If you go
A Volkswagen career fair will be Friday from 2-6 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the plant’s conference center at Enterprise South industrial park. Qualifications include being at least 18 years old, having a high school diploma or GED, and passing a drug screen.
Volkswagen expects to have about 3,400 people working in Chattanooga by mid-April – a new high – as hiring cranks up for production of the automaker’s midsize sport utility vehicle.
VW staffing contractor Aerotek is making a major push to bring on new production employees at a career fair to be held Friday and Saturday at the plant.
New production employees will earn on average of $13.50 per hour. When employees are later hired by VW, they’ll earn $15.50 per hour, according to VW.
“It’s a career. It’s not just a job,” said Mario Duarte, the plant’s senior manager of organizational development and human resources. “We’ll start hiring in the next three weeks. We’re ramping up the training resources.”