How many of you have gotten jobs by walking in a resume?

I use 10 street now to handle applications. It’s easy for the drivers to apply is why. The days of them calling and us sending the application to fill out seem to be long gone. However, I love when people walk in. This is a small 10 truck carrier though. No idea how the big companies do it.

 

The last driving job I had before becoming an O/O was on Craigslist. It actually worked out pretty good.

 

Well if we were normal folks and only had 1 job in 10 years it would be easy for all partys involved , but no we've had 10 jobs in 10 years and thats on a good day.

 

When I owned my business (sold it 10 years ago), I loved walk-ins for my hourly positions. It showed initiative.

 

IDK, if the web site asks you to fill out their forms to apply, that's what you do. It don't matter if the info is already on your resume, you fill it out anyway. If you don't, you're already showing them you don't follow directions well.
IDK. I came into trucking from more of a white collar type job. I had a cover letter (Specifically written for the position and company applying to),resume, which usually I had produced through a professional resume service, a dark blue suit, no long hair, etc. As was once told to me, getting a job is a game. You play the game by the rules. Once you get a job, the rules change. But during the job hunt, there are certain things employers expect to see. If they don't see these things, they probably won't bother with you. In example, I had a part-time job once at a Radio Shack (Electronics technician is one of my previous occupations), if a guy came in asking for an application and he wasn't wearing a tie, the manager would tell them he didn't have any available. We had to wear a tie when we worked. If someone wasn't going to at least bother to wear one when coming in for an application, the manager judged immediately that the person probably wasn't going to be someone he would want to hire.
Only times in my adult life I've cut my hair short and about the only times I've bought a new suit. But, in the past and in my past profession(s), it was expected and part of the 'game'. At all the jobs, in my profession(s) I've actually had, I never actually wore the suit, except for the1st day, and then grew my hair out without complaint.
Anyway, although with the driver shortage, employers are not getting too picky on some of the 'finer' details. I still wouldn't complain about a bit of redundancy. That's just me and my 2 cents.

 

I never used one! All I can say is what I have heard many HR types say! (Paraphrasing) "All transportation is regulated heavily by title 49 CFR. Complying with 383 subpart C and 391 subpart C is NOT optional!" Most HR types will glance at a resume and hand you an application OR tell you to go find them on the internet and fill one out online! Nothing wrong with maintaining one! It's just with most carriers they don't really bother with them because the hiring process is governed by title 49 CFR! Sometimes I don't think the average driver has a clue how much work it takes to comply with all the federal and state regulations!

 

In Spades!

FMCSA demands a complete application, resume is redundant to a trucker.

My last job search was the same way; as if all the companies use the same application soft-wear and each time you follow the directions and upload a resume and then regurgitate it's contents into the format the 'Selecto-Robot' program searches looking for the sum of buzzwords that company is looking for.

Only a small, select few, professional applications get past the computer. Your mileage may vary simply due to the demand; back in 2010 I got a lot of pharmaceutical responses as 'Medical Safety Director' was the closest thing to motor carrier safety director as there wasn't any demand for my profession yet companies are filling empty driver seats every day..

 

What?? I thought you just bought a truck, started hauling freight and made boatloads of money.

 

Discriminating against the lazy is not nice.

 

I used to get work by saying "Good morning" to what ever boss early in the morning