10 Year History?

You only need 10 years if you have had CDL driving positions. 3 years for "normal" employment

 

I really liked the FedEx gig. Excellent pay and benefits, plus I'm home everyday and every weekend. LTL isn't everyone's cup of tea, but for me it's been great.

 

This is wrong!


DOT does require carries conducting interstate commerce to have a full ten year history of employment with no space greater than 30 days unaccounted for. The carrier is only require to verify 3 years regardless of what profession you had during those three years.

If someone does have one of these or even several of these spaces in employment all they have to do is have you is put that time on your application marked as unemployed or in jail (if that were the case).

Now if you don't remember who you worked for or when you can use the Social Security web site or stop one of the offices and ask for a records of earnings report that will show every penny you earned in your life, where it was, and the name of the employer. It takes only a minute to print out. Then you can search web in a few minutes have the phone numbers. If carrier asks for a point of contact name or name of supervisor just write Human Recourses.

If you have been in trucking more than 10 years write them down all the places you worked in trucking. It's not required but most companies pay you the more experience you have. Save copies of you taxes too so those driving jobs can be verified even if the company ends up out of business or bought out.

 

you are wrong
new drivers only need a 3 year history
only

 

I just checked U.S.D.O.T. site and the 3 year proposal, was shot down twice in 2010 and again in 2012. It NEVER made it to the books!

 

Subpart C - Notification requirements and employer responsibilities

§ 383.35Notification of previous employment.

(a) Any person applying for employment as an operator of a commercial motor vehicle shall provide at the time of application for employment, the information specified in paragraph (c) of this section.

(b) All employers shall request the information specified in paragraph (c) of this section from all persons applying for employment as a commercial motor vehicle operator. The request shall be made at the time of application for employment.

(c) The following employment history information for the 10 years preceding the date the application is submitted shall be presented to the prospective employer by the applicant:

1) A list of the names and addresses of the applicant's previous employers for which the applicant was an operator of a commercial motor vehicle;

(2) The dates the applicant was employed by these employers; and

(3) The reason for leaving such employment.(d) The applicant shall certify that all information furnished is true and complete.

(e) An employer may require an applicant to provide additional information.

(f) Before an application is submitted, the employer shall inform the applicant that the information he/she provides in accordance with paragraph

(c) of this section may be used, and the applicant's previous employers may be contacted for the purpose of investigating the applicant's work history.