Help with finding a job

[truckerwifewi]

My husband just got his CDL. He has a misdemeanor charge from 6 yrs ago that he was charged with, but then it was dismissed. It seems that this is causing him to not be able to get a trucking job. Does anyone have any suggestions of any companies that will hire him. He has a spotless driving record. Any help would be appreciated.

[Jumbo]

Where are you located? What type of driving does he want to do? Who has rejected his application?

[truckerwifewi]

We are in the minneapolis area. he has been rejected by werner, HOW, roehl, maybe some others. He just wants a job to get maybe 6 months experience so then he can get a more local job.

[BIG JEEP on 44's]

My husband just got his CDL. He has a misdemeanor charge from 6 yrs ago that he was charged with, but then it was dismissed. It seems that this is causing him to not be able to get a trucking job. Does anyone have any suggestions of any companies that will hire him. He has a spotless driving record. Any help would be appreciated.

Must be a drug charge ...because I started driving in 2005 and in 2001 I parked my ex lifted Jeep on a hill at Wal-mart where they plow the excess snow to in winter...The Walmart had no issue with my parking ,but a Jeffco sherrif decided he did, and after 1.5 hrs of thumbing through the books he wrote me for...criminal tampering ...It was completly BS and the officer could not understand why the manager of that store wanted nothing to do with him...It was tossed out by the DA and she appologized for the inconveinience and asked if there was pre existing problems between the officer and I ...However this incidents shows on a full background check as charged/dismissed...it dos not show on usis .

[BIG JEEP on 44's]

Are they finding this info or are you telling them ...b/c if it's not a conviction it's probably not on dac/usis ...or was this a charge he plead guilty to for deal ?


Also most company apps read like this...Have you ever been convicted of...felony or misdemeanor ...not have you ever been charged with either.

[truckerwifewi]

no, its not a drug charge. it was one he plead guilty to and then it was dismissed(it was a child neglect charge). it is on the usis.

[BIG JEEP on 44's]

no, its not a drug charge. it was one he plead guilty to and then it was dismissed(it was a child neglect charge). it is on the usis.

By pleading guilty to the court for the deal he took blame or guilt for the charges and on record hows guity ,so in the eyes of a company it's a guilty charge because he plead guilty to the charges .

[truckerwifewi]

True, but it was dismissed and according to his criminal record he was not convicted since it was dismissed. My question was are there companies that can over look it. it was 7 years ago and he has no speeding tickets or accidents ever.

[Blind Driver]

There are still local companies that will hire him. Gotta burn up that shoe leather.

[Jumbo]

We are in the minneapolis area. he has been rejected by werner, HOW, roehl, maybe some others. He just wants a job to get maybe 6 months experience so then he can get a more local job.

Just my opinion. If he is having that hard of a time finding a job he should work for whoever hires him for the magic year. You dont want to seen as a job hopper on top of the problem he already has.

[GMAN]

I don't understand why a court would allow someone to plead guilty to a charge and then dismiss it? That doesn't make any sense. Most prosecutors would not drop charges when they already have a guilty plea. They get brownie points for convictions. They could care less if someone is guilty or innocent as long as they get their conviction.

[truckerwifewi]

well the allegations were found to be untrue. I guess really the fact that they were dismissed means nothing. The charge that was clearly dismissed is haunting him. He thought since it was dismissed (and what the county officials told him) that it wouldnt be on his criminal background report. He was prehired with a company and they are refusing to hire him now becasue of this dismissed charge. We are wondering if there are less stringent companies out there that he should apply too.

[Jimbpard]

Just something to think about....

If the Mega-carriers dont want to touch him, the local/LTL carriers will surely RUN away from him, even if he has 1-2 years OTR experience.

In MOST cases, local jobs are reserved for drivers with the most squeeky-clean records. Driving/criminal. Especially in this current situation where there isnt alot of hiring going on to begin with.

IMO, if he's going to get into driving, get used to doing OTR for a while. Of course you might be able to get a job with a mom-pop local coal bucket outfit or somethin like that.

Sorry if I downed ya, but it is nice to know the truth.
Good luck. Keep us posted.

[truckerwifewi]

He is expecting to do OTR...if he can get a job. Some day he wants local. This has cost a lot of money to get his CDL. He was prehired, which was a huge plus, or so he thought. Now all his hard work, just gives him a CDL with no job and probably no prospect for one, since obviously this world is messed up beyond repair. Seems odd to me that companies hire people with DUI's but won't consider a offense that was dismissed. We will keep optimistic that someone has some suggestions, or some one will give him a chance.

[EvenJoe]

He is expecting to do OTR...if he can get a job. Some day he wants local. This has cost a lot of money to get his CDL. He was prehired, which was a huge plus, or so he thought. Now all his hard work, just gives him a CDL with no job and probably no prospect for one, since obviously this world is messed up beyond repair. Seems odd to me that companies hire people with DUI's but won't consider a offense that was dismissed. We will keep optimistic that someone has some suggestions, or some one will give him a chance.

Got an idea that may help long term:
Have you ever considered having his record expunged? Expungement is a legal term for legally erasing a record from your file. It will not exist at all when it is expunged. Here is the website for expunging a record in Minnesota ;
http://www.mncourts.gov/selfhelp/?page=330

You may not even need an attorney for this.

BOL!

[belpre122]

We are in the minneapolis area. he has been rejected by werner, HOW, roehl, maybe some others. He just wants a job to get maybe 6 months experience so then he can get a more local job.

I'm fairly sure that he will pass muster at CRST. 8 month contract and you're out the door. (used to be just six) CRST is team only, but has a shorter contract length and they are not as picky regarding backgrounds.

Tell him to get his 8 months in, go back to Minneapolis and start hauling fuel. 50-70K per year. Home every day. Best kept secret in truck driving.

That's how I did it!

Good luck!

[Jimbpard]

Depends where your at I guess.
Fuel hauling around here only pays $17/hr. And thats the better paying one..
4/10 hour days = $680 x 52 weeks = $35,360/year

[belpre122]

Big 10-4 on all of the above Jimbo. Indianapolis is around $20.00 as a standard. There are some coolie carrier fuel outfits that pay around $15.00, but they work 60-70 hours a week, so the 20-30 hours of OT brings the pay up.

By choice I run "per load" as I work nights and weekends and don't screw around. Last night I worked exactly 12 hours. $313.60 for the night.

[Double R]

Big 10-4 on all of the above Jimbo. Indianapolis is around $20.00 as a standard. There are some coolie carrier fuel outfits that pay around $15.00, but they work 60-70 hours a week, so the 20-30 hours of OT brings the pay up.

By choice I run "per load" as I work nights and weekends and don't screw around. Last night I worked exactly 12 hours. $313.60 for the night.

Cost-of-living is way the pay is different between the two cities. $35,000/Yr around here is good, but would suck lets say on the other side of the state(Philly).

Your "per-load" seems to make you good money.

[BigDiesel]

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