To me it looks like criminal background checks are going away... eventually.
According to this article, several States have already done so:
http://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2013/08/feds-push-states-to-ban-discriminatory-background-checks/
2 felonies and 1 DUI???
Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by jason60421, Sep 8, 2013.
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Now that being said, I am curious if you were told by someone that you could still be hired with this kind of record? I am wondering how you came to the conclusion that trucking might be your answer.
Lastly, I would ask if YOU were a risk retention manager would you put someone in charge of your customer's merchandise who had already stolen twice? Of if you were a safety director would you hire someone to operate a commercial vehicle who has exhibited that they will drive while drunk?
I am sure a driver training school would be happy to take your money with no guarantees of a job at the end.mje Thanks this. -
In answer to your question yes, you can get a job driving a truck. don't let these Yahoo's tell you different I have three felonies one of them drugs on it, and I did find a job driving a truck. yes it was hard and yes I got turned down a lot but I was persistent. i've had guys tell me on here for months that there was no way I would ever find a company that would hire me and I refused to believe that and so yes I did find the companythat would. if you search the threads you're going to find a list of companies that will hire you with a felony you have to do your research and you have to look and call a lot of company's but it is possible if you want it bad enough.
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I can see what you are saying as it relates to a general freight company, but I think construction and oil field is different. Especially with a driver shortage in the area.
And what I have been reading about Texas oil field jobs is, even when experience is "required", if you can show up to the yard for an interview with CDL in hand, that is often enough experience. The OP could be making more money 30 days from now in the trucking industry then many of the mega-company drivers with a few years experience are making!mje Thanks this. -
Yes, attend CDL school. Don't worry, you will be hired. Put your location on your profile so we know the hiring area you're in.
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Nobody likes a thief. Murderers are OK, as long as they only kill people I don't like, but thieves should be shot, not put in a truck.
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I just had a wonderful thought. I want to start a trucking company, that specializes in getting Murderers back on the right track. They would be given a chance to redeem themselves with society.
To be hired by my company, a murderer would have to kill 3 thieves for every felony they were convicted of, to be considered for hire. Heck, it's not like I would be asking them to do something they had never done before.mje Thanks this. -
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