AUBURN HILLS, MI: Volkswagen Group of America (VWA) has created a corporate communications department to spearhead recruitment and local outreach efforts after the auto company moved its headquarters.

About 400 posts will be transferred to the new headquarters, which will move from Michigan to Herndon, VA in April.

Outreach locally and nationally will aim to fill available jobs. The department is using its new Web site, launched on February 4, to solicit applicants. Internal communications efforts to employees, ...