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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.

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.

How about you?
Are you currently understaffed? Or should I say, more understaffed than usual?
Do you see a lot more job openings near you?
Am I the only one dumb enough to do this for a living? What am I missing here?
Parents
  • My new job is going great. A lot of us in quality are on the same page about what improvements to make and I'm the one who gets to implement them (I knew about that when I was hired). I rarely have to run parts anymore. I spend my time organizing programs and data on the network, programming new parts, and updating old programs. We are busy but laid back at the same time. It is a major change of pace from where I was at and it is very much welcomed.

    Congrats on the new job , I hope it works out as good for you as it has for me.
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  • My new job is going great. A lot of us in quality are on the same page about what improvements to make and I'm the one who gets to implement them (I knew about that when I was hired). I rarely have to run parts anymore. I spend my time organizing programs and data on the network, programming new parts, and updating old programs. We are busy but laid back at the same time. It is a major change of pace from where I was at and it is very much welcomed.

    Congrats on the new job , I hope it works out as good for you as it has for me.
Children