Trying To Find A Job

I started off at Swift. Completed school and obtained my CDL. Went through training and on my own. I was checking out a truck stop which didn't feel secure. As I was pulling around, there was another semi driving straight for me. Instead of stopping, I pulled to the left and ran over a cement pole with the trailer. This was my second week alone. A few weeks later, I was driving through construction in Tennessee. The road was tore up and bumpy. I didn't see that I had a flat because of how badly the road was or that it was close to the rear along with night. It messed up the tire and rim. About a month later, I was attempting to back into a dock and my DOT bumper got caught on a black pole that I did not see. It pulled it from the dirt, but it only needed a shovel to put it back down and caused no damage to truck or even the pole.

Needless to say, I was terminated. It upset me so much that I went back to school teaching but still carry the desire to drive. I keep hearing I need 3 - 6 months driving without an accident to get hired, but I cannot find anyone to hire me. None of these accidents involved the police. Nothing shows on my DAC at all.

Does anyone have any suggestions???

Use our link to apply for jobs with one application. Just be aware that the economy is tanking, freight has drastically slowed and drivers that have clean records are having a hard time getting hired.

You also need to eat some humble pie and realize that you are totally at fault for all those incidents and when you talk to a recruiter or other company official, you need to let them know what you learned from those incidents. Did you learn what you did wrong and what you should have done when they occurred?

The incidents could show up on your DAC record still. I had one show up several months after I left a company. However, any company that calls Swift will find out about them and why they let you go. Swift would have kept you had you learned what you did wrong and told them what you learned. If you get no one to take you on, you might talk to Swift and see if they would take you back since you had time to reflect on what you did wrong and what you had learned. It can't hurt. Otherwise, go to the top of the page of the General Forum where it says search and type in Second Chance companies. It will search the forum where different guys have talked about needing a second chance. There are companies listed in the different posts.

Good luck.

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Laura

I started off at Swift. Completed school and obtained my CDL. Went through training and on my own. I was checking out a truck stop which didn't feel secure. As I was pulling around, there was another semi driving straight for me. Instead of stopping, I pulled to the left and ran over a cement pole with the trailer. This was my second week alone. A few weeks later, I was driving through construction in Tennessee. The road was tore up and bumpy. I didn't see that I had a flat because of how badly the road was or that it was close to the rear along with night. It messed up the tire and rim. About a month later, I was attempting to back into a dock and my DOT bumper got caught on a black pole that I did not see. It pulled it from the dirt, but it only needed a shovel to put it back down and caused no damage to truck or even the pole.

Needless to say, I was terminated. It upset me so much that I went back to school teaching but still carry the desire to drive. I keep hearing I need 3 - 6 months driving without an accident to get hired, but I cannot find anyone to hire me. None of these accidents involved the police. Nothing shows on my DAC at all.

Does anyone have any suggestions???

Hi, sorry the hear that you are having issues. I am just stepping into this. Anyhow, have you given any thought to team driving?