Education, not no Experience

[Kiru27]

In certain cases where companies are looking for some experience, like 2 years or less, but the highest education they seek is either high school or certification, would a 2-year degree be considered enough to satisfy the required experience? I'm thinking, though, that an employer will want someone to have some experience working with CNC machines before doing all the programming work.

[tobyaxis]

Originally Posted by Kiru27 In certain cases where companies are looking for some experience, like 2 years or less, but the highest education they seek is either high school or certification, would a 2-year degree be considered enough to satisfy the required experience? I'm thinking, though, that an employer will want someone to have some experience working with CNC machines before doing all the programming work.

Any kind of experience is experience none the less. What you might need to do is tell them what experience you do have. This can be a school or another shop but mainly they do not want Leaf Blowers applying for the position, IMPO.

[timmay]

My son-in-law was going through the same thing but he was able to get on as an apprentice with a company he found through this machinist jobsite:
http://www.machinistjobsite.com/Job_Seekers.php
Hope it helps, and good luck to you!

[CNCRebuilder]

Nice site---
Thanks for sharing

[Kiru27]

It has been quite a while since I first posted this (typo in the title), but I wanted to let everyone know that it didn't take long to find employment. A company needing machinists who could also do the programming work was a bit short handed because everyone handing in resumes who had experience were not knowledgeable on the programming side, and so I was called, interviewed, and hired within a 3-hour period. Hired before I ever saw what their applications looked like.

If anyone is reading this who is having a hard time finding work, but who can program, look for the companies who hire people who can do both. There are quite a bit less of us than there are of those who can just run the machines.

[Kiru27]

Originally Posted by timmay My son-in-law was going through the same thing but he was able to get on as an apprentice with a company he found through this machinist jobsite: http://www.machinistjobsite.com/Job_Seekers.php Hope it helps, and good luck to you!

Thanks for the help. Before finishing, a company had people come to a class I was in and talk about how they needed people who could program as well as run the machines. I spent two months working on the best resume I could design (to catch the eye) and learn what I could about the company. Then I finally gave it a shot (nervous... put a lot of effort into this one). I called them to be sure my resume was read right away. Soon after, I got a call, was interviewed the same day, and then hired on the interview. I LOVE my job. The hours are long and the pay isn't as good as some other companies I've seen around here, but I go into work each day knowing that I am no longer an expendable worker. That makes more difference than I can describe. I smile more than I ever have. The classes were starting to really annoy me, but the actual work is so awesome. I love making one thing after another, programming parts, watching what I programmed run, and then moving on to the next job. In school it was five projects taking 4 months. Now I can finish several each day. So much fun!!