Student with employment history questions

Since you're going to a private school, no problem finding a company to hire you. You will be asked for employment history for the last 3 years only. Once you're in classes, get back on here & we will help you find a job. You may not need help though.

Notarized letters explaining gaps in employment history

 

Depends on the company. Some companies, maybe a few days, some much longer. Any company you're interested in, call and ask. Some of the websites also have an email address for questions. Some of those mega refrigerated carriers try to keep you with a trainer for months.

 

It does depend on the company but I would say yes you will probably have to start with a trainer. This is not a bad thing though. You will learn a lot on the road that you can't learn at school. Providing its a good trainer. Listen to what they say. Between school and the trainer if you can absorb three quarters of the information thrown at you you will be in good shape. Good luck!

 

Most reputable companies require at least 21 days with a trainer for someone with less than 6 months OTR. It's almost always an insurance requirement. However, some smaller decent companies may not have that requirement because they're not running a huge fleet of trucks, i.e. the insurance company assumes a much smaller risk with a company that hires only 2 or 3 students a year, vs. big companies that hire hundreds.

I would recommend going with a trainer, I can almost promise you that you'll be so lost on your first few loads without that extra time spent asking questions from someone who not only knows trucking, but knows how the company wants things done.

 

I would recommend being prepared to have some references available to help verify that you have been doing SOMETHING with your life other than being a useless waste of space (drug addict, alcoholic, meth manufacturer, etc.). I'm 30 and the past two years of my employement have been self-employment, and before that I was unemployed for two and a half years while I packed on classes at college (near double full time) while trying to get into the military. As I remember from my conversations with Central Refrig, CRE, Schneider, Gordon/GTI, Gardner, and others be prepared to bring evidence and it should be alright just as long as I haven't been working in the trucking industry and trying to hide it (can't work in the industry if you don't have the license ).