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ArticlesMarch 16, 2020

Motorcoach driver recruitment tips for today's transportation space

The only way to attain consistent, quality employees and company growth is to get drivers in the seat, faster and more efficiently.

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Newsby StaffMarch 13, 2020

New Flyer partners to enhance workforce development, recruitment, and more

The Community Benefits Framework will complement local agreements that New Flyer establishes with transit agencies and community partners across America.

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Newsby StaffDecember 19, 2019

Coach USA, America's Job Exchange team to expand recruiting efforts

That partnership will help the operation recruit from multiple candidate pools for positions.

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ArticlesAugust 12, 2019

BusCon 2019 to showcase tech, mobility, and more

The show returns to the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis Sept. 23 to 25.

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Newsby StaffMay 17, 2019

King County Metro launches first-ever recruitment for full-time transit operators

Since the 1970s, labor agreements required new transit operators start as part-time drivers and then seek promotion to full-time work.

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Articlesby Alex RomanMay 3, 2018

University of Arkansas' Razorback Transit Partners to fill Crucial Need

To combat a shortage in qualified maintenance technicians, Razorback Transit teamed with NWTI to create an internship-type program. 

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Transit Dispatchesby Alexander BondNovember 7, 2017

‘Precarious’ Transit Workforce Needs Data, Research to Help Fill the Void

As experienced workers retire, the pool of people to hire away has dried up. In recent years, it has become clear that talent needs to be developed rather than poached.

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ArticlesOctober 24, 2017

How to Attract Millennials to the Transit Industry

Recruitment is already difficult; and with the impending retirement of boomers, the public transit industry will need even more recruits.

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ArticlesAugust 15, 2016

How is the Motorcoach Industry Tackling the Driver Shortage?

The crisis has pushed operators to use new workforce development tactics, including adding full-time human resources departments, increasing marketing and advertising, and enhancing their benefits package to be more attractive to job hunters.

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Newsby StaffAugust 23, 2010

Md. MTA launches police program

The new one-year program offers cadets classroom and on-the-job training as well as mentoring by MTA Police officers. Cadets will also receive a paycheck and other benefits as they advance toward the possibility of becoming a full-time MTA police officer at the age of 21.

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