In late December, Ford said that it is spending $773 million on new equipment and capacity expansions at six manufacturing facilities in southeast Michigan.
Ford Motor said today that it plans to hire 2,200 salaried workers in the U.S. during 2013 to fill jobs in Product Development, Manufacturing and Information Technology. It is Ford’s largest increase in new salaried workers in more than a decade, and comes after Ford dismissed tens of thousands of workers during the last decade. The Ford announcement follows one yesterday when General Motors said it will hire 1,000 computer programmers to staff a new Information Technology office near Atlanta, Georgia.
Ford said it is more than halfway to its goal of creating 12,000 hourly jobs in the U.S. by 2015 to support new products and investment. In 2012, Ford added 8,100 salaried and hourly jobs in the U.S. About 1,000 of these positions were out-sourced hourly jobs brought back to Ford plants in the U.S. from other locations, including suppliers in Japan and Mexico.
To attract new team members, Ford said it is expanding its use of social media to reach new, technology-savvy workers, including such sites as Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn. The company also is stepping up its recruiting efforts to reach military veterans.
In late December, Ford said that it is spending more than $773 million on new equipment and capacity expansions at six manufacturing facilities in southeast Michigan as it delivers on a commitment to invest $6.2 billion in U.S. plants by 2015.
The investments in Michigan will create 2,350 new hourly jobs and allow the company to retain an additional 3,240 hourly jobs. The 2,350 new positions also are part of the 12,000 hourly jobs Ford is adding across the U.S. by 2015.
