Tips to help truck driver applicants

You have received this link because you sent your CV to us, and we have some feedback for you.
We believe in helping drivers with positive feedback so that their future applications can stand a better chance... because no recruiter wastes time answering emails or messages with certain mistakes, they are filtered out: You only have one chance to make a first impression


1. We only recruit heavy articulated truck drivers. So if you are a light truck driver or a car driver, please do not send us your candidacy. You waste your time and ours. This is not a lottery; it is not about trying your luck, but about your skills matching a country's road culture and the role.  

 

 

 

2. We only recruit drivers with a certain type of experience from Europe, South Africa or America. This is our only market. And no other area in the world is our market. Every recruiter has a market that trusts and knows well. Also, it is about the documentation needed in order to convert the licences, as not every country can get the right documents.

So if you do not have experience in any of those countries, please do not contact us; we cannot do anything for you. 



1. The worst contact method: Never message a recruiting company on Facebook, Linkedin or TikTok to say "hi". This is not a dating app. You have to introduce yourself politely and enquire about the availability of a role. But check the website first, so you do not ask a question that the website has already answered, like, for example, whether we recruit light truck drivers or rigid truck drivers. We do not. 

2. Etiquette: The company has a website to receive applications from candidates. If there is no application form, then we are not taking on new applicants. Sending an email will not amount to anything. 

3. Never send messages through WhatsApp if the WhatsApp logo is not on the website.

4. Do not send a presentation letter or a CV with mistakes. Use a corrector; do not be lazy.

5. Do not send a Truck driver CV to Australia and tell us you are a CDL driver. That is a USA nomenclature and means nothing in other countries. In Australia, you hold an HC licence equivalent. Check your licence equivalent to the country you are targeting, or write: Heavy articulated truck driver.
 

6. Your CV should be called namesurnameTruckdriver.pdf, not doc9Ak9ojH7.pdf or any other name, unless you want to make it harder for the recruiter to find you easily.

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​7. Do not send an email with no title.

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8. The copy/paste presentation letter/email: 
We are a recruiting company, not a transport company, so do not send us your CV saying "I would like to work at your company" because we recruit for other companies, and we do not own trucks.
Also, we receive emails from people telling us, "I sent you my CV because I want to work in Europe",... but we only recruit for Australia. 

If you do not personalise for the country you target, you are just spamming. As we already receive hundreds of CVs a week, you are not doing yourself a favour in the selection process.

 

9. The mismatch between the presentation letter and the CV: Your CV lists many roles not related to truck driving, but in your presentation letter or email, you call yourself a "truck driver with experience". Straight to the bin. 

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10. If you cannot demonstrate certain types of experience, then it does not exist. We see CVs from countries with no snow or ice, and the CV states "experience driving in snow and ice". Others come from regions which are flat, and they have "experience driving in mountains".  It is common to say "able to adapt to drive in any country" when they have never immigrated before. Also, it is common to say "I can drive manual American trucks," but not be able to send a video showing it. 

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11. Do not lie. A good recruiter will find out. And we are good recruiters. If we catch you with one lie, you are not only out of the process, but also on our black list. Forever. 

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​A CV which does not explain the truck you are driving, the loads you carry, the roads you take, the shift you are on,  etc. It is useless. Do we have to email you back to ask you for details about your jobs? Emailing back to you and to another 25 more truck drivers a day who make the same mistake? Because that is what a CV is for, explaining the type of truck driver you are.

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The image shows a South African driver's CV that explained nothing about his truck driver experience, not even his years of experience. It turned out that he has 15 years of experience in heavy-duty truck driving in several countries, including long-haul. He has been driving 60 ton Bdoubles and can drive American gearboxes. He is lucky our admin asked him for details instead of sending his CV to the bin, as it usually happens. He passed all our assessments, and he now belongs to our pool of drivers for Australia. 

 

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Life is not fair, you know that. We cannot give a chance to everybody. Many of you will face bigger hurdles than others. There are too many applicants, and companies have a profile which they prefer. Recruiters follow those instructions. 

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1. You are from an "unknown" country

If you are from a country whose truck driver qualities are unknown, you are facing extra hurdles. Let's say Azerbaijan, Iran, Nigeria, Tunisia, Cuba, etc.  Your chances are very slim if the country you target for migration has never had experience of working with truck drivers from your nationality before.  Companies will prefer drivers from countries familiar to them and have worked with truck drivers from that country before. You must understand your transferable skills to write a good CV and stand a chance.

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2. You are from an infamous country

You are from a country famous for its terrible driving, percentage of preventable accidents per day, road deaths per year, and careless driving. The official top of the list is: India, Pakistan, Zimbabwe, the Dominican Republic, and South Sudan. Your chances are slim because to be able to drive safely in Australia, you would need to be retrained, and despite having the will, not every driver can switch successfully to the new standard of driving. Companies know that.  

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3. You are from a corrupt country 

You are from a country which is famous for falsifying certificates, diplomas or driving licences. Or you are from a country where you get a truck licence without having to prove any high standard of driving, or a country where it is common to bribe the test officer. Your chances are slim because companies distrust licences from countries famous for corruption. There have been too many cases of fake licences, or people with real licences and zero skill. 

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4. You speak broken English. English Speakers tend to be monolingual. They care very much about communication being easy with you. A worker with broken English will be rejected early in the process, despite having a 5.5 IELTS result, which is the minimum result for the visa. They do not care if you speak 5 other languages. Your level of English will impact your selection; no company wants to send a driver who speaks English badly (grammar or pronunciation related) to their client because it does not look good for their brand. It is their culture, their rules, period. Improve your English now, every day, and also once you immigrate, you have to improve every day to make notable use of the language to have all the opportunities in Australia in the future. Skill and being a hard worker are not enough.