DRIVERS' SHORTAGE * Finland - Helsinki bus operator recruiting drivers directly from Eastern Europe
Shortage of drivers has led to cancelled departures this autumn; one in three Helsingin Bussiliikenne drivers are now immigrantsHelsinki,Uusimaa,Finland -The Helsingin Sanomat, by Emmi Sjöholm -31 Oct 2007: -- For years now, bus companies operating in and around Helsinki have been struggling to find enough drivers... This autumn, as before, there have been cancellations as a result of shortages of personnel behind the wheel... Perhaps the biggest difficulties have been experienced by Helsinki’s largest operator, Helsingin Bussiliikenne. Now the company has embarked on an aggressive recruitment drive. HelB is trying to hire new drivers directly from Eastern Europe, rather than waiting for them to turn up in Finland looking for work... The recruiting of immigrant bus drivers has already made HelB - owned by the City of Helsinki - one of the country’s most multi-national employers. As of now, one in three of the company’s drivers (450 out of a total of 1,300) are foreigners. Nearly 40 nationalities are represented on the roster... (Photo by MIKA RANTA/HS: Pavlos Xenos, a 28-year-old Greek immigrant in Finland, has been driving a bus in Helsinki for the past five and a half years)
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