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Title: Looks Like I Got A Job!!!!!!!!
Post by: TG CLare on March 31, 2016, 09:47:24 PM
Post by: TG CLare on March 31, 2016, 09:47:24 PM
Well, it looks like I may actually have bagged a driving job!!!!!!
I sent in my online application and I received a reply back. I hadn't signed the online form and hit "clear" because it asked for any previous name and I wondered why. It went to the company anyway and I asked why the name part was there. It was really for a maiden name apparently but I told her I had changed my name legally some time ago because I was trans and would that be a problem for the company? (One company was all ready to hire me until I sent in some paperwork and all of a sudden I became "unsuitable". Go figure, huh?)
Anyway, the lady said she had just one question for me.....can you drive a tractor trailer rig? I said yes and they said that was all that mattered to them.
I had a really long interview today (1 1/2 hours!!) and at the end of it she said she was impressed with my attitude, knowledge and professionalism and said she would know by tomorrow as it gets approved by the safety manager first.
I get home and they have sent me an email telling me when my company road test is. Now I don't think they would schedule a test unless it was positive so once I pass that and that should be alright, I complete the company orientation training and then I become a full time employee.
I met two other drivers who were very pleased to meet me. I was called she and madam and her by everyone I met and addressed decently by the ones I met.
My hat is off to Kriska Holdings for the treatment I received and for giving me a chance to do what I can do.
Love,
Clare
I sent in my online application and I received a reply back. I hadn't signed the online form and hit "clear" because it asked for any previous name and I wondered why. It went to the company anyway and I asked why the name part was there. It was really for a maiden name apparently but I told her I had changed my name legally some time ago because I was trans and would that be a problem for the company? (One company was all ready to hire me until I sent in some paperwork and all of a sudden I became "unsuitable". Go figure, huh?)
Anyway, the lady said she had just one question for me.....can you drive a tractor trailer rig? I said yes and they said that was all that mattered to them.
I had a really long interview today (1 1/2 hours!!) and at the end of it she said she was impressed with my attitude, knowledge and professionalism and said she would know by tomorrow as it gets approved by the safety manager first.
I get home and they have sent me an email telling me when my company road test is. Now I don't think they would schedule a test unless it was positive so once I pass that and that should be alright, I complete the company orientation training and then I become a full time employee.
I met two other drivers who were very pleased to meet me. I was called she and madam and her by everyone I met and addressed decently by the ones I met.
My hat is off to Kriska Holdings for the treatment I received and for giving me a chance to do what I can do.
Love,
Clare
Title: Re: Looks Like I Got A Job!!!!!!!!
Post by: Dena on March 31, 2016, 09:55:15 PM
Post by: Dena on March 31, 2016, 09:55:15 PM
Congratulations. Your old name was needed to run a criminal report and it's possible you might be hauling government security loads as well. I had a job where they needed my old name because they wanted to give me a security clearance and they needed to know everything.
Title: Re: Looks Like I Got A Job!!!!!!!!
Post by: Mariah on March 31, 2016, 09:56:04 PM
Post by: Mariah on March 31, 2016, 09:56:04 PM
Congrats Clare. Dena is right the old name helps with those checks. Even now I still have to give that info out every time they do a routine background check for my work due to the type of work I do. Hugs
Mariah
Mariah
Title: Re: Looks Like I Got A Job!!!!!!!!
Post by: TG CLare on March 31, 2016, 11:14:26 PM
Post by: TG CLare on March 31, 2016, 11:14:26 PM
The regional police service here run the criminal background checks. Of course that costs money!
It is so that I can prove I can easily cross the border as a criminal conviction will stop a commercial driver from obtaining the FAST card (Free And Secure Trade) that make crossing so much easier. In many instances, a criminal conviction will prevent you crossing the border and entering the USA/Canada and the vehicle and freight can be seized and impounded!
Love,
Clare.
It is so that I can prove I can easily cross the border as a criminal conviction will stop a commercial driver from obtaining the FAST card (Free And Secure Trade) that make crossing so much easier. In many instances, a criminal conviction will prevent you crossing the border and entering the USA/Canada and the vehicle and freight can be seized and impounded!
Love,
Clare.
Title: Re: Looks Like I Got A Job!!!!!!!!
Post by: Chloe on May 15, 2016, 06:14:47 AM
Post by: Chloe on May 15, 2016, 06:14:47 AM
Quote from: TG CLare on March 31, 2016, 09:47:24 PM
Anyway, the lady said she had just one question for me.....can you drive a tractor trailer rig? I said yes and they said that was all that mattered to them.
LOL Trucking companies are indeed desperate for good, experienced drivers How's The New Job Going??
Since retiring in 2008 from a previous unrelated 30yr career have for the past year been "piloting" a beautiful 2006 conventional Peterbilt tandem dump with a powerful C13 ACERT CAT that has me home every night!
Pay is good but trucking is definitely NOT for the faint of heart with "being effeminate" having absolutely nothing to do with it! I work local residential/construction jobs mostly thus don't need to deal with your interstate & border issues.
Trac-Trailer Smailer . . . You haven't driven a real truck until off-road with 64,000lbs of three axle gross!! And often overweight on certain highway bridges at speed make for one real bouncy ride!!
Cheers Kiera
Title: Re: Looks Like I Got A Job!!!!!!!!
Post by: Valkyrie_2 on July 14, 2017, 04:15:18 PM
Post by: Valkyrie_2 on July 14, 2017, 04:15:18 PM
I'm at the low end of trucking. I drive a school bus.
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