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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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  • Probably no one withing 100 miles of this company would know what CMM stands for these days.... Based on the situation I walked into 15 years ago, no one working at the company knew either.....


    Our HR rep would give tours and tell people the CMM uses lasers to check the part. I noticed a couple people from Collins aerospace had that WTF look on their face after she said that. We didn't correct her. We just let her keep telling people that. Friggin laser beams.
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  • Probably no one withing 100 miles of this company would know what CMM stands for these days.... Based on the situation I walked into 15 years ago, no one working at the company knew either.....


    Our HR rep would give tours and tell people the CMM uses lasers to check the part. I noticed a couple people from Collins aerospace had that WTF look on their face after she said that. We didn't correct her. We just let her keep telling people that. Friggin laser beams.
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