'Have to support public workforce': Gov. Stein speaks at NC Transportation Summit, DMV job fair

The North Carolina Transportation Summit is underway at the Raleigh Convention Center. On the schedule is a career fair to fill vacant DMV positions, including driver license examiners. The state DMV has come under recent scrutiny for its long wait times and drivers are sharing complaints about how the officers are operated. At Wednesday's summit, Stein talked about the state's 20% employee vacancy rate.

Posted 9/3/2025, 4:31:30 PM Updated 9/3/2025, 5:00:08 PM

TRUMP'S RESPONDING TO THAT.

THE NORTH CAROLINA

TRANSPORTATION SUMMIT IS

UNDERWAY AT THE RALEIGH

CONVENTION CENTER AND ON THE

SCHEDULE IS A CAREER FAIR TO

FILL VACANT DMV POSITIONS

INCLUDING DRIVER LICENSE

EXAMINERS.

>> THE STATE DIVISION OF MOTOR

VEHICLES HAS COME UNDER RECENT

SCRUTINY FOR ITS LONG WAIT

TIMES AND DRIVERS ARE SHARING

COMPLAINTS ABOUT HOW THE

OFFICERS ARE OPERATED. THE

OFFICES, IN FACT, SOMETHING

BOTH THE DMV AND THE GOVERNOR

JUST SIGNED HAVE MENTIONED.

LET'S TALK ABOUT HIRING 97, NEW

DRIVER'S LICENSE. EXAMINERS AT

TODAY'S SUMMIT. SO I TALKED

ABOUT THE STATE'S 20% EMPLOYEE

VACANCY RATE.

>> HAVE TO SUPPORT OUR PUBLIC

WORKFORCE.

WE NEED OUR CURRENT TEAM AND

POTENTIAL EMPLOYEES TO KNOW

THAT CHOOSING A CAREER OF

PUBLIC SERVICE WILL BE WORTH IT

FOR THEM. THAT STATE GOVERNMENT

IS A DESIRABLE PLACE TO BUILD

A CAREER.

>> STEIN ALSO URGE THE GENERAL

ASSEMBLY TO PASS A BUDGET THAT

INCLUDES RAISES FOR ALL STATE

EMPLOYEES, INCLUDING DOT

WORKERS, THE DOT CAREER FAIR

GOES UNTIL 5 THIS EVENING AND

HIRING MANAGERS WILL BE