Comments on: Need a Little CNC Help From My Friends

By: Dalen Mealer

Dalen Mealer — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 12:18:30 +0000

Hello,
I am a CNC programmer located in Knoxville,Tn I would like to talk about this position.
I have a background in Aerospace, some medical and the steam turbine industry.

By: lloyd

lloyd — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 23:24:31 +0000

Billy,

Thank goodness for Moneyball. I loved the Michael Lewis vignette about you taking the $100,000 signing bonus rather than taking the scholarship from Stanford, knowing deep in your heart you couldn’t hit the curve ball. And Oakland can’t even get to 500 these days. Billy, can I help you find a left handed second baseman?

By: lloyd

lloyd — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 22:08:42 +0000

My goal in doing this story was to discuss a situation in which a guy new to the industry is dealing with a problem of interest to the community that we reach. More than 5000 people have opened this email. If Hans Peters finds somebody, so much the better but I was not acting as his recruiter. My agenda if I had one was to show the power of community. I did this a while back in a story about Doreen Koop who needed a fastener I had never heard of. In that case we got 30 replies of people looking to help in one way or another.
Please keep reading. Today you don’t like me. Tomorrow, we may be in love.

By: David M. Chenevert

David M. Chenevert — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 19:16:28 +0000

Explain to me how this individual is special and can solicit job positions through your magazine? I just paid $450.00 for a month ad on Career Builder’s. I work with head hunters and you give this guy free publicity and the rest of us who are in the same situation looking for good qualified labor gets a free plug. I purchase training through Master Task to train people. You want people…follow Dan Murphy’s lead or maybe you should of thought about it before buying the company. Find a good machinery dealer (REM Sales comes to mind….) to get support.
If you want a magazine that talks about our industry rather than posting job ads try discussing the failure of trade schools to supply young applicants in the Swiss trade, the failure of States to support manufacturing, the failure of our government to inject incentive monies for training and manufacutring in general.
I am personally outraged at this commentary from a “used” equipment dealer who obviously has no understanding that many Swiss houses are in the same boat. We deal with lack of qualified labor day in and day out. You get into this industry you should know how it functions. Owning a company and being successful in this economy is not for OJT(on the job training). OJT is for the people you hire!!!

By: Paul VanRyn

Paul VanRyn — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:45:18 +0000

Skilled machine tools operator, with extensive experience programming, setting up, and running computer controlled machines. Utilizes experience and ingenuity to produce innovative tools, dies and molds. Able to repair and upgrade equipment as needed.
BA and TMA trained. I have been out of work for a year, just email me.

By: Mike Smith

Mike Smith — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 12:43:11 +0000

Contact Millennium 574-472-7850, I think they are the rep in your area, they will come down and train, it’s not cheap but you will learn programming simple stuff in a couple days and can build from there. I know of a guy in MI that is unemployed and very good on Citizens that may make the trip. Email me if interested, mikesmith@micronmfg.net

By: Dan Murphy

Dan Murphy — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 23:00:54 +0000

Why not just hire a good machinist with turning experience and send him off to Citizen for training? Programming and setting up a Citizen isn’t exactly rocket science. There are also aftermarket training companes like Rose training that offer courses on Citizen. See http://www.rose-training.com/

You could also see if the local distributor can offer some on site training as well.

My experience with hiring Swiss guys is that more often than not you are better off hiring a good machinist with the right personality and training him or her, rather than hiring some obnoxious Prima Donna with experience and alleged skills.

If all else fails, we’d be happy to take the Citizen machines in on trade for some Tsugami machines, complete with easy to use programming software and local training support.

By: Noah Graff

Noah Graff — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 21:34:14 +0000

Not sure about all your questions, but as far as my understanding there is not a way to broadcast on all different craigslists. The key to craigslist is that it is supposed to be local. So you would have to post in each different city or area. I think that’s doable but they might flag people who post in a lot of different places. Although I don’t why they would.

By: wayne

wayne — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 21:19:12 +0000

is there a way to broadcast to all of craigs list in the US also I think U tube has an employment section. What are his requirements and what is he paying? A lot of time it seems to me they want someone who can walk on water for min. wage I thank you for your effort to help out and do not want to sound negitive. I can understand somewhat the problem I am in eastern NC and had to leave metal cutting due to lack of jobs after 30 years. So I am very aware that there can be a problem with the right job at the right place.

By: Cheryl

Cheryl — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 21:01:18 +0000

Oops – my email didn’t show. It’s poeticmutiny@hotmail.com.