HEADLINES In-House or Out? Finding the Best Technicians According to most of the
pupil transporters that com- mented on that particular question in a recent STN survey, there are pluses and minuses to either option. “We can get well-qualified
techs, and we can get techs quickly in a pinch,” said John Benish, Jr., chief operating officer of school bus con- tractor Cook-Illinois. Benish was talking about
staffing company Trans- Techs, formerly known as BusTechs. According to
Where do you turn when you need to
fill a vacant position in your garage? Do you contact your human resources de- partment or pick up the phone and call in some consultation?
Sales Manager Daniel Sanchez, TransTechs helps lower the risk of employment and manage the costs of both a school district or contractor’s manpower and operations. Technicians are covered by the company’s
workers’ compensation insurance and other employee benefit programs. “You retain full control and manage-
ment over our technicians without having to handle the burden of administering payroll, benefits, workers’ compensation, and other HR needs,” said Sanchez. For some school districts, the one-
on-one interview gives employers a better feeling of whether a potential hire will mesh with the department. Sandy Gifford, transportation director for Barn- stable (Mass.) Public Schools, said she enjoys the opportunity to thoroughly check out the applicant first hand, as the one-on-one interaction gives her a better sense of what she is looking for in terms of filling a job vacancy. Te only draw- back she said she could think of would be a situation in which she found herself in the middle of a crisis and couldn’t spend
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