Auto industry’s ‘bad rap’ repels potential workers

  • 📰 AutoNewsCanada
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 18 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 11%
  • Publisher: 51%

Ireland News News

Ireland Ireland Latest News,Ireland Ireland Headlines

Auto plants are high-tech power- houses, yet they can’t attract enough employees.

“I’m in a plant right now in North Carolina that I can honestly tell you it takes my breath away,” Rose, global vice-president, human resources at Linamar Group, told Vancouver correspondent Steve Mertl.

Yet, Linamar, like other industry employers, continues to grapple with skilled labour shortages. At any given time, the Guelph, Ont., supplier has 500 to 700 openings, said Rose. “Trades in general have had a bad rap for years,” said Alan McClelland, dean of automotive programs for the School of Transportation at Centennial College in Toronto.

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.
We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 77. in İE

Ireland Ireland Latest News, Ireland Ireland Headlines