General Motors is hiring thousands of IT pros as the automaker shifts away from outsourcing, and around 25% to 35% of those new jobs are likely to be filled with people coming right out of college, GM CIO Randy Mott told attendees at the InformationWeek 500 conference Monday in Dana Point, Calif.
General Motors is in the midst of a massive IT overhaul that includes having GM employees do 90% of its IT work, whereas in the past it has relied on IT outsourcers for about 90% of its work. That will require hiring thousands of GM IT workers over the next five years.
Most of those IT jobs will be in the United States. GM plans to have about four technology development centers--one in the Detroit area, one in Austin, Texas, and the others in locations not yet named. The big driver for those locations will be ability to attract talent, including proximity to universities.