a horrible time finding a company to work for. I have no accidents, no convictions of any type, I have my CDL and the biggest gap in employment I have is for attending college. I am 25 years old, I have a class A CDL. What is going on?
     
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  3. rgomez

    rgomez Bobtail Member

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    Did you put your time in school down as well?
     
  4. jessi12

    jessi12 Light Load Member

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    Do you have any experience or just schooling? Also, did the school you went to offer job placement? I would call them and see what they can do about helping you.
     
  5. xJagsfanx

    xJagsfanx Light Load Member

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    Just schooling, the driving school does offer job placement, but I only got pre hires from Werner and Covenant and some other companies I read horrible stuff about.
     
  6. Cranky Yankee

    Cranky Yankee Cranky old ######

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    you cant pay attention to everything you read on here
    we all have our bias some people hate the companies for thier own failures
    roll the dice pick a company get 6 months to a year experience and doors will open for you
    you realize also there are people driving for all the companies that get bad mouthed
    and they are happy


    the only companies you can get in real trouble with are small carriers that dont abide by DOT regulations
    putting you and your license in jeopardy
    the big boys have plenty of faults but they are almost all on elog's and wont make you run 2 paper books run bad equipment and overweight
     
  7. Cranky Yankee

    Cranky Yankee Cranky old ######

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    and go get one of those jobs before the time between getting your license and applying gets so large you need to do a refresher before you even start
    another red flag to the companies hiring
     
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  8. jessi12

    jessi12 Light Load Member

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    From what I have heard, most of the time starting out, you have to put in time at the big companies that you are probably referring to. If you really want to drive, I would research the companies that are willing to hire you and pick which one has the least negatives. You're probably going to have to stick it out for a year or two and keep a clean record in able to pick from a better list of companies.
     
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  9. Keyster

    Keyster Light Load Member

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    Translation: "I'm having a horrible time finding the select companies I choose to work for."

    If you have pre-hires from those carriers, you need to contact them and get your career rolling down the road.
    It's not as if they're that much worse than any other starter company. The longer you wait, the worse it'll get.
     
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  10. Palazon

    Palazon Road Train Member

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    And to build on that, sometimes a good driver can get hired by a "good" company and still have a hard time. It's not that either one is really "bad", they just aren't communicating well causing frustrations. I'm going thru that with GTI right now. Good company that can't seem to find me a truck or miles.
     
  11. TRKRSHONEY

    TRKRSHONEY Heavy Load Member

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    Like the others said, if you really want a truck driving job, suck it up and go to one of the companies that gave you a pre-hire. Put in a couple of years to get your experience, then move on.
     
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