Turned down...

Is Prime running a school for new drivers?? if not that may be why. Other wise your being terminated might be it plus whatever the last employer might have told prime when they were called for reference.

 

just keep applying at other places. it the only thing you can do.

 

Yes, they are taking students into the program. I just went through three weeks ago.

I think if you would have told them that you were terminated for other reasons besides "personality conflict" you would have been fine. Maybe "position was eliminated" or "laid off" would have been acceptable. I don't know for sure though.

Sorry to hear about your troubles. Good luck going forward.

 

Don't take it too personal. It could be for a number of reasons, and unfortunately you probably will never find out. It could be as simple as not needing any drivers from your area. They may already have a ton of drivers from where you live and don't want to deal with anymore "hometime" being taken there. Or, maybe you just live in an area that would be very difficult to get you home if we have few customers or drop yards in the area. This is also the slow season for trucking, so they are probably scaling back on hiring for right now, which certainly wouldn't help you.

It very well could be your previous job termination too. I do think "personality conflict" may have raised an eyebrow. Prime is very much service oriented. We deal with a lot of customers who will treat you like complete garbage, and you need to be able to keep your cool, stay polite, and basically just take what they throw at you. I'm not saying you wouldn't be able to do that, but seeing a termination and the reasoning being "personality conflict" may have lead the recruiter to believe that you have trouble with interpersonal skills...whether that's actually true or not.

The trucking industry is hurtin' right now, just like every other industry. This is one of the few times in the industries history that there are more applicants than positions available. So, if your recruiter reviewed 250 applications last week and 200 of those were people who were not terminated due to a personality conflict, well, the recruiter may have just set your application aside and went for one of the other 200 applicants.

I don't mean to sound negative or hit you while you're down, just providing some insight. My insight might be completely off base, but those were just a few things that came to my mind.

There are still pleanty of jobs available in the trucking industry. Last year about this time I had 4 pre-hires. All of them fell through for one reason or another. So I definately know what you're feeling X 4. Keep applying. If you have a clean driving record, clean criminal history, and solid work history besides your last job, I'm pretty confident somebody will take you.

 

I had the same thing happen to me at some of the companies that I applied to. Do not let it get you down. Keep putting in applications to companies. You will get on with one of them.
It may not be your first choice or even your second. But you have to play the cards that you are dealt and go with it.
Failure is not an option. Keep pushing on and you will be successful!

God Bless!

 

I'm leaning towards it being the "termination" and not the "personality conflict".

Three years ago, Dh quit a job he had been working at for over 5 years, due to "irreconcilable differences" he had with a new boss that recently came aboard. The new boss believed in the, "It's my way or the highway" philosophy and was also a micromanager.

Dh disclosed this to Prime and was still approved.