Will I be able to get a trucking job

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by Truckingbiker, Jun 3, 2014.

  1. Justintruck

    Justintruck Bobtail Member

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    Congratulations!

    Did you ever need to supply anything about the employment gap? Notarized letter?
     
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  3. wyldhorses

    wyldhorses Medium Load Member

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    Congratulations! I am glad the employment gap thing didn't hurt you with Swift. That is one of the things that is insane with SOME trucking companies, (Prime, Roehl others) if you haven't worked in 30 days (for whatever reason) they throw your application away, it's pure nonsense dreamed up by HR drones to make their job's easier. There was legislation proposed in congress making it illegal to discriminate against people with employment gaps, but it didn't make it to law yet. That's why alot of people lie. You have about a 99.99% chance of the company not ever finding out if you lie about employment history and have somebody to answer a phone call when they call, it's just a HR drone calling then checking off a list. But it's nice there are still good companies like Swift where a person doesn't have to do all that nonsense. And with the unemployment rate falling to 6.1 percent this week, trucking companies will be scrambling to fill seats even more than they already are soon.
     
  4. Truckingbiker

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    I had a job for a month selling at&t int, tv, and phone, so I didnt have any problems. If I hadnt you have to bring two noterized letters stating why you have been out of work longer than five months. They didnt seem to care about the gap as long as I had some kind of job in the last five or six months.
     
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  5. Justintruck

    Justintruck Bobtail Member

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    That's good! I've been working since February. I thought they were looking for Any gap in the last 3 years. I may start putting in apps sooner than I thought. Great news!

    I just buzzed my hair about 2 weeks ago. Do I need to let it grow for the hair follicle test? I've read on here that some companies do those and some don't. Just want to add that passing the test won't be a problem, but growing my hair will take some time.
     
  6. Truckingbiker

    Truckingbiker Bobtail Member

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    They just do urin test.
     
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  7. Chinatown

    Chinatown Road Train Member

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    Good job; enjoy your new career.
     
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  8. warhippy

    warhippy Medium Load Member

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    Going through Schneider Orientation now. They do hair and Urine. One of my buddies was bald so they clipped hair from his armpit. He was nervous as hell but came back good.
     
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  9. Truckingbiker

    Truckingbiker Bobtail Member

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    I havent been to orentation yet so that may be how swift does it as well, but heard it was just urin.
     
  10. Truckingbiker

    Truckingbiker Bobtail Member

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    Well I got my cdl today now im a super trucker lol.
     
  11. Justintruck

    Justintruck Bobtail Member

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    That's great man! I know you're glad that's over.
     
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