Can't catch a break!!!!

Tax returns, seriously?

That's stupid! I had a job a couple weeks out of CDL school and hadn't worked in the last 2-3 years. You need to come out to Midland/Odessa and get a job in the oilfield.

 

You take a shower every day? .... there's your problem right there. How can you be taken seriously as a qualified trucker if you're going to shower every day?

 

There are some friggin stupid companies out there that couldnt find a ##### in a cathouse. This is a new one to me. Unless you are applying for credit or a government loan I fail to see what your tax returns have to do with anything.
My scenario is a litle different. I worked for three different trucking companies in the 90's and went to truck driving school in 2001 when the last company i worked for closed its doors. (Preston Trucking). After graduating, I worked for a small company that had one of their tractors leased to an expediter, where i drove for nine months. After nine months of working without a set schedule and driving within an hours notice, i messed up my stomach from drinking too much coffee, pepsi, tea and taking no-doze. The combination of caffeine, lack of sleep and stress of driving a pete 379 sleeper with a 53"van in a different erea everyday took its toll on me. For the next several years I worked for a city and ran an auto quick lube/ car wash combo. Now I want to get back into driving and I cant find anyone that will take me because everyone wants at lest one year OTR experience within the last three years or two in the last five. WTF does a couple months or within a certain time frame mean? They act like peopel forget to ride a bike. Nevermind that I currently work for a LTL company and work the yard and spot trailers on the dock. Nevermind that I have two associate degrees.
Sorry about the rant. I feel your frustration.

 

I just got my CDL and have found being out work for three years is a job killer. I think I wasted my time getting my CDL. I was phyced for this. Now I'm bummed out. Oh well. I'm ready to give up.

 

Don't give up the CDL....it's only a few dollars more than your regular license and you never know.....Hazmat you could opt to pass on if you had that...

 

See also:

http://www.thetruckersreport.com/truckingindustryforum/questions-from-new-drivers/158698-cant-get-a-break-why.html

 

Go to this website, and start calling companies. It lists every DOT trucking company in every city in every state. Whether they have 1 truck or thousands. Hope it helps.
http://www.quicktransportsolutions.com/carrier/usa-trucking-companies.php

 

with millions of unemployed americans, companies are getting picky as hell... because they can.

now its major problem if you been unemployed... im not sure why no one has filled a lawsuit or why no lawmaker has jumped to help everyone out.

this BS screams out discrimination.

 

For hiring trucking companies, work history is a measure of how long you particularly stay in your job positions. No company wants a person who will flip-flop after they have invested money in recruiting you and training you to meet their qualifications. Simple as that, but no work history is like taking a shot in the dark. Companies have too many applicants to have to guess, so they just deny. Its unfair, but who said life would be fair?