Italy needs more than 10,000 drivers. Milan is looking for more than 350. To fill this local labor gap, the city's public transport company has organized a driver recruitment campaign in collaboration with foreign consulates in Italy. In its first phase it targeted both Peru and Ecuador and has already received around 100 applications, Italian media report. The company has decided to expand the recruitment campaign to other countries, including Morocco, Albania and Pakistan.
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The company managing the public transport sector in Milan has launched a program called “The New Italians” to support the international driver recruitment initiative. Objective: encourage and facilitate the participation of foreign labor to fill vacant positions. But the initiative faces a major problem: the language barrier. The company is looking for solutions to meet this challenge.
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“Transport companies are working to improve working conditions by offering additional benefits, such as financing driver's licenses and bonuses, as well as negotiating with unions to improve wages and working hours, in an attempt to attract more local and international labor,” we learn.
The shortage of drivers does not only affect Milan or Italy. This is a problem facing all of Europe. The Old Continent needs more than 100,000 drivers.
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