General Motors Co. (GM) Wednesday said it is hiring 1,000 high-tech employees to staff an Information Technology Innovation Center in Phoenix suburb. This joins Austin, Texas; Roswell, Georgia, and Warren, Michigan, as the centerpieces of the automaker's strategy to bring high-value IT work in house in support of the business transformation in progress.
GM expects to hire over 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 three locations previously announced.
GM chose the innovation center locations by looking at IT talent-rich areas, which also offer a strong community, lower cost of living and a high-tech industry presence. The Innovation Centers support all aspects of the company's business.
According to the company, four of five students majoring in IT at higher education institutions in each state are within a three-hour drive from a GM IT innovation center. Combined, the four centers have access to more than 7,000 students at over 150 colleges and universities majoring in IT-related fields.
GM will target recruitment efforts at up to a dozen key universities within each of the four geographic regions.
GM Chief Information Officer Randy Mott said, "Recruiting talented IT professionals is intensely competitive. 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."
The automaker is looking at capabilities such as software development, database administration, and system analysts.
These employees will support GM's IT needs, including web technologies, end-user applications and systems, dealer systems, factory systems and vehicle technology.
Effective April 1, GM will open a temporary center and begin hiring in Phoenix until its permanent building in Chandler is completed.
The new Innovation Center is expected to be operational by the first quarter of 2014. Interviewing for jobs will begin immediately.
GM closed up 1.2 percent at $27.91 on Wednesday.
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