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Crew Dispatcher Trainee - Minneapolis, MN

 by Jim1348 ¦  Thu Mar 22, 2018 8:29 pm ¦  Forum: Employment ¦  Topic: Crew Dispatcher Trainee - Minneapolis, MN ¦  Replies: 0 ¦  Views: 3722

I live near Minneapolis and the Crew Dispatcher Trainee is open. Can anybody here offer any insight into this? I have never worked in the railroad industry, so this would be new to me.

Is it usually a highly competitive job? Or, is CP having difficulty filling jobs right now?

Credit Report And RR Employment

 by Jim1348 ¦  Tue May 16, 2017 6:54 pm ¦  Forum: Employment ¦  Topic: Credit Report and RR Employment ¦  Replies: 5 ¦  Views: 3176

Since you posted it worded the way you did, I assume that means that they are pulling a credit report. If, in fact, that is true. They probably do it the same reason other employers do it. Specifically, if several candidates were otherwise well qualified for a position, the one with a great credit r...

Hiring Session

 by Jim1348 ¦  Sun Nov 27, 2016 9:18 pm ¦  Forum: Employment ¦  Topic: Hiring Session ¦  Replies: 2 ¦  Views: 6655

...Has anyone ever seen or heard of this. Thanks Yes, absolutely I have heard of that. Some employers seem to offer a job after the first interview and others seem to narrow the playing field and offer a second interview to those that they liked or, shall I say, made "the cut." Feel free ...

Getting A Locomotive Engineers' License

 by Jim1348 ¦  Sun Oct 16, 2016 8:09 pm ¦  Forum: Employment ¦  Topic: Getting a Locomotive Engineers' licence ¦  Replies: 5 ¦  Views: 4056

There is a guy that I know that did just that. He was living in the Minneapolis-Saint Paul MN area and would drive to the Wisconsin Dells area pretty often to volunteer and get his license. He did eventually get a paying job, but he had to move to Illinois to do it.

Canadian Pacific Crew Dispatcher Trainee

 by Jim1348 ¦  Wed Aug 31, 2016 1:11 pm ¦  Forum: Employment ¦  Topic: Canadian Pacific Crew Dispatcher Trainee ¦  Replies: 0 ¦  Views: 3726

I noticed the opening for Canadian Pacific Crew Dispatcher Trainee a couple of days. Does anybody here happen to know anything more about how the shifts work, etc? For example, are these 8, 10, or 12 hour shifts? https://career4.successfactors.com/career?career_ns=job_listing&company=CPR&nav...

Burlington Northern Santa Fe Special aGents

 by Jim1348 ¦  Wed Aug 17, 2016 6:23 pm ¦  Forum: BNSF Railway (Burlington Northern Santa Fe) ¦  Topic: Burlington Northern Santa Fe Special aGents ¦  Replies: 1 ¦  Views: 11267

I check for BNSF openings every so often. There are openings on occasion for special agent, but not particularly often. Lately, there seems to have been an increase in the number of openings. In fact, right now they have four postings for openings. By any chance, does anybody happen to know why? Cou...

BNSF Special Agent Openings

 by Jim1348 ¦  Fri Aug 12, 2016 6:25 pm ¦  Forum: Employment ¦  Topic: BNSF Special Agent Openings ¦  Replies: 0 ¦  Views: 3542

I check for BNSF openings every so often. There are openings on occasion for special agent, but not particularly often. Lately, there seems to have been an increase in the number of openings. In fact, right now they have four postings for openings. By any chance, does anybody happen to know why? Cou...

Canadian Pacific Railway United States Dispatch Location

 by Jim1348 ¦  Wed Aug 10, 2016 4:51 pm ¦  Forum: Employment ¦  Topic: Canadian Pacific Railway United States Dispatch Location ¦  Replies: 1 ¦  Views: 22999

I saw a job opening for Train Dispatcher Trainee - Minneapolis, MN. I seem to recall hearing that the actual dispatch facility had moved from Minneapolis MN to Cottage Grove MN. Does anybody here happen to know for sure?

Signal Electronic Technician

 by Jim1348 ¦  Wed May 04, 2016 9:21 pm ¦  Forum: Employment ¦  Topic: Signal Electronic Technician ¦  Replies: 0 ¦  Views: 3161

I saw this listing. I have a GROL, a valid DL, and AS/BS/MS college degrees. Are the Signal Electronic Technician jobs extremely competitive? Req ID: 48524 Department: Operations - Engineering Job Type: Full-Time Position Type: Union Location: St. Paul, Minnesota Country: United States % of Travel: ...

How Important Is A Cover Letter And Resume/CV For CP Rail?

 by Jim1348 ¦  Sun Mar 06, 2016 10:38 am ¦  Forum: Employment ¦  Topic: How Important Is A Cover Letter And Resume/CV For CP Rail? ¦  Replies: 2 ¦  Views: 2514

As posted above, I see that there is an opening for a Signalman/Assistant Signalman at CP Rail. Is just the on-line application sufficient, or should I attach a cover letter and resume/CV, too? I know that the typical job seeker advice is, of course, to add it. However, with regards to the railroad,...

Question About Hiring....

 by Jim1348 ¦  Sat Mar 05, 2016 4:11 pm ¦  Forum: Employment ¦  Topic: Question about hiring.... ¦  Replies: 17 ¦  Views: 9658

In all honesty, as important as safety is to the industry and considering how competitive jobs are, I would imagine that they would pass you over for someone else.

Railroad Workers & Social Security

 by Jim1348 ¦  Thu Jan 07, 2016 6:10 pm ¦  Forum: Employment ¦  Topic: Railroad Workers & Social Security ¦  Replies: 5 ¦  Views: 4833

https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/ssb/v45n11/v45n11p29.pdf" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; According to this, not any longer. Also, related to that, Social Security numbers are now issued at birth. Needless to say, there would be no way of knowing where a person would work in ...

Schools Offering Railroad Skills Training Courses

 by Jim1348 ¦  Sat Jan 02, 2016 6:12 pm ¦  Forum: Employment ¦  Topic: Schools offering Railroad Skills Training Courses ¦  Replies: 108 ¦  Views: 128256

I just noticed this on my Facebook page. http://www.dctc.edu/academics/programs-majors/transportation/railroad-conductor-technology/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Dakota County Technical College 56 mins ยท Want to serve as a railroad conductor in the railway industry, which...

Discharged From One Railroad

 by Jim1348 ¦  Tue Dec 29, 2015 6:56 pm ¦  Forum: Employment ¦  Topic: Discharged from one Railroad ¦  Replies: 11 ¦  Views: 5667

.....Almost a year later, I was let go due to a technical and questionable reason not related to any rules or violations being broken. A simple technicality and somewhat freakish reason for lack of better words.....
What exactly did they let you go for?

Canadian Pacific Assistant Signalman-Mpls./St. Paul

 by Jim1348 ¦  Wed Dec 23, 2015 11:39 am ¦  Forum: Employment ¦  Topic: Canadian Pacific Assistant Signalman-Mpls./St. Paul ¦  Replies: 0 ¦  Views: 3346

I noticed this announcement yesterday from Canadian Pacific. It lists the deadline to apply: 10/26/2015. I haven't emailed them yet. I am sure that they just simply made a mistake. No big deal. I have applied for this in the past, but never heard a thing. It does seem like they post this position se...