Monday, September 02, 2024

Caterpillar, the Irving-based construction equipment manufacturer, says it wants its dealers to hire 40,000 new technicians in two years to stem a global shortage. However, there are only 618 jobs open, right now, on Cats Job webpage

Caterpillar has watched this problem evolve over decades.

"We have articles within the Caterpillar organization that date back to the 1960s, talking about the skills gap and how people are being pushed into the post-secondary college route versus going into the workforce," Griffin Reome, the company's manager of workforce development, says.

Caterpillar created a development program that pays people to train and targets a wide range of potential workers, from recent high school graduates to military veterans to mothers who've been out of the workforce for years.

The company is also leaning into recruiting events — often alongside its biggest competitors like Komatsu and John Deere, who are having the same issues, Reome says.


IF Caterpillar pays people to train, then why didn't this article mention how readers could get their resume in for that jop op? 

IN FACT Caterpillar won't release its pay scale. However, Reome says Caterpillar technicians make "20% over the median household income within the U.S." 

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