Help! Recent Graduate Can't Get Job! What The?

Drivers!!!! I very recently graduated from Road Masters in PHX AZ. Ok got a job at May Trucking. went to training and didnt make the cut so they say... So I called Covenant and they said no can do because I already tried May. I wrongly picked May because of their short training but apparently I need the extra training Covenant would have provided but I made the wrong choice. Both of these places were on my radar because I dont think I can pass a hair folic test because I have stupidly been using CBD oil with TCH in it on my hands to ease the pain of my arthritis (and it works killer) Soooo now I'm terrified to even try a hair test in case it registers the cbd oil .... I'm not a drug user by any means but I fear this! So Covenant tells me they can't hire because I worked for May Trucking for 2 weeks! Once I was terminated I knew I was in trouble and became homeless right then. I quickly took what little pay I recieved and rented a cheap room in Tucson, AZ. where I am now. Ya'll I can't find a job! Please help! I need a permanent job and place to live! I am trainable and teachable and loveable and this is crazy! Oh and I called RoadMasters because they said they offer lifetime placement... I called... The dude tells me he doesn't have anything. ZERO HELP! Ive scrubbed the job boards for will train new graduates and have not found anything except Swift which is a HAIR TEST!!!! NO NO! I have a temp roof over my head. A clean driving record. Current medical card. I want to do OTR and just need a break. I should have chosen Covenant in the first place. But I didnt. :-( Thank you in advance ~ Nancy

Nancy, you came to the right place for honest answers. Most of us recommend waiting a year from last use (of anything) to be sure you can pass a hair follicle test. Unfortunately starting one company's training and not completing it is going to hinder you. The other members can go deeper on those. But the good news is once you're with a company and solo, you can live in the truck and save most of your earnings. Don't give up!

Nancy, you came to the right place for honest answers. Most of us recommend waiting a year from last use (of anything) to be sure you can pass a hair follicle test. Unfortunately starting one company's training and not completing it is going to hinder you. The other members can go deeper on those. But the good news is once you're with a company and solo, you can live in the truck and save most of your earnings. Don't give up!

Nancy, you came to the right place for honest answers. Most of us recommend waiting a year from last use (of anything) to be sure you can pass a hair follicle test. Unfortunately starting one company's training and not completing it is going to hinder you. The other members can go deeper on those. But the good news is once you're with a company and solo, you can live in the truck and save most of your earnings. Don't give up!

Hi. The only advice i can give is to apply everywhere. There are still too many drivers, and companies are not hiring as they were before.

Many companies won't hire you due to not completing training. It shows a lack of commitment if you quit, and lack of skills if you were fired. 2 ppl i know recently had a similar situation and both got into werner. But i thought Roadmasters trained for Werner? Prime wont take you. CFI does hair follicles.

One member here got on with PAM after a failed drug test at another company. Try them.

Please go back an re-read your post.

May fired you because you didnt make the cut "so they say"

You didn't make the cut. There is no "so they say" about it.

You made very bad choices, both with the oil and with your selection of a company to meet your needs. Then you blame roadmasters for lack of placement.

It is roadmasters fault for not being able to place you..... it is Mays fault for they "say" as if they did not evaluate you properly. It's swift's fault for wanting a hair follicle."NO NO".. uh.. yes yes. That is what they require.

You admit you made bad choices but i don't know... it comes across as passive agressive to me. I am too direct to try and cannot dicpher passive agressiveness.

Just keep applying to every company. Good luck

That's what I thought, since Roadmasters, is OWNED by Werner, so they train for Werner jobs...Why jump to go with May after training? I almost went with RMs, even met with their head guy in the office, but my WIOA funding couldn't agree on the training fee.

I called RoadMasters because they said they offer lifetime placement... I called... The dude tells me he doesn't have anything. ZERO HELP

Of course they're not going to help, you trained and bailed out

And yes Nancy, with the current trucking industry it might be a very lonnnnng shot of you getting hired. Since there are 10's of 1000's of drivers, with years, and years of experience looking for new jobs. As a LOT of companies have closed up shop in the last 2 years, and freights in the proverbial toilet

I agree that the only recourse is to apply to everyone and see what bites Werner does hair follicle. Maybe western express?

It’s my understanding that pretty much all of the major or well known carriers in the US do hair follicle testing now for pre-employment. It’s just how it is nowadays. If you’re worried about it, which in that case you shouldn’t even be a CDL holder in the first place if there’s even a chance you wouldn’t pass one, but if you’re worried about it, go to a smaller, local, mom/pop company where this might not be an issue. Usually those types of companies don’t have big HR departments and company lawyers to answer to like someone like Werner, Schneider, Swift, etc.

You’re asking them to trust you in a $200,000 truck hauling a loader well over double that. It’s perfectly reasonable for them to want to give you every pre-employment drug and alcohol test available to them. And again, if it’s something you’re even worried about, you probably shouldn’t be considering a job in the industry in the first place. Just my unsolicited two cents.