Where do you live?

I just called a couple dozen trucking companies from a list I got off the net. I'm a new driver without experience and I haven't graduated from one of those schools on the preferred list, which typically cost $3K. I picked a cheap school, silly me.

The first question each recruiter asked me was where do I live? I live in Nevada, which was followed by "we don't hire from Nevada." I mentioned a couple times that I could live anywhere, and that I have no ties or reasons to stay where I'm at. The recruiter said I would need a license and a address in another state, then call back. The recruiter didn't bother to mention which other states, so its obviously a polite way of saying, stop talking, hang up now.

So over the road, 48 states, why does it matter which state I live in? Especially considering I live in Reno, which is on a lane, is it not? Interstate 80?

Well I haven't called Swift or Werner yet. So if people wonder how these supposedly bad companies get drivers. Its because nobody else will hire.

 

You're right. I should be focusing more on getting employed by a local company. I don't really care about where I move to or go, so its not so important to me, but I guess its more important to the employer.

Nevada has the second worse unemployment in the nation right now. Michigan is first. The construction industry in Nevada is really bad. Companies are getting away with firing their entire workforce and rehiring for less than half of what they payed the guys they fire. Its getting bad, and Vegas is worse I'm sure, it always is.

Thanks