Commenting on bus companies seeking to transform their appeal to jobseekers as many of its current crop of drivers are nearing or have reached their retirement age, SMU Assistant Professor of Strategy & Entrepreneurship (Education) Terence Fan who does transportation research proposed that to attract and retain talent, bus operators may want to look at engaging substitute drivers to take over some employees’ duties and provide more paid holidays to the full-timers in order to appeal to “the overall lifestyle of these positions”.
