| Looking for career in the automotive sector? You are | | | | benefits as well as made under funded pension |
| not alone. This week over 600 car dealerships, 5 | | | | adjustments with UAW. Ford Motor Co just reported a |
| major automakers and many OEM suppliers are | | | | third-quarter loss in the neighborhood of around $280 |
| participating in ACW Automotive Career Week, its | | | | million citing poor sales of gas-guzzling SUV and a |
| here. Eleven State Governors have issued important | | | | three percent encroachment of market share by the |
| proclamations. Automotive Career Week is partly | | | | leading Japanese Automakers.Meanwhile Japanese |
| sponsored by NADA North American Dealer | | | | Automakers are quite pleased and view all these |
| Association of auto dealerships and it starts on | | | | recent changes in the Auto Industry as a big bonus to |
| Monday, October 24 and runs through the entire | | | | their future market exploits with Hybrids and |
| Business Week.There are participating dealers involved | | | | fuel-efficient cars.What seems to be happening is a |
| in forty-nine states and Washington D.C., right now | | | | paradigm shift in consumer buying behavior due to |
| Puerto Rico is too flooded. The eleven main states | | | | higher gas prices at the pump, as well as a return of |
| where the State Governments have a made decrees | | | | the Deming Years strategy for the Japanese |
| are in California, Delaware, Georgia, Kentucky, Missouri, | | | | Automakers, perhaps the Automotive Career Week |
| Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, | | | | may re-ignite some sales in the sluggish sector to |
| Vermont and West Virginia. Students are invited to | | | | stave off the massive lay-offs already announced or |
| learn first hand how auto dealerships work and how | | | | soak up some of those Auto Worker jobs on the |
| the auto retailing businesses operate. dealers are | | | | dealer side of the business, because the American |
| hosting career days in conjunction with the event and | | | | Automakers are moving towards robotics and will |
| handing out a career kit year-round. This only a few | | | | have to stay their to compete in the future. Think on all |
| days after the Ford Motor Company has announced | | | | this and check out the Automotive Career Week |
| "significant" U.S. auto manufacturing plant closings and | | | | festivities and some free food at your local |
| layoffs in January of 2007, which another hit to nation's | | | | participating dealership.Lance Winslow - Online Think |
| autoworkers, as Delphi announced a bankruptcy filing | | | | Tank forum board. |
| and GM negotiated down healthcare costs and | | | | |