Truck Driver Job Search

If you see an ad is a permanent fixture appearing every week or month, they may not be the right company for you. The ad is always there for a reason. They are a revolving door playing the numbers game.




There are only a few reasons why a company is looking for drivers. They don’t have enough work to keep the ones they have. They either pay or treat the ones they have poorly, or they’re expanding. So think about this and always ask why they’re hiring in the first place. Many places will have big promises, but very little work.

The more professional companies will usually provide some information about the job. If they don’t, the company may not be worth your time to put together a resume and drivers abstract. Try contacting them first before you dismiss them.

I always liked to talk to someone on the phone because it’s much more personal and you can ask questions. You should be able to read a little more into the person, the company, and the job by the way the conversation goes.

How would a company react if you sent off a nameless resume asking a whole series of questions about the job and their personal information? Let’s go one step further and ask them for a list of assets, balance sheets, etc. to be sent to the following email address and if you approve, you’ll send them your name.

How many of you have been financially stung by a company you didn’t know was on the verge of bankruptcy?

Where is our protection? They do background checks, credit checks, criminal searches, drivers abstract searches, previous employers checks, and reference checks.

What do we do? Many of us are to scared to even ask what the pay is in fear of them dismissing our interest.

This is some driver shortage we have isn’t it? This isn’t how supply and demand works.

So all that aside, there are other things you should be asking like:

• What’s their equipment like?
• How well do they maintain it?
• What’s their record like with departments of transportation? (Different countries offer this online already.)
• Vacation pay and vacation time?
• Health care and benefits?
• Uniforms?
• And the biggest one of all. What do you pay for? Down time, repair time, wait time, layovers etc…?

This information should be obtained before you give your resume. These are important decisions that will save you a lot of wasted time pursuing a job you wouldn’t be happy with. The last thing we need are more drivers unhappy with their jobs.

We NEED to ask more question. Don’t be shy. It’s your own time you’ll be wasting if you don’t.

The industry itself has created the driver shortage and as drivers we never used it to our advantage, but maybe we should have? It seems the trucking companies are dictating too many of the rules when a shortage should work to our advantage right?

The next time you see a nameless company asking for your resume and drivers abstract, take the time to let them know. Send a message that’s professional, but to the point.

“I may be interested in this position, but who do I address my resume too?” or,

“I’m currently laid off due to a work shortage. I’m required to complete accurate job search information to the government in order to receive my insurance benefits. Could you please provide that information?”.

You can even be blunt about it if you’re not interested in the job anyway.

“Please provide the information about the position, the pay, and the company. I am a professional in every aspect of my life, and I don’t wish to give sensitive personal information to an unknown entity that could possibly be used in identity theft.”

You probably won’t get a response with the last one (we just threw it in for fun), but would you want to work for a company like that?

So this is just our take of a truck driver job search, but we’re all different. My only wish is that there’d be more disclosure in what companies are offering.

Your feedback on truck driver job search is always welcome.

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