Stable Employment History

Whenever a company expects from the applicant a stable employment history, what do they mean. Can too much unemployment be a reason for the application to be turned down?

They first need to know what you have been up to for the past 3, 5, 7 (can't remember) or 10 years as a D.O.T. requirement. Then it varies by company how they view your history. As long as the gaps in your employment can be verified in some way, you will be fine. There are many companies with different standards.

While it's true that companies will check your employment background and want different lengths of time the only two time periods that the dot mandates is 3 years of work history for someone who has never driven a truck and 10 years for someone who has driven before.

While it's true that companies will check your employment background and want different lengths of time the only two time periods that the dot mandates is 3 years of work history for someone who has never driven a truck and 10 years for someone who has driven before.

Ah, yeah. thats it.

I wanted to work for prime and go through their school but unfortunately they rejected me due to my employment/unemployment history. I have worked mostly through temp agencies and fire departments since leaving the army as well as moved around a lot since then. When they checked the system to check my job history along with my application it showed 10-12 additional jobs however those additional jobs were through one temp agency...I listed the temp agency and not the jobs individually because I was never hired on. Unfortunately, instead of the temp agency showing in the system it was all of the jobs I worked as a temp through that showed up.

Stevens Transport was really stern on work history. When I was 18 I went to college and dropped out when I was 20. Just lived at home and played games all day. Didn't have to work because I was spoiled. Well, the company didn't look kindly on that because it was a work gap and I wasn't able to get free training with them back when I very first wanted to drive trucks! The lady said I should have made something up, grass cutting for neightbors, trimming bushes or working at college, etc. But I just said forget it lol

@Hotshot - that's interesting about the temp jobs. Did each employer pay you separately, or did the temp agency pay you? I ask because I also did temp work; the agency always cut my check.