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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?
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  • Not yet we can't get him to leave Wink


    3 resumes submitted and I may have a temporary job working for my business partner (tire business). He owns a steel fab shop and he is the only one that works there. He broke his wrist this past weekend due to a mechanical failure on his bike. The front tire locked up at 140mph and he tumbled 1/4 mile down the track into the Armco barrier. Needless to say, doing steel work is going to be difficult so I may see if he wants some help for a bit until he is healed. We shall see.
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  • Not yet we can't get him to leave Wink


    3 resumes submitted and I may have a temporary job working for my business partner (tire business). He owns a steel fab shop and he is the only one that works there. He broke his wrist this past weekend due to a mechanical failure on his bike. The front tire locked up at 140mph and he tumbled 1/4 mile down the track into the Armco barrier. Needless to say, doing steel work is going to be difficult so I may see if he wants some help for a bit until he is healed. We shall see.
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