Looking for jobs with no experience, 2 accidents and 3 moving violations in Tri-State Region.

For someone aspiring to professional CDL duty -- that's a pretty impressive rap sheet to surmount.

Add to that -- right now, the general freight market is tough enough even for people with clean MVRs.

Suggestion: with all the above in mind, here's an idea....it's not exactly what you might first want -- but, hear me out.....

With a driving record like that, you might be better served working a "dock to driver" program with one of the LTL carriers.

Forklift experience may not be what you first had in mind -- but being adept with a forklift can actually come in pretty handy later, with some CDL-A driver jobs. Forklift savvy might open doors for you later, by giving you that "winning edge" competing drivers just don't have.

Your strategy here is to work the docks until some (or all) of your traffic issues come off your record, build up some good forklift time -- then switch to a CDL position within the same LTL carrier, when a driving job opens up, and you qualify.

Here's an example of just what I'm talking about -- it's also a position that's currently open, with a doable commute from the Bronx:

Forklift operator -- full time -- first shift -- Syosset, NY -- XPO Logistics

XPO has a track record of hiring on drivers with no previous CDL experience -- so your "dock to driver" strategy is a sound one there.

Past that -- Western Express is hiring pretty aggressively over in Jersey. But most of those jobs are for "team" positions.

I would do the forklift job, first....over that.

-- L

 

@DynamicDiscipline
I would suggest focusing on getting yourself in the door at places lual suggested.
Here’s the why….
You’re building a career that’s long term.
You’re developing yourself, and gaining knowledge as you go.
The more you know and the more abilities you have stacked in your repertoire, the more valuable you become to prospective employers.
Example…
I started hauling gas.
Then i trained on smooth bore chemical.
Then i learned pump for gas.
Then i learned dry bulk.
If we hauled anything else, I’d get trained on that too.
I’m now one of two drivers at our terminal that can do anything they throw at.
When work is thin, and it does happen sometimes, guess who still gets loads and makes money?
Yup. Me.
Build yourself in a similar fashion.
Learn how to safely operate a forklift.
Learn how to build loads.
Learn the business that goes into the haul.
It’ll make you a better driver when that day comes…. And it will come.
Knowing the flip side of your desired job will make you better at it.
You’ll be able to save yourself time and make yourself money with that knowledge.
You’ll also have better relationships with your dock team when you step up to driver, because you been there done that.
They’ll appreciate you over other drivers for it.
That will get you down the road faster, with tighter loads, and smoother days in the long term.
It’sa huge win across the board.
In 3 years, you’ll look back and say, dang that was smart!

 

I know my views on these matters are usually a bit gruff. I'm very proud of my 3 million + safe miles and made sure to keep it clean. Folks today have some moral objection to be told the truth, so PLEASE,,,I mean no disrespect to the poster, but many just don't seem to realize how important a good record is, ESPECIALLY in a driving job. Years ago, a record like that would relegate you to a forklift job, not that there's anything wrong with that, and quite frankly today, a much better job. Let me be the 1st to warn you, your only hope with no experience, is a school. Now, they will promise you the world, never mentioning that record will not get you a job, but they are more concerned with taking your money. Another person went through the whole process, and now can't find a job because of the record. There are places someone like you can work, just not in the transportation industry. Best of luck.

 

WOW

 

I hope you understand the most important thing is you need to change YOU, not just find a company that allows people with your record to work for them. A speed limit isn't optional and it isn't waved by the demands of the job. Carrying an illegal radar detector isn't the answer. Driving like the laws apply to you is the real answer. If those were mistakes, we all make them, but not learning from a mistake is how people wreck their lives.

 

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@DynamicDiscipline
Understand that we’re not clowning on you or trying to bust your chops here, we’re being realistic and honestly trying to help you.
Trucking is a very unforgiving industry where safety is involved.
We’re perpetually under the microscope, constantly in dangerous situations, and the road is no place for someone that’s careless behind the wheel.
That’s how insurance will see your record until those errors fall off.
Insurance for a new driver is about $24,000.00 a year.
One slip in judgment, one careless moment, one second of not paying attention to what’s around you, and you have a wreck.
Now you’re in the position of having injured or killed someone in a commercial vehicle.
That’s a lawyers wet dream.
A driver i work with had a guy slide into his back end sideways at excessive speed while smoking dope…and perished himself.
We still got sued.
We all want you to win and succeed and thrive, i promise.
We’re offering you the honest truth here.

 

My advice to a great nefew a few years back mirrored this along with get out of the city while you wait for your record to clear.