Greetings,
I was wondering how the other new drivers are handling this. With the introduction of Artificial Intelligence, when an application and/or resume is submitted to a company, some of those human resource departments use software that scans all of the submissions for keywords that will trigger a response. If your application or resume does not have those keywords, your submission basically deleted.
Now obviously, my resume/application isn't going to have the keywords that they are looking for. As of right now I have only applied to two companies and that's because they had recruiters that visited my school and I had their contact information and messaged them to look out for my application.
A lot of these companies make it difficult to contact someone to ask about the status of an application.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
The Application Process
Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by strider1500, Nov 27, 2025.
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Personally -- I think you are overthinking this process...& by a considerable amount.
Starter carriers know you don't have any big rig driving time yet -- so instead, they hire rookie drivers, based (in part, at least) on:
- Employment history
- Driving history (clean)
- Criminal history (clean)
- Already have a class "A" CDL
- Any relevant endorsements
- Appropriate age
- Further distinguish you -- from other rookie applicants, who don't have them
- Show potential employers that you're serious -- & you mean business
- Show potential employers that you are teachable, & more willing to learn...than other applicants without them
If AI is as big a deal as you think it is....having "hazmat" & "tanker" on your application should indeed start to open some doors.
It did for me....
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