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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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  • Glad for you! Most people can't go back, when they need to, due to positions getting filled or whatever other reason/s.


    Fortunately for me, they haven't filled my position nor the other QE position. They are having a hard time filling the role, especially since we're automotive and IATF certified. I know when I go back in, there will be a backlog of items to address. From my understanding, they need me to step back into my previous role, however with the intention of hiring a person to groom into the programming role and I take on more of a QE role rather than splitting the duties of QE and programming that I was doing before.
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  • Glad for you! Most people can't go back, when they need to, due to positions getting filled or whatever other reason/s.


    Fortunately for me, they haven't filled my position nor the other QE position. They are having a hard time filling the role, especially since we're automotive and IATF certified. I know when I go back in, there will be a backlog of items to address. From my understanding, they need me to step back into my previous role, however with the intention of hiring a person to groom into the programming role and I take on more of a QE role rather than splitting the duties of QE and programming that I was doing before.
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