At a shopping mall near Clackamas, Oregon, a new recruitment centre is trying to sign up workers for a Warren Buffett-owned company that makes jet engine parts.
Two years after Precision Castparts laid off 40 per cent of its workers in response to a coronavirus pandemic-induced collapse in aeroplane demand, the company is back in hiring mode. It is making too few castings and forgings for engine makers, which in turn are struggling to…