General Motors is hiring 1,000 people for an Information Technology office in a Phoenix suburb, joining Austin, Texas, Roswell, Georgia and Warren, Michigan as part of GM’s strategy to bring IT work in house. GM said it would hire more than 4,000 new information technology workers over the next three to five years to staff the four centers. So far, more than 1,000 employees have been hired for the other three sites.
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“Recruiting talented IT professionals is intensely competitive,” said GM Chief Information Officer Randy Mott. “To hire the best and the brightest, we need to create employment opportunities that differentiate our company from the competition – location is one such advantage.”
Mott said the locations were chosen by looking at IT talent-rich areas that also offer a strong community, lower cost of living and a high-tech industry presence.
Four of five students majoring in IT at higher education institutions in each state are within a three-hour drive from a GM IT office. Combined, the four locations have access to more than 7,000 students at more than150 colleges and universities majoring in information technology-related fields. GM will target recruitment efforts at up to a dozen key universities within each of the four geographic regions.
GM is looking to hire people with a range of capabilities, including software development, database administration, as well as system analysts. Employees will support all of GM’s IT needs, including web technologies, end-user applications and systems, dealer systems, factory systems and vehicle technology.
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