Employment History

I have a question as I am seeking a company paid training.. I see they want 3 years of past employment, however I have been a student for the past 3 I don't have a good employment history mainly because where I live there are no jobs.. I am not making excuses however I just want to do this as a passion to drive and learn and to better my life any advice?

If you've been a full time student for the past 3 years then you're golden. That's all they'll need to know. You can list that as your occupation.

And they're not worried so much about where you worked or what jobs you've had. They're more worried about if you've worked much in recent years.

Once you're a driver, companies have to get your past 10 years of history - that's Federal Law. But since you're new to the industry they only need your past 3 years. So just put that you've been a full time student and they'll be fine with that.

Thank you! That had me worried.. I used to work in Nursing for years and after getting tired of the depressing daily events I just wanted a career change. Now with the change in federal loans etc and those are piling up I just cant continue to owe the govt.. I am all about change and succeeding! I have been studying everything I can find as far as CDL goes and practicing the tests.

I used to work in Nursing for years and after getting tired of the depressing daily events I just wanted a career change.

Hey MONBON,

I worked in nursing also and decided to go the CDL route. It has started out very well for me. Good luck!

Question: for anyone who might be close to my area.. I Live in South Carolina.. I have been calling every company I know of that offers training and it seems Nobody will accept South Carolina residents. Any advice? I hear Stevens will but not sure how good that one is as I know NOTHING about Texas laws..

TX laws won't matter much to you. You will need to contact Stevens and see if you can get your CDL permit in SC, or do you have to get it in TX, if you are accepted into their school. Its different with every company sometimes, so call em and check. This also holds true for your other endorsements, HazMat , doubles , Triples, etc.

My brother went to school in Texas through crengland and he had to have a TX driving permit while in school and got a Texas CDL which he had to get transferred over to Arkansas once he completed the school.

Here is a little update on my research and final decision.. I have chosen to utilize the WIA program in my area and go to SAGE. Also have been doing the training on this WEBSITE and am so grateful for that! I actually am shocking myself on the knowledge I do have now. I have researched so many companies in the past few weeks its UNREAL! I have read so many horror stories revolving around CRST and CR England its almost scary! I am really wanting to find a company like Knight Transport that operates in the South. Still lots out there I haven't looked at yet. The application to Knight's school really scared me as they wanted my addresses and work history for the past ten years and OMG I don't remember every single thing. any advice regarding this issue would be great! I have verifiable school for the past 3 years and before that I worked from like 1996-2005 as a CNA. From 2005 on I was a house wife and mom until I chose to go back to school in 2009. I just cant take this money owed to the government any longer and I swear the further I get in my degree the more I don't want it. This is not where my passion lies, I want the open road, the camaraderie, and the feeling of delivering those loads!

Little Carolina, all the trucking companies are required by federal law to get all that information, so here's what you do: take the time to get all that work history information together, write it down, and hang on to it. This way if one application doesn't work out, you'll have all the information readily available to you for the next one. I've got a file that's an inch thick with information that the trucking school I went to helped me get together and it is extremely helpful having all the information at my fingertips whenever I need it. It's got a lot of stuff in it beside my work history, but any information you need for that Knight application, make a copy of it for your own records, believe me you'll be glad you did if you start working on another one.

Little Carolina, all the trucking companies are required by federal law to get all that information, so here's what you do: take the time to get all that work history information together, write it down, and hang on to it. This way if one application doesn't work out, you'll have all the information readily available to you for the next one. I've got a file that's an inch thick with information that the trucking school I went to helped me get together and it is extremely helpful having all the information at my fingertips whenever I need it. It's got a lot of stuff in it beside my work history, but any information you need for that Knight application, make a copy of it for your own records, believe me you'll be glad you did if you start working on another one.

The concern I have is that I have some employment gaps because of school and being a stay at home mom.. how do you fix that?