Working on a dock and driving? Driving jobs with "sales" in the title?

Throwing sales on the title is usually a bs way to get around some dot regulations because you are a "salesman" not a driver. Usually small retail delivories, bread, chips, soda...

 

Would save werehouse for a backup plan, it can get you into driving but better to start driving wherever you can first,

 

Schwan's comes to mind when the word "sales" come up...Nestle Waters as well....route salesman.

 

I and a handful of friends and coworkers started off that way; little or no experience, so we hired on in LTL (in my case, it was the old Viking Freight System/FedEx Freight), and worked the dock for a few months while I completed the company's in-house training. It's a good way to get your foot in the door with limited experience.
Our job title/description was also driver/sales. That didn't mean we actually had to do the sales pitch or negotiating, that just meant we had a vested interest in helping the customer as much as possible, because we as drivers had the most contact with them.

 

Sales trucking is also in chips and doritos and the like. You drive the truck, sell the customer and stock their shelves for them!

Mikeeee

 

As long as the end result was being a full time driver and your getting the hours and pay you want I'd say go for it. Its very common for most LTLs to get some dock work thrown in.

 

That seems odd...how would you be less of a candidate than someone who needs their CDL, since you have yours? I would think that would make you at least as valuable, if not a little more. You would be able to complete any retraining in a shorter interval.

 

You said you have no experience and you have an opportunity to work for and LTL carrier like conway/xpo. if you don't wanna be out on the road away from family earning penny's on the dollar getting treated like craps,YOU ARE IN A REALLY GOOD SPOT. At least your gonna earn a decent check, and be home with your family. You can actually stay with that company, or leave after you get a year experience. If you leave before you get a year experience it's gonna be hard to find a good local jobs , andyou Will have to go to the swifts, c.r ENGLANDs of the world. Don't worry about the sales part. It just means taking care of the customers needs is part of your job, and that only applies to you when your out in the city making pick UPS and deliveries. In the beginning for you starting out, its mostly dock works and vias( taking trailers to terminals) I'm not sure how this xpo situation is gonna change operations, but you should make really good money at Conway.. They are notorious for sending people on line haul runs after working 12hours on the dock. Know that's it's illegal because you will run out of hours, language is important. Dont say I'm to tired to do it. Instead say Im fatigue. Everyone gets tired but fatigue implies you are not physical are mentally capable to do that run. If they still try and force you call tell the line haul dept and tell them what's going on and you are fatigue..