The Hire Road
THEHIREROAD
by Derek Hinton
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“I went to the bookstore and asked the saleswoman “Where’s the self-help section?” She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose.“ on’t you hate smart alecks? Well I have helped several drivers recently and the similar situation they were in has prompted me to advise this self-help for you: If you are looking for a job, anticipate being in the job market soon or are just being pro-active as you watch the events around you, obtain and address and/or correct any errors in all your information, and do it at the same time. That means you can get your employment history (both on and off your DAC Report), driving record, criminal record scan and now, your CSA 2010 PSP report.Two recent drivers I have helped illustrate why. One recent driver had been putting in applications and hearing nothing in reply. He obtained his “DAC Report” and all the employment history it conAugust ‘10
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tained, was mostly satisfactory, but he got one minor discrepancy corrected. The DAC report did not have all his employment history and it did not have his driving record (MVR), so he obtained his driving record from the DMV. Sure enough, he had forgotten one minor moving violation from out of state in late 2007. So he began the application process again, this time listing the moving violation in case that was the problem. He still received no response. Finally, we uncovered a past employer that was not on the DAC report that was providing an incorrect date of employment –which had made it look like he was falsifying the employment application. He did get a job, but the process was frustrating—time was lost, and many of the companies for which he applied were ones for whom he wanted to work—but he could not put in another application so quickly after being turned down. Another driver recently obtained his DAC Report, MVR and other employ11
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