Crazy Job Market

What's the CMM job market like near you?

I live and work in the far northern outskirts of Chicago. There is a fair amount of industry around me, but there are typically only two or three CMM job openings at a time within my commuting area. Most of them are normally the same few jobs that nobody wants or they just don’t pay enough.

I was up that way last weekend. South Beloit IL.

However, right now it seems like there are quite a few jobs available near me that I'd be happy to take if I didn't already have a good thing going. Also, where I work we have been down a CMM programmer for many months and recently lost two more who left for greener pastures. HR tells me that no one is even applying, let alone anyone with good qualifications! We are working to build talent from within, but it's going to take some time.

Our workload as dropped off so far this year and our hours have been cut to 40/wk starting this week. When we were busy, we were short staffed and the applicants we were getting were not qualified. No joke, we had a roofing inspector apply...

How about you?

I'm doing fine, how have you been?

Are you currently understaffed? Or should I say, more understaffed than usual?

At the moment we are over staffed but when work is flowing through like it normally is, we are way understaffed.

Do you see a lot more job openings near you?

I haven't looked lately but I'm going to take a look here tonight (St. Louis area).

Am I the only one dumb enough to do this for a living?

No... We all are that dumb.

What am I missing here?

There is a long list. What you are not missing is probably a way shorter list.

What's the CMM job market like near you?

I live and work in the far northern outskirts of Chicago. There is a fair amount of industry around me, but there are typically only two or three CMM job openings at a time within my commuting area. Most of them are normally the same few jobs that nobody wants or they just don’t pay enough.

I was up that way last weekend. South Beloit IL.

However, right now it seems like there are quite a few jobs available near me that I'd be happy to take if I didn't already have a good thing going. Also, where I work we have been down a CMM programmer for many months and recently lost two more who left for greener pastures. HR tells me that no one is even applying, let alone anyone with good qualifications! We are working to build talent from within, but it's going to take some time.

Our workload as dropped off so far this year and our hours have been cut to 40/wk starting this week. When we were busy, we were short staffed and the applicants we were getting were not qualified. No joke, we had a roofing inspector apply...

How about you?

I'm doing fine, how have you been?

Are you currently understaffed? Or should I say, more understaffed than usual?

At the moment we are over staffed but when work is flowing through like it normally is, we are way understaffed.

Do you see a lot more job openings near you?

I haven't looked lately but I'm going to take a look here tonight (St. Louis area).

Am I the only one dumb enough to do this for a living?

No... We all are that dumb.

What am I missing here?

There is a long list. What you are not missing is probably a way shorter list.