Applying With 1 Less Month Of Experience Than Required
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Apply and see what happens. It all depends on how many applications they get.
PJ is right. Just apply and see where it goes. Companies bend their own rules all the time when it comes to recruiting and hiring. What really affects hiring is how badly they need to fill the position.
I agree, can't hurt to apply. If they pass and the position is still open when you meet their minimum, you can reapply.
Your training time won't count. When a company is looking for a minimum experience, they're looking for experience after you got your CDL.
CDL:
Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles:
- Any combination of vehicles with a gross combined weight rating (GCWR) of 26,001 or more pounds, providing the gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of the vehicle being towed is in excess of 10,000 pounds.
- Any single vehicle with a GVWR of 26,001 or more pounds, or any such vehicle towing another not in excess of 10,000 pounds.
- Any vehicle, regardless of size, designed to transport 16 or more persons, including the driver.
- Any vehicle required by federal regulations to be placarded while transporting hazardous materials.
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Hi everyone,
I’ve been with a trucking company for 7 months. The first two months I worked as a yard driver, where I actually used the company tractors, to back 48-footers in/out of doors.
The following 5 months, I worked as a regional delivery driver, of course driving 18 wheelers on my own. Averaging 2500 miles per week.
There is a local company by my house that I use to work for back in the day for years (in a different department & pre-CDL ) and they’re hiring for a Non-CDL box truck position.
Their only requirement that stood out is that they want “6 months of experience driving a cmv on public road.”
In your experience, have you ever gotten a driving job when you lack the experience qualification by one month? Should I include that I went to CDL school on my own dime and technically operated a CMV on public road, in which I actually did to add up 6 months?
Give me your opinion. I’m open to all opinions and even criticism. I’m just curious to know how under qualified I would be to drive a straight truck even though I have 18-wheeler experience, all because I lack one month.
CDL:
Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles:
Regional:
Regional Route
Usually refers to a driver hauling freight within one particular region of the country. You might be in the "Southeast Regional Division" or "Midwest Regional". Regional route drivers often get home on the weekends which is one of the main appeals for this type of route.
CMV:
Commercial Motor Vehicle
A CMV is a vehicle that is used as part of a business, is involved in interstate commerce, and may fit any of these descriptions:
OWI:
Operating While Intoxicated