Firms on the hunt for engineers

Multiple firms are using this year's Society of Automotive Engineers as a job hunting forum.

Excerpt:

General Motors Corp. is trying to fill 400 jobs, mostly in engineering. Honda Motor Co. is hiring engineers for jobs in research and development. Diesel-engine maker Cummins Inc. is hiring engineers for jobs in Indiana, Tennessee and North Carolina.

Christopher Mitchell, a recruiter for New Dimension, a Troy-based staffing firm, said his company is looking to place engineers for 200 positions, double the number from last year.

Nonautomotive employers also say they recognize the talent pool in Detroit and are willing to train automotive engineers in new fields of work.

U.S. Army TACOM, a defense contractor in Warren, hired 75 engineers last year, most of them former automotive employees.

Read the entire article here.


Enjoy this story? Sign up for free solutions-based reporting in your inbox each week.