No Work History for 15 Years

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  1. 77fib77

    77fib77 Road Train Member

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    Sign up for a temp agency. Get experience while you look.
     
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  3. ClassAOldSchool

    ClassAOldSchool Bobtail Member

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    No one worth a dang is going to hire you right now in this terrible freight economy. Just the facts.
     
  4. PaliAha

    PaliAha Bobtail Member

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    I applied to Schneider on 2 December 2024. January passed. February 5 I got a conditional offer of employmt. On Feb 21 they called. The recruiter Jim asked me about my criminal history. After I told him of a battery felony in 2005 he said that he couldn't take my application. 2005. That's 20 years ago. That battery led me to the massage parlor. What I really didn't like about Jim is that he actually got angry at me after I told him about the charge/conviction. What's he doing getting judgmental on me?

    I was bummed out like I haven't been in years. Schneider's unforgiving attitude made me search for prisoner reentry programs (which I'm surprised no one suggested). I drove from Bakersfield and I went to a reentry program today in San Francisco and it helped me a lot. Haven't got a job yet but I got 2 phone callbacks today that I never got so quickly before going to the retry program.

    Thank you for the help but Roehl and TMC have not replied to me.
     
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  5. Rideandrepair

    Rideandrepair Road Train Member

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    I would imagine lying won’t work. Simply because running a background check on anyone is very easy for anyone to do.
     
  6. spark plug101

    spark plug101 Bobtail Member

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    go local with a mom and pop for 6 months- 1 yr
     
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  7. spark plug101

    spark plug101 Bobtail Member

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    i have a otr company that says i have a otr job if i pass his road test i might have to do that for a short time
     
  8. NickBearKeeper

    NickBearKeeper Bobtail Member

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    Was is a "massage parlor" or a massage parlor??
    Makes a lot of difference
     
  9. FullMetalJacket

    FullMetalJacket Road Train Member

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    Just catching back up on the forum & read your story.

    Another one here rooting for you, Brother.
     
  10. NickBearKeeper

    NickBearKeeper Bobtail Member

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    How does one find a local job if there is little to no work experience??
     
  11. lual

    lual Road Train Member

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    You're better off starting a whole new thread on this topic.

    Be sure to give some clue about your location (a zip code would be just great -- you'll get better answers that way).

    -- L
     
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