Just passed my Class 2 on Friday but the company i work for aren’t making me redundant until April 10th, i was jsut wondering how to go about securing a driving job. Which is the best way to find jobs? Jobsites? door to door with CV’s? word of mouth?
I’m asking as on reed, totaljobs, indeed and the other job sites there doesnt seem to be much variety, they all seem to be agency work or most for the same company, there is no supermarket jobs on there, Muller isn’t on there, Wickes/Travis Perkins/Jewson aren’t on there for example yet they are recruiting drivers atm.
Do you know anyone that works as a driver? We only take on by word of mouth.
The other thing with smaller companies is to politely and smilingly, drop your CV in. You might hit lucky and get a chance there and then, but at least someone has seen you and been impressed by your clean and tidy appearance and your get up and go, and next time they are looking for a driver, will think of you.
Jimmy McNulty:
So phone them, email them, apply via their own website or turn up and speak to them face to face.
In the case of big companies like that usually best apply via their website.
How do you know they are looking? If you have seen an advert it will tell you how to apply.
I know they’re looking because i went on to the company website just by choice to see if there are any vacancies.
I just wanted to know if there was a site specific to HGV driver jobs, or if the companies try to be more secluded and make it harder for people to discover permanent jobs rather than working via an agency
DannyM271091:
Just passed my Class 2 on Friday but the company i work for aren’t making me redundant until April 10th, i was jsut wondering how to go about securing a driving job. Which is the best way to find jobs? Jobsites? door to door with CV’s? word of mouth?
I’m asking as on reed, totaljobs, indeed and the other job sites there doesnt seem to be much variety, they all seem to be agency work or most for the same company, there is no supermarket jobs on there, Muller isn’t on there, Wickes/Travis Perkins/Jewson aren’t on there for example yet they are recruiting drivers atm.
Thanks in advance
I don’t know where you are but in London Travis and Jewson advertise constantly for class 2 on Indeed and Muller was as well recently, although it was for class 1.
I get an email from total.jobs once a week with latest
jobs .Ok most are agency.
Best bet would be see what companies are near you and check out there websites .usually have a section hidden someware under carears or news or.latest jobs.
To be honest you might struggle finding a company that will take on a new pass. So maybe best join an agency .
Or maybe join an agency now work on your days off gain some experience
Get in your car, go dressed for work as a lorry driver, so smart work clothes but not male model , take CV’s ready to hand out to anyone who seems in the least interested, and knock on those doors.
If you can’t get past the security bod at the more ■■■■ places, ask politely for the phone number of the transport dept, then phone immediately and let them know you’re outside the door if they have 5 minutes to give you.
Over the last 43 years on the lorries, plus 3 or so on vans and little lorries before i was 21, i’ve only ever landed one job via and advert, it was utter crap and i put me notice in three months later and they wouldn’t speak to me once i’d put me notice in …that is the sort of mentality you can be dealing with at the places who need to advertise for drivers.
All the good jobs have been by recommendation, word of mouth then follow up, or by cold calling, cold calling produced the best jobs of all and IMHO that’s because the person who counts gets to see how you would approach a new customer of theirs if they employed you…those first impressions count.
albion:
Do you know anyone that works as a driver? We only take on by word of mouth.
The other thing with smaller companies is to politely and smilingly, drop your CV in. You might hit lucky and get a chance there and then, but at least someone has seen you and been impressed by your clean and tidy appearance and your get up and go, and next time they are looking for a driver, will think of you.
This is a lie.
You should walk into these places with a dirty hi vis torn jeans and a stretched out West ham shirt barely covering your beer belly. Feel free to bring a Aldi carrier bag that has your gear in it but ideally a old one.
Demand a job as your a driving God and if they ask who you worked for last for a reference tell them there is no point as you knocked out your last boss cause he was a moron.
Also demand you always finish early on a Friday and let them know you have a bad back so you can’t lift anything.
This has to be true going by the types of drivers u see actually getting employed.
Although I accept albion probably has higher standards then most places.
Juddian:
Get in your car, go dressed for work as a lorry driver, so smart work clothes but not male model , take CV’s ready to hand out to anyone who seems in the least interested, and knock on those doors.
Indeed, I’d say dress code is either industrial trousers or a smart dark pair of dress trousers, a dark industrial polo shirt, an industrial jacket if necessary (preferably with some evidence of having been used for graft), and boots or safety shoes.
Don’t go dressed like an office worker nor like a celebrity in casual clothes.
Juddian:
Get in your car, go dressed for work as a lorry driver, so smart work clothes but not male model , take CV’s ready to hand out to anyone who seems in the least interested, and knock on those doors.
Indeed, I’d say dress code is either industrial trousers or a smart dark pair of dress trousers, a dark industrial polo shirt, an industrial jacket if necessary (preferably with some evidence of having been used for graft), and boots or safety shoes.
Don’t go dressed like an office worker nor like a celebrity in casual clothes.
Agreed you don’t want to look like someone who has never gotten his hands dirty.
albion:
Do you know anyone that works as a driver? We only take on by word of mouth.
The other thing with smaller companies is to politely and smilingly, drop your CV in. You might hit lucky and get a chance there and then, but at least someone has seen you and been impressed by your clean and tidy appearance and your get up and go, and next time they are looking for a driver, will think of you.
This is a lie.
You should walk into these places with a dirty hi vis torn jeans and a stretched out West ham shirt barely covering your beer belly. Feel free to bring a Aldi carrier bag that has your gear in it but ideally a old one.
Demand a job as your a driving God and if they ask who you worked for last for a reference tell them there is no point as you knocked out your last boss cause he was a moron.
Also demand you always finish early on a Friday and let them know you have a bad back so you can’t lift anything.
This has to be true going by the types of drivers u see actually getting employed.
Although I accept albion probably has higher standards then most places.
And as Juddian says about working for firms that don’t advertise, on the rare occasion I have, I find the working relationship has been less than satisfactory with a rare exception (might be my rubbish job advert writing*). Hence I prefer to employ by recommendation.
*Long hours, double man, unpredictable, work pattern, chaotic customer, you can see why I attract some dubious candidates
albion:
Do you know anyone that works as a driver? We only take on by word of mouth.
The other thing with smaller companies is to politely and smilingly, drop your CV in. You might hit lucky and get a chance there and then, but at least someone has seen you and been impressed by your clean and tidy appearance and your get up and go, and next time they are looking for a driver, will think of you.
This is a lie.
You should walk into these places with a dirty hi vis torn jeans and a stretched out West ham shirt barely covering your beer belly. Feel free to bring a Aldi carrier bag that has your gear in it but ideally a old one.
Demand a job as your a driving God and if they ask who you worked for last for a reference tell them there is no point as you knocked out your last boss cause he was a moron.
Also demand you always finish early on a Friday and let them know you have a bad back so you can’t lift anything.
This has to be true going by the types of drivers u see actually getting employed.
Although I accept albion probably has higher standards then most places.
, take CV’s ready to hand out to anyone who seems in the least interested, and knock on those doors.
…that is the sort of mentality you can be dealing with at the places who need to advertise for drivers.