How harmful are gaps in resume?

You're the third person on this forum that has lived on a big sailboat. I'm jealous. I met someone in Sint Maarten that was living on a sailboat. He and his hot blonde female cook were living the good life.
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Where is your location? State & nearest city/town. We'll help you get this new career in gear.

 

Refrigerated trucking is the way to go now, during this recession. Refrigerated food and medicine has to keep moving even during recessions.

 

I went out on my buddy’s 46’ sailboat once. SOB about worked me to death! Pull this, tie that, grab the giblet gravy! ###### man, put the sails away and run the motor! I can’t lift another finger without going into cardiac arrest!

 

Probably your best shot right now is likely with the following -- they have many accounts to choose from, and they run both dry van and also refrigerated freight. They are hiring fairly aggressively throughout the southeast, for southeastern regional work:

Werner Enterprises -- hiring new CDL holders -- paid training available

Start out with them....learn on dry van....transition over to reefer duty after say, 6 months -- then decide with them if you like/want reefer duty BEFORE you move on to another fleet that only does reefer.

If you find out with them that reefer really isn't your cup of tea -- you could transition back over to dry van, or even go into flatbed duty -- ALL WITHOUT CHANGING EMPLOYERS.

One caveat: carriers like that often have accounts with the "dollar" stores: Dollar General, etc. You want to be sure you don't accept a job from a recruiter that includes these-type stores. THOSE ARE TERRIBLE JOBS FOR ROOKIES!

-- L

 

Dry van is known for low pay. Try for refrigerated OTR so you can live in the truck if you desire, but don't have to if you prefer more hometime. Also can make much more pay with refrigerated trucking and bank it.

 

What's a resume?

 

That's what you do after you slow down!

 

If I remember correctly the past 3 years of non CMV employment was all that was needed when starting out.

I chose to do unemployment and career training for a year before doing the driving school. No questions were ever asked. I figured it would be better to stare out a windshield for 12 hours a day than stare at a computer screen for 16.

Sounds like you were on a "personal sabbatical"? That would be the words I would use for your extended personal time.
Lets folks know your absence from the workforce was intentional and with no ill intent. Shuts down some unnecessary questioning also.

https://www.indeed.com/hire/c/info/what-is-a-sabbatical-leave-policy

On the school verses the company training. Most schools have job placement assistance. Talk with them and ask if they have companies they work with that meet your criteria. Companies that cannot justify the cost of an internal training program are sending potential employees to contracted schools. I would work it from both sides. See which employers the school has contacts with and check with potential employers if they accept the school you are looking at.

 

3 year history is all that's required for NON CDL positions prior.