FORT WAYNE, Indiana — Ethan Pearl had been searching for a job for almost a year when he walked into General Motors Co.'s on-site hiring event at the truck plant here on a rainy May afternoon.
The area doesn't have many jobs that match his graphic design background, and working in fast food "wasn't fun," the 26-year-old Fort Wayne resident said after filling out an application to become a temporary worker making Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra trucks. To meet his budget, he's looking for anything above $12 an hour, and GM's offer of $16.67 an hour to start fits the bill.
Pearl had an offer in hand from GM that day and he was pretty sure he'd accept it: "This is the best one I've gotten."
