General Motors Company, commonly known as GM, is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, that designs, manufactures, markets, and distributes vehicles and vehicle parts, and sells financial services
General Motors is one of the largest auto manufacturers in the US and one of the largest employers in Detroit and several other cities. Here are our tips to get a contract job at General Motors.
Tip 1: If you have an in-demand skill, just upload your resume on one of the major job boards like Monster, Dice with your location set to Detroit, MI or another city you know they are located at and you should get calls from staffing agencies if they are currently hiring actively.
Tip 2: Create your free profile on OnContracting to do some more research.
Tip 3: Find the General Motors’s preferred staffing vendors and consulting companies that hire your skills and network with them on OnContracting. You can verify the list of Tier 1 direct vendors of General Motors right here. We don't list General Motors's subcontractors in our list as you should skip them.
Go to the Client (General Motors) page and browse the staffing vendors list in the category you are interested
Click on a vendor's name, a popup tells you more about the company
Click on 'View more' button which takes you to that vendor's page which has tabs for jobs, reviews, recruiters, etc.
Check the ‘Contract Jobs’ tab for their current open jobs
Check the Recruiters tab to see if there are recruiters listed. Connect with them. If not find the recruiters on Linkedin and connect with them there.
Based on several surveys, ATS/VMS software company reports and news articles, it is estimated that most large industrial companies have an employee to contractor ratio of 2:1 now. General Motors has 200,000 employees, so we'd estimate it employs 100,000 contractors.
There are reviews that confirm General Motors converts some contractors to full-time. Our estimate of contractor to fulltime conversion would be around 10% or 10,000 out of the 100,000 contractors might get converted every year. Let us know if you have better information.
General Motors hires contractors for almost everything they hire fulltime employees for. General Motors contractor jobs are from entry-level to the senior most levels and even remote- work from home opportunities. Below are some sample contract job titles. A more detailed list of job titles and skills can be found in the Skills tab. If you know of any additional skills let us know.
Software Engineer/Developer/Programmers
Software Engineer contractors at General Motors typically work on software projects related to Aerospace, government, defense and security projects. Many positions require security clearance.
Front End Developer
ERP Consultant
Manufacturing Associate
Project Manager
Non-Technical Contract Jobs at General Motors
While mostly known for hiring the smartest engineers, General Motors also hires non-technical contract workers in roles of sales associates, customer support, designers, finance and accounting, recruiters, data validation and visual data specialists.
Recruiter and HR (Onsite)
One of the more common positions for contract are General Motors HR positions. These could be technical sourcers whose job is to scour the world for top engineering talent. Other positions include Recruiters that reach out to candidates to see if they are interested in working at General Motors. Then there are HR generalists and HR coordinators that arrange interviews, paperwork, schedules, etc.
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Overall General Motors is one of the most desirable place to work for contractors in Detroit, MI. Read General Motors contractor reviews for details on the Reviews tab.
General Motors contractor salaries are typical for an industrial company. Average. You can see details on the Rates tab.
