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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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  • I was hoping someone would have responded to your question by now. I'm not looking for work right now, but I too have wondered about doing remote work. At the very least I thought it might be a nice way to help make ends meet while getting a small business off the ground... or something.

    The forum is normally extra quite of Friday. Maybe someone will chime in Monday.


    be careful y'all that's a serious conflict of interest, and an even more serious infringement on and non-compete agreements you have with your current employer.
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  • I was hoping someone would have responded to your question by now. I'm not looking for work right now, but I too have wondered about doing remote work. At the very least I thought it might be a nice way to help make ends meet while getting a small business off the ground... or something.

    The forum is normally extra quite of Friday. Maybe someone will chime in Monday.


    be careful y'all that's a serious conflict of interest, and an even more serious infringement on and non-compete agreements you have with your current employer.
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