Harsh Reality
Topic 14870 | Page 1
One should always apply to multiple companies to keep your options open.
But until you have a FIRM ORIENTATION DATE, you should not decline offers from anyone else.
Recruiters are used to making offers to people, then having them "go dark" on them.
As a matter of PROFESSIONAL COURTESY (and not closing other doors permanently), applicants should take the time to communicate with companies they are TRULY INTERESTED IN, to let them know they have accepted an offer elsewhere. Thank them for their time in looking at your application and communicating with you.
But OBVIOUSLY - don't do that, until you are almost ready to walk out the door to the greyhound station to leave for orientation.
Was there a particular reason the company you thought you were getting on with, declined your start date? Companies usually bring in WAY MORE DRIVERS than they actually need - due to the high rate of "wash-outs" in orientation along (failed physicals, drug tests, undisclosed criminal/traffic offenses, etc.).
There's usually a REASON WHY they "chose someone else". It's important to find out WHY (if you can), so you can correct any errors/omissions in your applications elsewhere.
Rick
HOS:
Hours Of Service
HOS refers to the logbook hours of service regulations.
I had a company that gave me a pre-hire , but I've been in school so long they sort of backed out without telling me. I just found out when my friend with a smartphone checked Driver Pulse for me. I don't know why they backed out, I have to call them soon and ask. It's probably because I've been in school so long they think I'm fibbing them, or they just ran out of open driver positions. I can't blame them either way.
After you finish school, my instructors tell me I have 40 to 60 days to get a job. That ought to be plenty of time if you don't make stupid decisions, the industry doesn't go under, you don't get hurt, etc.
Pre-hire:
What Exactly Is A Pre-Hire Letter?
Pre-hire letters are acceptance letters from trucking companies to students, or even potential students, to verify placement. The trucking companies are saying in writing that the student, or potential student, appears to meet the company's minimum hiring requirements and is welcome to attend their orientation at the company’s expense once he or she graduates from truck driving school and has their CDL in hand.
We have an excellent article that will help you Understand The Pre-Hire Process.
A Pre-Hire Letter Is Not A Guarantee Of Employment
The people that receive a pre-hire letter are people who meet the company's minimum hiring requirements, but it is not an employment contract. It is an invitation to orientation, and the orientation itself is a prerequisite to employment.
During the orientation you will get a physical, drug screen, and background check done. These and other qualifications must be met before someone in orientation is officially hired.
Rug pulled from under Blue Hotel:
I had a company that gave me a pre-hire , but I've been in school so long they sort of backed out without telling me
Pre-Hires are only good for a certain amount of time. That company probably figured you were like "everyone else" and simply took another job without telling them.
If you want to keep an option open, it's up to you to keep that company updated.
Bill did the Professional Courtesy thing and got bit. Bill, it was your timing. The Harsh Reality is that you cut the strings before the reality of actually getting in the bus happened.
Pre-hire:
What Exactly Is A Pre-Hire Letter?
Pre-hire letters are acceptance letters from trucking companies to students, or even potential students, to verify placement. The trucking companies are saying in writing that the student, or potential student, appears to meet the company's minimum hiring requirements and is welcome to attend their orientation at the company’s expense once he or she graduates from truck driving school and has their CDL in hand.
We have an excellent article that will help you Understand The Pre-Hire Process.
A Pre-Hire Letter Is Not A Guarantee Of Employment
The people that receive a pre-hire letter are people who meet the company's minimum hiring requirements, but it is not an employment contract. It is an invitation to orientation, and the orientation itself is a prerequisite to employment.
During the orientation you will get a physical, drug screen, and background check done. These and other qualifications must be met before someone in orientation is officially hired.
Pre-hires:
What Exactly Is A Pre-Hire Letter?
Pre-hire letters are acceptance letters from trucking companies to students, or even potential students, to verify placement. The trucking companies are saying in writing that the student, or potential student, appears to meet the company's minimum hiring requirements and is welcome to attend their orientation at the company’s expense once he or she graduates from truck driving school and has their CDL in hand.
We have an excellent article that will help you Understand The Pre-Hire Process.
A Pre-Hire Letter Is Not A Guarantee Of Employment
The people that receive a pre-hire letter are people who meet the company's minimum hiring requirements, but it is not an employment contract. It is an invitation to orientation, and the orientation itself is a prerequisite to employment.
During the orientation you will get a physical, drug screen, and background check done. These and other qualifications must be met before someone in orientation is officially hired.
Another poster on anther thread complained that it's all "happy talk" here in Trucking Truth. This is a great example that said poster is incorrect.
Bill P seems to have been cut loose at the wrong time. He posts his experience here.
No pity party happens, just serious, non judgmental explanation and suggestions.
OOS:
When a violation by either a driver or company is confirmed, an out-of-service order removes either the driver or the vehicle from the roadway until the violation is corrected.
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One company tells you they will hire you. You send emails to other companies that you will not be going with them ,then BAM they chose someone else. Lesson learned
HOS:
Hours Of Service
HOS refers to the logbook hours of service regulations.