Streamlining Operator Hiring Practices — Cross-Cutting Strategies to Improve Transit Operator Hiring

Streamlining Operator Hiring Practices — Cross-Cutting Strategies to Improve Transit Operator Hiring
Transit Workforce Center
June 2026

This fact sheet, part of TWC’s Streamlining Operator Hiring Practices initiative, presents cross-cutting strategies across four major categories: simplifying and shortening job applications, prompt follow-up to job candidates, aligning hiring and training schedules, and differentiating training for CDL holders and non-CDL holders.