OTR Requirement Verification

There's any number of ways to verify that:
Company website
Calling the company directly as part of employment verification
Company Facebook pages
Or safety check ( http://safer.fmcsa.dot.gov/query.as...apshot&query_param=USDOT&query_string=2158470 )

 

Log Books since they are required by Federal Regulations..

 

I get what you are trying to pull. Dont lie. If its local its local. If its otr its otr. They will verify that you have 2 years, trust me they will. Be honest.

 

I realize it matters today, but if you think about it it really shouldn't, as a good class 8 semi driver should be able to function effectively with long haul, short haul, 1 drop, multi-drops, auto, 9, 10, 13 18 speed, whatever the assignment....

 

Calling a company to verify your employment and asking them if it was OTR is not
“hounding” them.

It is standard practice and the FMCSA actually requires the new company to do so for all employers over at least the last 3 years as part of their drivers file.

 

Perhaps they will work with u if ur honest. Just tell the recruiter yes I've been driver over 2 years but x amount of time was local. Unless it's a really big outfit a smaller company might say that's fine. Even a bigger company. Hell Chinatown is constantly telling people to ignore experience requirements on websites and apply anyway!

 

I applied to a company last Fall. On their form they wanted me to list all the states I had driven in the last two years and a rough estimate of miles driven. They also wanted to know the kinds of trucks I have driven and trailers or loads I have pulled. That was a flatbed and heavy haul outfit.