My list of Newbie company offers

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Ive never heard of either one but it sounds like you have done your homework!

 

Here is something to think about and be prepared for..
As a recruiter, I got my recruiting feet wet in the trenches of zero to little experience new drivers... fortunately I am out of the trecheso and work only with experienced drivers for some companies as I also do other industries as well.

But, what I want you to know is another very common practice that trips up a lot of new drivers...

The recruiters only find drivers and verify that they meet a particular companies requirements and send them off to orientation.. so first, being sent to orientation does not mean you are hired or actually have a job there.. it means you have a very likely chance of being hired because you have the qualifications and meet the requirements..

The reason that is important is, because no matter what account or particular driving position you and the recruiter talked about, you are only being sent to orientation to potentially be hired or that position.

But.. BUT... here is what happens very often at large companies... once you are at orientation and the company decides to hire you.. they are going to place where it is best for them..

Example.. I screen an application and all is good I set up for them to go to orientation and then off they go to Orientation.. where they fill out the actual application and sign releases for drug screen, background and employment history checks..
At orientation there are two types of drivers.. those that are road and load ready or those who need to go with a trainer..
This is where the game changes, Meaning that the staff at orientation will guide, push, sell and shove a driver into the position the most need filled...

So, I may send a driver to the company for a tanker position running weekdays and home on the weekends.. but once they get to orientation it is out of my hands .. and the company may get that driver to decide to go on another account.. I send them for a tanker position and they decide or end up on a dollar general account..

After a bit they call me when they are fed up..yelling and call me a lying... bunch of stuff that can't be said here..

So.. be aware and be prepared that when you get to orientation they may and probably will deploy a variety of techniques to get YOU to decide to go on a different account than the one you researched and talked with your recruiter about..

Stick to your guns.. because once they have a driver that they can and have hired.. then they will, if you stick to your guns on what you want.. put you on that account..
provided there is room on that account.. companies use more than one recruiting department, they us in house, and a few third party recruiting firms.. so several drivers may have been sent to them for the one or two open trucks they have on a good account..

 

To the OP.. your major complaint was about not getting miles.. but, how does a driver of 15 years experience not understand their own role in getting miles..

A company make more money on a driver who is running a load than the do a truck and driver sitting.. even the money grabbing megas...

often when a driver isn't getting miles it isn't because the company doesn't have them to give and doesn't want to make money from that driver... it is the at the driver runs his clock.. doesn't manage time efficiently..

 

Keep us updated on your progress with them!

 

How did it go with HO Wolding?