Do you find your bus operator hiring process taking too long? Are you losing candidates to other positions? Do you feel your hiring process doesn’t always identify the best potential candidates? This webinar is for you!

The session will focus on practical steps transit agencies can take to streamline every part of their operator hiring processes. Presenters include:

• Julia Castillo, Heart of Iowa Regional Transit Agency
• Tierra Cromwell-Adams and Jarrett Davis, Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority
• Kelly Halcon, Monterey-Salinas Transit District
• Keshia Woodson-Sow, Kalamazoo Metro
• Shayna Gleason, Michaela Boneva, and Douglas Nevins, TWC

For more information about apprenticeship and mentorship, contact Shayna Gleason at sgleason@transportcenter.org, and visit TWC’s Streamlining Operator Hiring Practices page.

Join TWC for the next American Transit Training and Apprenticeship Innovators Network (ATTAIN) webinar on November 3 at 12:00 pm ET.

This webinar features short presentations from transit peers across the country on how transit agencies are building and strengthening their railcar maintenance apprenticeship and training programs. Panelists will include representatives from two agencies and their partners from Caltrain, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), the California Dept. of Industrial Relations, Mission College, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA), and Boston Carmen’s Union ATU Local 589.

For more information about apprenticeship and mentorship, contact Karitsa Holdzkom at kholdzkom@transportcenter.org, and visit TWC’s Apprenticeship and Mentorship page.

Mark your calendar for LPTA & LADOTD Public Transit Conference 2026, in Shreveport, LA, November 4–6, 2026!

For more information about LPTA & LADOTD Public Transit Conference 2026, use the link below: