I Graduated in Feb. of this year from trucking school.. They did background check for my dui and etc.. They accepted me into school. They said that i would be hireable. I got pulled over in 2002 for dui.. But i tried to fight it so i didnt actually get convicted until Jan. 31, 2006. I spent alot of money pretty much for nothing. Now i think I spent alot more for nothing i paid out 5 grand for the school not counting living down there expeinces. I got home and started putting in my applications and i got alot of call backs but then they said they couldnt hire me cause they go by the dui conviction date. Im just wondering if anyone knows a company that will hire me? I graduated top of my class but that doesnt count.. i know.

Ive been doing research and google to see i can find some company no luck so far..

If someone knows a company that will hire a person with dui convition over year ago please message me back or email me.. Thank You guys for your time.

Thanks to the rest of you guys for giving me a nice straight forward answer and tips. I will take them all into consideration.

 

Most companies go by conviction date, so that makes you pretty much unhireable at the moment. Best bet will be to look for a smaller mom & pop outfit in your area.

 

There is really no smaller trucking companies in my area.. The ones that i do see want you to have experience..

 

Unfortunately for you, he is right. Trucking companies are most likely going to go by the conviction date. I hate to tell you this but most likely you are going to be SOL until at least 2011 when the conviction is 5 years old. You might be able to find a job, but they are going to know you are one of their only options and pay you accourdingly (very little) or they are going to want you to run illegally. Outlaws companies are always looking for outlaw drivers.

 

The main reason most companies can't hire anyone with a Dui is because their insurance company dictates it. You may have to look at another line of work since most companies want the DUI to be at least 7 years old and some don't want one ever. You may at least have some recourse in getting your money back.

 

Why should he get his money back? He got a CDL... These people are starting to sound more and more like the "victims" of the Nigerian email scams. If they think that they can be a boozer and or druggie and then just hop in a truck and be a professional driver their heads are not screwed on straight. The school did not lie, they said he was "hireable", they did not set a time line nor did they guarantee that he would be hired by a trucking company. Some dirt hauler or bottom dweller outfit may hire them, that's all they really deserve anyway.

 

hey fozzy what you mean by the dirt hauler comment????

 

Meaning that most dirt hauler outfits would hire a corpse..

 

listen to these guys they know what their talking about,but i will add some of the insurance companies and they dictate to the companies who they hire out their now are going back to 7 yr's on DWI conviction's not all but most.

 

It's possible to find a job, given your situation. Just difficult, is all. The company I work for hired someone that had a conviction 3 years ago, and there are certainly smaller companies that will consider you. But there is no doubt that you will look long and hard, and may have to move, if you are serious about it.