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12 Comments on Trucking Jobs for Felons on the Rise

Robert Walker Jr on Tue, 9th Mar 2010 2:20 pm


I am looking through this site on behalf of a friend of mind, thats been out of the system for about six years. I am providing him a place to stay until he is able to get back on to his feet. He becomes very discourage because he feels that he is being discriminated against when he goes on the countless number of interviews, only to be turned down because of his record. I am having a hard time trying to find employment listing upon this site. I have to be honest I didn’t put my real info in to get into this site because I did not want to be mistaken as an ex-felon, because I work in the school district. But the info above is my correct information. I would really want to find something that might grant him an opportunity to get on his feet. I believe in my heart that his does not plan to go back down the same path, but I am a realist, and I know that sometimes life put us in a situation that may cause us to make the wrong choice. But if we are preoccupied with steady employment, then I believe that we can decrease the chance of that happening. I am only helping cause I realize, that it could have possibly been me in this situation. Please help me, help him. God Bless you,
Robert Walker Jr.

MLS78 on Tue, 23rd Mar 2010 11:55 am


My brother was arrested on gun charges twice when he was 17 years old. (The first time, he was threatened by gang members at school, the second was planted according to witnesses.) He went to bootcamp–not prison. Nevertheless, he graduated from DeVry with a Bachelors in Electrical Engineering. Still, no one will hire him based on his past. It’s ridiculous! He is now 33 and is STILL suffering for what happened to him 16 years ago! Since that time, he hasn’t been arrested, nor had any problems with the law. Yes, he has a JOB, as a maintenance manager after slaving for so many years. Needless to say, he wants more. I can understand if this happened recently, but 16 years ago? Come on! Can ANYONE gives me some info to pass to him?

admin on Tue, 23rd Mar 2010 3:03 pm


Thanks for your sharing your personal story! I am publishing it to this blog post in hopes that someone in the electrical engineering business can reach out to you with some tips or advice. I will also let you know if I come across something in this particular industry that may suit him.

Gil on Mon, 2nd Aug 2010 12:57 pm


I`m begining to see society for what it is , a unforgiving entity of hipocrites. A person makes a bad decision, and in turn pays for that decision by being exiled. Still after how ever long we may have served we have to deal with blatant discrimination at an overwhelming level, no wonder why the reciditive rate is where it`s at in this country. Prison changes many of us, some for the better, some for the worse, but for those who have seen the errors of their past ways and are sincere about moving on it can all be beyond frustrating. America is a odd place, dont we remember on what grounds this country was founded, what tatics were used to establish her. If you`ve forgot or are in denial, most of the groundsand tactics would undoubtedly be labled criminal. Nonetheless, we are where we, to my brothers and sisters who made read these words I truly hope that opprotunity comes your way and you`re able to show yourself and those you care about just how sincere you are.

Windy on Thu, 7th Oct 2010 11:08 am


MLS78 -I know you posted this a long time ago, but I got an idea for your brother. Even if you’re a convicted felon you can get an insurance sales license. I just interviewed with Bankers: life and casualty co. and would’ve gotten hired if my felony was 15 years ago, unfortunately it’s only been 8 years. So, you can get a insurance license & a good job selling insurance if your criminal history is 15 years in the past.
I just graduated Magna Cum Laude from the best school in Florida and I have been looking for a full time job with benifits for 10 months now, with absolutely NO LUCK! I’m using every online job site, networking and everything and it seems that there are so many people unemployed that there’s no room for someone who screwed up as a teenager! I can’t even join the military, I’m currently trying for the Peace Corps because I want to travel the world and have a quality career where I can give back to society (despite their obvoius distrust). Many of the jobs I’ve been turned down for were due to corporate policy, the manager wanted to hire me, but policy dictates that felons are unemployabe. How the heck are ex-con’s supposed to turn their lives around if there’s no honest work available? It’s no wonder more than 75% of felons remain in the system their entire lives…it’s really too bad! I have alot to offer a potential employer or client. For a society largely made up of Christians there sure seems to be a lack of forgiveness in the US.

MLS78 on Wed, 3rd Nov 2010 10:41 am


Thanks everyone for the responses. I ‘ll definitely keep watch of other posts and pass the information I’ve learned on this site to my brother. Thanks again

cori on Wed, 29th Dec 2010 11:08 pm


well it is the truth that the prison system is big money. it is designed to keep the prisons full. we all know that if someone is not gonna change then they will be back shortly after release but what abou the one who have been trouble free for years? lower unemployment by making it possible for people with old felonies to work and feed themselves in a legal way.

ivorybill on Thu, 13th Jan 2011 6:36 pm


Felonies are handed out like candy by our judicial system. A person pays the penalty ,yet the punishment never goes away. God forgives us our sins, yet man is not as capable, for compassion eludes his inner core, which is sin in itself.

ivorybill on Thu, 13th Jan 2011 7:09 pm


“America is said to be the arena on which the battle of freedom is to be fought; but surely it cannot be freedom in a merely political sence that is meant. Even if we grant that the American has freed himself from a political tyrant, he is still the slave of an economical and moral tyrant. Do we call this the land of the free? What is it to be free of King George and continue the slaves of King Prejudice?” Henry David Thoreau…………I have a felony and defend not here whether it be of proper giving………..Yet when over and paid for………..let one day it be forgiven.

stacey whitehead on Fri, 8th Apr 2011 10:32 pm


it is bad that the law makers let this go on in our sociaty i been out of jail for 4 months and cant fine work i want bore you with the jobs i tryed to grt but i will tell you all keep your head up the way times are now these big trucking company wearther hier illeagal for the same pay i will work for then hier exfelon we are just as a good hier as any one else i agree that some of us are not able and should be exsamined mo than others but still we need to be able to take care of our family as well and to be productive in our community it rreally is our law makers that allow this to happen god bless you all and you families !

tammy strickland on Wed, 11th May 2011 10:02 am


I am looking for work for a friend that has just gotten out of prison a few years ago and is about to finish his parole. he has taken his CDL recently and passed. He is one of the most honest people I know needs a break in the real world after spending over 20 years of his life behind bars. He is from the Illinois area but if anyone has any job offers or ideas please send them to me so I can forward them to him. Thank you. I never realized how hard it is for someone that has been in prison to find a decent break in the real world until now.

Tim on Fri, 22nd Jul 2011 2:19 pm


I can relate to everything that has been posted. I have a battery charge from when I was 21, in college I was stupid, dated a girl not knowing she was under 18. My mistake but I am now 28 and have done everything that was asked of me. It has been 6 years since I was finished with my probation and still can’t get work. I’m a truck driver, or at least trying to be. I have had interviews with a couple big name garbage companies. I make sure I tell the interviewer that I have a felony and ask if that is a problem. Both times they said that it did not matter to them. I went through all the drug testing and physicals, passed with flying colors. The last thing they did was check your background and employment history. Only to find out they are not hiring me. Would not tell me why but I’d get a letter in the mail saying after review, we decided you don’t me our requirements. Couldn’t you tell me this when I told you I had a felony in the beginning? I was sentenced to 2 years probation, I did my 2 years, it has been 6 now since I finished and yet I am still paying.

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