Ford to hire 7,000 workers

Ford announced Monday that 7000 jobs, both hourly and salaried, will be added in the US by the end of 2012. The announcement said that the Fortune 500 is adding 4000 hourly jobs in many of its US plants during this year, including approximately 1800 at Louisville Assembly Plant, where the new Ford Escape crossover SUV will be built. The company also plans to increase factory jobs by another 2,500 during the next year, and add 750 engineering jobs (salaried) in product development and manufacturing.

The engineers will specialize in system controls, software and energy storage to be compatible with electric powered vehicles in Boston, Detroit, Chicago, Cincinnati, Columbus, Ohio, Milwaukee, Raleigh and Durham.

Sources: http://money.cnn.com/2011/01/10/news/companies/ford_adding_7000_jobs/index.htm