GE Targets Homegrown Talent in Hiring Blitz
20110829-NEWS--0001-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 8/26/2011 5:54 PM Page 1 ® www.crainsdetroit.com Vol. 27, No. 36 AUGUST 29 – SEPTEMBER 4, 2011 $2 a copy; $59 a year ©Entire contents copyright 2011 by Crain Communications Inc. All rights reserved Page 3 General fund won’t solve GE targets homegrown state’s UI debt troubles talent in hiring blitz BY DUSTIN WALSH When GE announced the $100 million expan- CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS sion at the Grace Lake Corporate Center site, for- merly Visteon Village, in 2009 with intentions General Electric Co.’s hiring spree in Southeast of hiring 1,100 workers averaging a $100,000 Michigan is anchored by local talent experi- salary, recruiters began looking to in-state enced in information technology. groups and programs to identify the area’s top About 90 percent of the center’s 700 employ- talent. Bankrupt jeweler’s legacy: ees at its Advanced Manufacturing and Soft- Tina Watson, an infrastructure manager at Two shops now aim to grow ware Technology Center in Van Buren Town- the center, interviewed for her position at GE ship hail from Michigan, said Kim Bankston, early last year and suggested the recruiter senior human resources leader for the site and check out the LinkedIn group she was running, corporate IT. Baker’s Dozen — which was an exclusive invi- The company is hiring about 10 IT profes- Inside JOHN SOBCZAK tation-only networking group of out-of-work IT “Incentives were how we’re able to put people sionals a week, and by 2013, the Van Buren fa- professionals founded by Gary Baker, now the In home stretch, RiverWalk here,” said Kim Bankston, senior human resources cility is expected to house the largest concen- leader for GE’s center in Van Buren Township.
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