Am I unemployable in the eyes of the trucking industry?

Stay with whatever job you have at the moment until you are ready to get your license.bwrite down all the info you still remember about the previous jobs you had; add, phone #'s, managers, etc.

It's going to be easier by the time you start applying for a trucking company.

 

here's an example of requirements, most companies show something like this on their website. Bottom line yes you can get into trucking IF you to stick with one of your non-trucking jobs for at least 6-months minimum I'd say, and don't give notice there until you have applied, been accepted by a trucking company, AND have orientation date set. This is from Prime:

• Previous employers and references will be checked and must be verifiable.
• A stable work history and good references (for experienced drivers no more than 3 employers in last year)
• Must provide no less than 10 years of driving work history, non-driving work history for the past five years (you will need this at orientation to complete paperwork)
  

 

Wiley Sanders Truck Lines will probably hire you.
Your choices will be limited, but you're employable.

 

If you have a CDL and a pulse you are employable in the eyes of the trucking industry.

Seriously, I don't see anything in your employment history that would keep you from getting hired. So long as all your employment history during the relevant time period can be verified, you should be good to go.

 

Interesting information about Prime there that you noted. On my short list once I get my Class A shortly from a truck driving school near where I am from. In my case, worked for 14 years for my previous employer as a Class B coach driver. Spotless MVR. But that ended in December '15. With the 7 month gap that I have, I have heard and read that Prime may shy away from that. They are leary on the drivers that have those unemployment gaps - whether or not it was through no fault of one's own, etc, etc. So, while I would say that my employment record "was" or "is" stable for the most part, Prime may see it differently. Will keep my fingers crossed, and if Prime passes - will knock on Wil-Trans door as a brand

 

Actually most companies won't really care that much even if you had tons of jobs because the companies that are going hiring you are pretty much going to be crap anyways they just want to know if you have DUIs do drugs and if you have a criminal record the job thing is not really a big deal for them.

 

This is why the turnover rate for the trucking industry is so high! Prime considers someone who has left a job 3 times in the previous year stable? I wonder what they consider unstable work history? Yes, I know 4 jobs, but it was a rhetorical question.

 

What if the companies you worked for have long been out of business? If the megas can not verify your employment and there is nothing on your DAC will they hire you?

 

There is nothing stating that any of the last 10 years worth of employers has to be verified. One is only required to provide that info. Who knows why? I don't. But the Feds require it. And if it is so the Feds can look it up, I'm sure they can get with the IRS and verify it with your tax returns. You did file your tax returns? Right?

https://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/regulations/title49/section/383.35