GM Tackles Labor Shortage 'On the Spot' Hiring at Urban League Job Fair

 One of the region's top manufacturing companies on Wednesday put hiring efforts on the fast track.

The Fort Wayne General Motors Truck Assembly Plant conducted a job fair at the Fort Wayne Urban League offices (Ft. Wayne, IN), offering, in some cases, on the spot hiring for 200 job openings.

Employers across the country have been scrambling for months to find workers in a lingering labor shortage.

Officials with GM say the job fair attracted a good turn-out of job seekers, around 75 in the first two hours alone.

The extra $300.00 a week in checks delivered to Hoosiers receiving enhanced unemployment benefits during the pandemic will be getting cut-off no later than mid-September.

A recent appeals court ruling allows Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb to end the federal payments after providing a 30-day notice.

We wait to see if that forces some people collecting that extra cash to get more serious about finding work now.

The GM plant is trying to hire 200 part-time temporary production workers starting at $16.67 per hour.

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