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Frontier Central outlines hiring gains, ramps bus driver recruitment and eyes HELPS program
Summary
Human resources reported a roughly 95% fill rate for FCEA positions, targeted recruitment efforts (job fairs, a postcard to ~22,000 households and a student-made recruitment video), continued difficulty filling bus drivers and skilled trades, and previewed a resolution to join NY’s HELPS program to convert provisional hires to permanent titles.
Joanne Ballas, presenting on staffing for Frontier Central School District, told the board the district currently lists about 377 FCEA positions and is running roughly a 95% fill rate after hiring more than 70 people so far this year.
Ballas said the district focused on targeted outreach to recruit hard-to-fill roles. Tactics include job fairs (the district recently hired six people from a February fair), postcards mailed to about 22,000 households in the region, flyers, tabling at community events and social-media…
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