McPherson company looking to hire hundreds of people

The Pfizer drug manufacturing plant that sits on the northern edge of this central Kansas town of 13,201 is on a hiring spree.
Already at about 2,000 people — 1,700 of whom are full time with the remainder temporary and contract employees — Pfizer’s McPherson plant is looking to hire 350 more workers. It’s already had job fairs in Wichita and Salina as part of its efforts to increase employment at the plant that manufactures sterile, injectable medicines.
“We are seeing an increase in demand, which is driving a number of the head count positions,” said Carole Johnson, Pfizer’s McPherson site leader.