Ford boosts hiring of engineers, computer workers
Chris Woodyard and Alisa Priddle, USA TODAY / Detroit Free Press 6:28 p.m. EDT July 23, 2013
Automaker's hiring wave comes only a few years after thousands were laid off in Great Recession.
Ford Motor is dramatically stepping up its hiring of engineers, software workers and other salaried employees to meet the increased demand for a new high-tech era in the auto industry.
Ford said it will increase white-collar hiring by 36%, or 800 jobs, to a total of 3,000.
About 80% of the new hires will be engineers and information technology workers needed to design the next generation of vehicles that will succeed the Fusion, Focus, F-150 and other models on the road today.
"The vast majority of these jobs are new," says Felicia Fields, group vice president of human resources for Ford. It's a huge counterpoint to the dark days between 2006 and 2009 when Ford laid off or lost 13,000 salaried employees and many hourly workers during the recession.
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