RE: sketchy work history

This guy seems to have a chip on his shoulder. I'd hate to be his trainer. Even if you don't have a cdl. They want 10 years of your work history. I started at 21 and I listed my work history and then put High school. But if you have a problem with wondering why companies don't like hiring people with sketchy work histories. For one we carry expensive stuff and some time the product and the driver are never found. Well the trailer might be found but it's empty. This industry also has a high turnover rate. So some companies probably wouldn't waste there time on job hoppers. Who will probably leave there truck in the middle of nowhere because you are upset at the company. The rule is a government thing anyway. So if you have a sketchy work history and will have problems with filling out 10 years of employment, and or affidavit. Then maybe you should choose another career. Especially if you want a company to pay for your schooling. Even if you pay for your own schooling companies will be hesitant without a steady work history.

 

Read post I posted in is unemployment a crime will answer your question why
Just posted it hope it help explain.

 

1) Do you HONESTLY believe that an immigrant "fresh off the boat" just "walks in and gets handed a job"?

2) If you flip burgers for 3 years, that itself has nothing to do with truck driving. However, if you were to do it for 3 years, or any other type of work for 3 years, it shows that you are both able to and willing to hold down a VERIFIABLE job to fulfill the basic entry level prerequisite to become a student truck driver.

3) Equally as important, applicants and trucking companies alike have to comply with federal regulations to keep from being fined, shut down, or possibly being sent to prison.

Good luck to you!

God bless every American and their families! God bless the U.S.A.!

 

It's not just trucking, it's all places hiring. Most places have more applicants than jobs, so they're going to be choosy. Why choose you instead of the guy that's worked the last 3 years? Seriously, how do they know what a special snowflake you are by looking at your application/resume. Everything is about paper now, you've got to make sure you look good on it.

The obvious answer here, whether it be trucking related or not, is to GET A JOB. Step 2, GET A BETTER JOB. Whether that's trucking, idk. But you need to start putting apps in everywhere and settling on one of the first guys to call you back. It's pretty iffy with your background, but you could try getting a job as a dock worker for a trucking company, many of those companies will help you get your CDL or at least consider you after you get one for a driving job.

Lastly, look at yourself. Your a 20 something with an (dropped, I know...) assault charge who doesn't like to work a normal job. It just gives me the image that you're some kind of slacker or punk. Make sure you look and sound professional when you look for a job. And before you argue with me that you're a well bread upstanding citizen, part of my point here is that the way I described how I guess you would look is exactly how a potential employer will see you when they look at your resume. That's why your work history is important.

Also, did you try CR England? They hire almost anyone.