I just graduated from National Training on Oct.6th and i can't find ANY companies willing to hire me.I don't care if it's cement trucks,dump trucks,OTR,etc.. I feel like i wasted all that money because even though my conviction was in 1999 and i finished with probation and everything on April 31st,2002,no one seems willing to hire me,and the longer i'm out of work the faster i'm going to lose some of the skills i just learned in school,so what do i do? Is there an agent or ANYBODY who can tell me what i should do?

 

What was your felony for?
If it was a violent or drug charge thats going to always be a problem for you.

And here is another problem Im seeing....Although many companies say they will take some felonies after 5 or 10 years.....Its more than likely 5 or 10 years after the last probation date or parole date. Not the date of the conviction.

You might want to try some of the moving companies. I dont know what their specific policy on felons is, but it seems like everytime I talk to a driver with a recent felony they are driving for household moving companies.

 

do you have decent work history since your felony conviction? if you want to do flatbed, arrow hires noobz and is pretty case-by-case about background stuff. if you're interested you can fill out an app at arrowtrucking.com or you can pm me and i'll give you the # to our student recruiter here who can give you a better idea of whether or not you can come on board with us.

 

that sucks the school schould of had a long talk with you before they let you spend any money on training. go bac to them and let them assist you in the process of finding a job. keep hasseling them until they do so they might be able to make a few calls after all they took the money knowing full well what your past history was.

 

Which National Training? Concur with Ken_O, they owe you assisstance thru their placement department. You may not end up with a top-of-the- line entry level company, but you should be able to gain employment. BOL

 

I'm not sure of your locale but I know some guys that work in the farming industry hauling grain and feed for independents in my area aren't sporting the best criminal records in the industry. Give that a try if it is in your area.

 

Learn how your state records these records and if you can just lie. Some states don't have online data base searches. They have to know the county the crime was commited in and then go into the courthouse physically. You got to do what you got to do.

 

what state are you in ?

 

Let me take a wild guess ok? you are black, lived in Europe, now live in Florida and use to be an unrregistered member of NOI. Not to mention the nice coin up for sale.

Close? If I'm wrong well oops, but if I'm right let me know and I'll tell you how to avoid these things.

 

you should just lie....my bf has a felony and once he lied about not having a felony we were off to chattanooga starting work...every place that he was honest about his felony with could not find it but would not hire simply for telling the truth about it....if you want a job lie...sometimes it better to just lie