Driving Michigan’s Renaissance Human Resource Issues in Michigan’s Automotive Industry

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This report will approach the future challenge in Michigan’s automotive labor market in two ways. First, in section II, a special forecast of job openings at the state’s largest vehicle producing firms (the Big Three) is presented. This forecast was completed by OSAT with the assistance of the human resource planning departments of the three major vehicle companies. The Big Three supplied basic information or company forecasts of their expected attrition of employees in Michigan and the United States. OSAT developed an estimate of employment in 2003 to complete the forecast of job openings. The forecast of job openings sets the stage for a compilation of direct industry input on automotive human resource issues in section III. This section contains the approved, consensus discussions of the MAP on such issues as technical labor needs, hiring criteria, the performance of Michigan’s educational institutions, and recommendations for state human resource policies. The stated opinions and positions in section III reflect the direct input of over thirty company presidents and human resource executives. The information contained in section III was reviewed at least twice by the participating MAP respondents.