What company will hire me

[doug33]

I am still looking for a job with a trucking company.Any useful advice will be appreciated,please no cute or smarta** remarks.

[Random_Facts]

I am still looking for a job with a trucking company.Any useful advice will be appreciated,please no cute or smarta** remarks.

well hey there, lets see looking for a job, that depends on a few factors. (sense there are a lot of choices) lets narrow it down with:

Are you willing to go Long haul (Over the road)?

Are you looking for local?

Are you looking for flat bed? Van? Tanker?

Then you have to see about miles, pay, equipment is a big factor at times.

all those are good things to think about, it will really help ya narrow it down.

[Sheepdancer]

By reading his posts lately, I think he would take just about any driving job. Unfortunately, his driving record is preventing him from getting anything.

[eastern ontario]

Unfortunately, no driving record is WORSE than have a bad one.......like no credit history. So WHO will give you that experience??????????

[doug33]

Like Sheep Dancer said I am looking for anything,and I am glad JB HUNT has not given up on me ,the lady I talked to said get 6 months or more clean driving and we will look at your application .

[volar]

Hi doug33,

I think that might help you. Visit this website:
http://I_am_a_retard.com
Dipwad Exchange is the world's largest neutral trading hub for the Sameday courier and express freight exchange industry.
Positions that they offer include bike courier jobs, lorry driving jobs, LGV jobs, delivery driver jobs and jobs in logistics management and distribution.

Alternatively, go to the 'sister site' to Dipwad Exchange:
http://www.my_mother_is_my_sister_an...my_wife.co.uk/

If you are interested - go to their site and register online.

Hope you get your new job soon.
Good luck.

[Sheepdancer]

Hi doug33,

I think that might help you. Visit this website:
http://www.spam_central.co.uk/
Courier Exchange is the world's largest neutral trading hub for the Sameday courier and express freight exchange industry.
Positions that they offer include bike courier jobs, lorry driving jobs, LGV jobs, delivery driver jobs and jobs in logistics management and distribution.

Alternatively, go to the 'sister site' to Courier Exchange:
http://www.I_divorced_my_dog_because..._better.co.uk/

There you go doug......you can ride a bike in the UK..... :shock: Thats almost as good as truck driving. <heavy sarcasm>.
That has to be the dumbest spammer ever. Looking for UK bicycle delivery people on a truck driver message board.

[jegzus]

How many tickets or accidents have you had in the last 3 years? It seems weird that the big companies wont take you on as a trainee. Do you have any driving expeirence or fresh out of school?

[doug33]

I have 2 tickets (none over 15 mph) and 4 non DOT incidents(I am currently rebutting one of the incidents being how I was hit ).

[jegzus]

Well Doug if those two tickets gave you 3 points or more on your license then you will have a very hard time finding a driving job (big truck or not). The only thing you can do is keep putting applications in and hope for the best. You may actually have to end up waiting a year or so until the points drop off your license.

I know that isn't what you want to hear, trust me I was there before I got one speeding ticket when I was 18 that screwed me until I was about 20. Now I have no points and have not even been pulled over since then and that is the ticket to getting driving jobs.

[doug33]

how long does it take for a ticket to fall off.

[Sheepdancer]

usually 3 years

[doug33]

how do you check for points on your license?

[CaliTrucker]

Gotta go to the DMV and get a copy of you driving record. Here in California its $5 It should give you a point count somewhere on there

[Sheepdancer]

I dont know about all companies but I know a lot of companies dont go by points, they go by number of tickets. We dont allow no more than 3 tickets in the last 3 years. No wreckless or careless driving. No more than one excessive speeding (over 15mph).

[doug33]

like I said I only have 2 tickets (A: 06/25/05 Milford TX 65mph in a 55 zone. (B: 05/19/06 LaGrande OR 69mph in a 55 zone ).I am not an excessive speeder.

[Sheepdancer]

I know. I think the problem you are running into is not the tickets, its the 4 incidents. And if you were terminated from your last job.

[doug33]

I left my last 2 jobs on my own by resignation .

[apache34]

I dont know about all companies but I know a lot of companies dont go by points, they go by number of tickets. We dont allow no more than 3 tickets in the last 3 years. No wreckless or careless driving. No more than one excessive speeding (over 15mph).

I have two speeding tickets back in 2004 1: 72/55 and 73/55 havent been in truck since april 2005 since I quit trucking. :twisted:

[Piece Of Work]

Many drivers still don't protect thier driving records like they should.