Digitimes reports Foxconn has kicked off a new hiring effort for its factories in Shenzhen and Zhengzhou to hire more help for the production of Apple’s iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus flagship handsets.
Digitimes, via MacRumors:
Because working on assembly lines is no longer as attractive as before for workers in China, Foxconn is having issues recruiting sufficient numbers of workers. The company has been hosting hiring events recently to maintain its manpower, the sources added.
Apple goal of launching the new handsets in 115 countries by the end of 2014 reportedly spurred Foxconn to go on the hiring spree.
The iPhone 6, and it’s larger sibling, the iPhone 6 Plus, went on sale in the United States and a number of other countries on September 19. Apple expanded availability to a number of new countries on September 26. The company will begin sales of the two devices in China on Friday, October 17.
