Image on how electric vehicles work - U.S. Dept. of Energycentury technologies, innovation, consumer demand, regulations, a changing consumer base and infrastructure, and the imperative to address climate change and reduce GM’s own carbon footprint.
how the types of talent the company is looking for going forward is changing as a result, including the transition to electric vehicles:Changing our trajectory, so to speak, from internal combustion engines to electric vehicles is impactful both personally and professionally, technically to not only our team members, but also to all the communities that we touch by virtue of this change.
The fact that the industry, technologies, manufacturing and consumer demands are changing so fast today, means,We're not only looking for the skillset, but we're looking for adaptability. We're looking for collaborators. We're looking for people that have intersectional types of skills as well,” is how McGruder put it.
Jobs evolve faster today too, according to McGruder: “if we bring in today, for example, an environmental engineer that environmental engineer may be working on battery development today, and they may be working on process efficiencies in our manufacturing sites tomorrow. And they may be figuring out how to put those together when it comes to creating a more sustainable future a year from now.”
A key shift then, she emphasized is that, “we're really looking for talent that can adapt like that, and that can readily work with the data analytics team and, and readily work with all the teams that we have that are quickly evolving to do whatever it takes.”