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Job #37 Bus Driver serving the Disabled / Transportation
Adventures
Diversified Industries. Long Beach, CA 2007
Bus Driver for individuals with disabilities. After my regional account
manager sales job with Safelite which I started in 2005 and ended in
2007, I pursued a passion I had to drive after owning an RV. I thought it
would be fun to get paid to drive for a job. I earned my Class B commercial
driver’s license while working at Diversified which involved
transporting disabled adults from their homes to their day programs
and back to their homes at days end. My hats off to the ladies and men
that do this job for a living. I saw the job as an opportunity to earn my
Class B License which I did as a result of going through their training
and on the road testing through DMV.
Job #38 Greyhound, Dallas TX 2006 Coach Operator
The Class B License with Passenger endorsement led me to pursue a job
with Greyhound to be a Coach Operator. The prerequisite to the job
was passing a 10-part test which I did with flying colors and then go to
Reno for a 10 Day Road Test Training Certification … I was transported
to Reno on none other than a Greyhound bus. My gut said I was spinning
my wheels as I was housed in a Greyhound bus Depot Dorm that
1st Night. Before I could even start I checked out of my dorm room
with bags packed and in the middle of night somehow caught a cab to
the Reno airport where I waited until day break to catch the 1st flight
home which I did. I had made a huge mistake and was glad that I corrected
it. Greyhound made no guarantees I would be hired after I made
it through the 10 days road training and also no guarantees of work after
since I would be on a call list. It did not make sense to me. Also, I would
be gone from home for weeks at time. 2 +2 added to 8 so I ended that
career path using my gut feelings to correct my mistake.
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