The grant will also support the creation of a new community recruitment manager, which will be responsible for creating new and innovative hiring strategies to meet the agency’s employment needs.
New employees will receive the bonus in four payments of $250 at the completion of 60‐day, 90‐day, 180‐day and 365‐day intervals.
Every transportation company, regardless of size, should determine whether it is in the company’s best interest to mandate vaccines for their drivers.
Anyone who has ever taken an economics class in high school or college knows one aspect of this problem; in the textbooks it’s called “cost-push inflation.”
With a focus on measuring and making improvements on the fly, the Richmond, Va.-based operation has built one of the most reliable and well-run operations in the industry.
While 82% report that business is up or at least flat, the opportunities for further success for many continue to depend on the ability to identify and retain drivers, as well as control costs.
That partnership will help the operation recruit from multiple candidate pools for positions.
As the industry continues to struggle to identify and keep qualified drivers onboard, retaining the drivers that are already at an operation could often be an overlooked remedy.
President Steve Woelfel received the award during Monday’s Operator Breakfast at ABA Marketplace in Louisville, Kentucky.
Hiring and retaining drivers is the greatest challenge facing motorcoach operators, according to 70% of respondents of METRO Magazine's 2019 Motorcoach Survey. The public transit industry is not immune to this issue either.
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