Rejected for poor work history / gaps in employment... Please help!

Which companies have kicked back your applications?
Unfortunately, you may have to pay your dues with a "bottom feeder" company for a year or so. Werner, Swift...etc.
But then again, there may be small local company that would hire ya.
Good luck and keep us posted.

 

It has been awhile since I applied with Jim Palmer, but I was kicked back because I did not have 2 years experience.
Keep applying, and some outfit will pick you up.

 

Get a notorized letter signed by family or friends saying you were unemployed during those gaps and looking for full time work. There's just no jobs in your area. With those gaps you need to make some phone calls along with the applications to explain you have notorized letters explaining the gaps. Put in lots of applications. Some companies still won't hire you, but plenty will.

Watkins-Shepard
Pride Transport
Super Service
Southern Refrigerated Transport
Indian River Transport
Knight Transportation
Western Express
Halvor Lines
TWT Refrigerated Services

Note - ignore any "experience required" on trucking company websites and apply anyway.

 

Keep rattling off names Chinatown! You're getting paid!!! Lol. I'm sorry, bad memories of a former TTR member.....Western Express hires out of Cali, and would give him a chance. Not the best company, but if getting NO answers, it may be his ticket to experience.

 

Yes, sometimes a driver just has to take what he can for a few months. After a year with the same company he should be good to go with most companies.

 

I agree. Northern is a really good company too. Jim Palmer is owned by a Prime subsidiary. California really doesn't offer many great companies.

 

I can relate to some of these drivers having problems getting started. Years ago in my younger days I had a little problem. Walked in to a company called Poole Truck Lines & they glanced at my application and threw the whole package into the trash can with me standing there. Then went to a company named ExpressCo and they hired me on the spot. Lots of ex-cons working there, some with many yrs. behind bars, state and federal and foreign. Guess who owned the company? Wayne Wise, the same man that started Western Express. He's passed away now, but I really liked the man. He was easy to talk to and never talked down to anyone. He had the ability to think like the person he was talking to no matter what level, so he could understand the other persons concerns.