Zum to Host School Bus Driver Hiring Fair for Santa Barbara Unified School District

June 11 event will feature a new bus equipped with Zum's tech and safety features

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., June 7, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Zūm, which was recently awarded a five-year transportation contract from Santa Barbara Unified School District (SBUSD), will host a fifth hiring event for school bus drivers on Tuesday, June 11, 2024, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Courtyard Oxnard Ventura (600 East Esplanade Drive, Oxnard, CA).

Existing drivers and new candidates are encouraged to apply. Zum also welcomes candidates from Ventura, Oxnard and other neighboring communities to join its team of drivers. Drivers from neighboring communities will be provided complimentary daily shuttle service to and from work.

For the first time, a brand new Zum school bus fully equipped with all of Zum's new technology and safety features will be on the ground and available for a tour at this event. Zum is hiring 46 school bus drivers to serve the SBUSD community beginning in the 2024-25 school year.

"Drivers are at the center of what we do at Zum, and we're excited to build our team as we prepare for the upcoming school year," said Ritu Narayan, Founder and CEO at Zum. "We look forward to meeting existing drivers as well as anyone considering a new career serving this welcoming school community."

Zum offers higher wages, guaranteed hours and modern benefits for all drivers and staff and provides training and certification for those who are not yet certified. Additionally, Zum provides top-of-the-line buses, equipment and technology to enhance safety and comfort for students and drivers. Advanced training and certification programs include extensive ongoing training in transporting students with diverse needs and disabilities.

"As someone new to the field, Zum's training program to become a certified school bus driver was a wonderful and comprehensive experience," said Jennifer Sanders, a new bus driver for Zum in Santa Barbara. "The team showed great care and dedication in welcoming me and helping me transition into a job that will be rewarding on so many levels. I'm proud to soon be able to drive our students to and from school each day."

Zum is a "Great Places to Work" certified company and takes pride in being a choice employer in districts where it has partnerships. Anyone interested in driving or who knows someone interested that cannot attend one of Zum's hiring events can apply here.

Zum manages and operates student transportation in California, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri, Nebraska, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Washington, Utah, and Virginia, and is expanding rapidly nationwide. To learn more about how Zum is working with thousands of schools across the nation to deliver safe, reliable and modern student transportation, please visit Zum's website.

About Zum:
Zum has modernized student transportation, the nation's largest mass transit system, and developed sustainable ways to charge the grid. Zum's robust operations and integrated end-to-end cloud-based platform provides a modern student transportation service for school districts purpose-built around the needs of kids and the expectations of modern families. Zum provides one seamless, real-time interface for parents, drivers, schools, districts, administrators, and operators to transport children safely and with increased visibility and personalized care. Always investing in the wellbeing of communities, Zum is also the only carbon neutral student transportation provider in the nation with plans to go Net Zero with its transition to EV electric buses. Zum is available nationwide, serving more than 4,000 schools across the U.S. Learn more at www.ridezum.com.

CONTACT:
Jenny Mayfield, Vice President of Communications - [email protected]

SOURCE Zūm