Volkswagen to create 40,000 jobs

Germany's Volkswagen, Europe's biggest automaker, plans to boost its workforce from 250,000 to 290,000 by 2018, with most of the new jobs to be created in China, the German auto weekly Woche reported Sunday. Citing internal and confidential documents, the weekly said that "the number of VW employees will rise from 250,000 to 290,000 by 2018," including 35,000 new posts in China.
Most of the new jobs - 21,000 posts - will be created in the production sector, including 400 for managers and 5,000 for engineers.