They'd rather hire newbies, Huh?

Been driving big trucks most of my adult life and made the mistake of getting out of trucking and into sales the past few years. i say 'mistake' because it's been impossible the past several months to land a driving job.

I really want to get back on the road, and even tho I've got 2 decades of experience, a clean DAC, no one(except *Schneider) will allow me to get back in. They all blame it on insurance etc.

*Schneider made me an offer a few months back on a dedicated route, and it seems I prob should have taken them up on the offer, although at that time, I figured if a mega carrier like them made me an offer, there would be many others too. Geeze, was I wrong. I called them back a couple of months ago, and of course those positions were filled, ugh.

I find it hard to believe that an insurance company would rather insure a newbie, fresh out of a cdl mill, over an experienced driver with a clean and proven driving record.

Am I missing something here, or has the trucking industry changed this much in the past few years? You see it all over the place, "Shortage of Drivers in the Trucking Industry". Huh?, makes me wonder if there is no real shortage, and it's just a plea of sympathy for these companies to attract drivers away from other competing carriers.

I even considered an Owner-Op gig, but cannot raise the $15,000.00 or so I know I'll need in start up funds(that's before purchasing-leasing equiptment). I've got a ton of work lined up, but w/o funds, this is an impossible dream.

I would love the oppurtunity to get back out as being out of work the past few months, the funds are running way too low, and the bills are starting to pile way too high. Looking for NE Regional-Local. Please PM me if your looking for a good, dedicated and on time driver in the NE. I need to gross a $1000.00 or more a week. (Note: if you represent JB Hunt, don't bother contacting me, as I've been bombarded by them, even tho I don't fit their criteria, and I've asked them to remove me from their contact lists, they keep calling.)

 

Negative, and there within lies the problem according to every company I've spoken with over the past few months. Been off the road full time since 02, although I still drag a flatbed load every so often for local owner -ops here in NY.

 

Yes, I am less than an hour from Selkirk and have just a few days ago, applied to the "Air Products" terminal there via a posting of thiers on one of the job-sites.

Which company are your referring to 'Scarecrow03'?

I also applied with the Ryder terminal just up the road in Albany as they and another one down in Newburgh ran ads last week. Did the phone interview with them, and was told I did qualify and if the chic in recruiting didn't call me by end of business this past Friday, to call her on Monday(as she's outa Texas I think they said, and is overwhelmed with her workload of late), so that will be one of the calls on me list for tomorrow morning.

Thanks for the heads up on PAM 'Christopher33'. They run TONS of ads in these parts, and from all that I've read on them, I have thusfar, and will continue to stay away from them.

 

sure Scarecrow, please do pass along the # via a pm.