Great Lakes - Leads?

I was just laid off. For those of you who know me if you have any leads on a job I'd appreciate it.

Sorry to hear man. :(

Well on the bright side, maybe I found a riding partner this summer.

Shoot me a resume.

Sorry to here that. Hope you find something that works for you.

Kenal0

Woah.. dang.. I thought you worked at your in-laws company or something?

Sorry Rob you'll find something soon,get your resume up to date and get it out there.I'm in the medical field don't know anyone in manufacturing.

wtf? :(

i have some good friends in management at CAT, but they are not hiring right now as far as i know. i will keep my eyes and ears open for you. keep you head up dude!!

Keeping my ears opened Rob.....

May i ask what you have experience in? please.

Just PM me, whatever helps my friend.

pm sent

What do you do? My company still practices the dying art of American manufacturing. Not sure if we're hiring. But what's your field?

I was just laid off. For those of you who know me if you have any leads on a job I'd appreciate it.


Sorry to hear that.
I will keep my ears and eyes open for you.

What do you do? My company still practices the dying art of American manufacturing. Not sure if we're hiring. But what's your field?

ME by education. Lean/Operations/Quality/Supply Chain-Purchasing/Engineering/Sales/Marketing in application. If it has to do with manufacturing I have direct experience in it.

Bummer man, sorry to hear about it.

Uh Oh! Leaner. Now more time to train. :eek:

Sorry man :( If I can help, I will.

Just a layoff?? Did they say this is only temporary??

Sorry to say nothing open at my place of work, but as soon as there is, I'll let you know. I'll keep my eyes open for freelance work too.

I don't know your situation, but don't let it get you down. I was let go in 2003, kind of a delayed reaction to the dot-bomb/9-11. I started my own consultancy (design/marketing/engineering) and did OK for 5 years. The best part of it was all of the extra time with the kids. Got a full-time job last year for the stability and my business was feeling the downturn back then.

Me, too. My school district has to lay off 22 teachers to be able to cover their losses on some investments they were counting on that just haven't paid off.

Lowest seniority goes first....I'm at the very bottom so I got notice a couple of days ago that they are not rehiring me next year.

I don't need the money...we are fine on one income (although the mad money sure is fun) but I'm sad at the prospect of not teaching Spanish. I just love it soooo much. There aren't many places I'm happier than when I'm with those kids teaching.

Maybe I'll sub next year. Wah!!!! Where is the crying emoticon?

Rob, send me your resume. I have 2 friends involved in Lean. Both are in IL. One is affliated with Caterpillar.

Too bad bike repair and upgrades won't support your family; you'd make a fortune.

Me, too. My school district has to lay off 22 teachers to be able to cover their losses on some investments they were counting on that just haven't paid off.

Lowest seniority goes first....I'm at the very bottom so I got notice a couple of days ago that they are not rehiring me next year.

I don't need the money...we are fine on one income (although the mad money sure is fun) but I'm sad at the prospect of not teaching Spanish. I just love it soooo much. There aren't many places I'm happier than when I'm with those kids teaching.

Maybe I'll sub next year. Wah!!!! Where is the crying emoticon?


For Spanish teaching you could do private lessons with kids who want to learn Spanish. I'm currently trying to pick up Spanish so I can finally talk to my mom-in-law, maybe you can teach me during one of the 200k rides :)


Since I work in the IT field I have no leads at all into the mechanical engineering field since all my clients are either financial, hospitals or trading companies.

Thomas

Wow, what a bummer. You're too old for me to help you as one of my special ed students, although otherwise you might qualify. Probably a diagnosis of OCB, Obsessive Compulsive Biker;) Wait, that's most of the people on this forum:eek:

But really, hang in there. When I was sort of "shown the door" in a leave on your own or we'll help you do so approach, it forced me to look around and I ended up with an infinitely better job. Just wish I could help more than being a cheerleader for you (besides you wouldn't want to see me in my U of Illinois cheerleader skirt & sweater):roflmao2:

I'm sorry to hear it. I just got hired after a layoff myself. At least I get to work for a bike shop. May not pay the best, but I'm doing something I love. I hope whatever you find you can do something you enjoy.

Pismet, I feel your pain. I got laid off Nov 19 2008. And at the moment the is not alot of need for manual lathe machinists in my area. Yesterday I started turning wrench at my LBS, man is this going to cut into my ride time.

I was just laid off. For those of you who know me if you have any leads on a job I'd appreciate it.

hugs! That's gotta be scary, Rob. There is something even better waiting around the corner for you.

I'm sorry to hear that....it stinks. I'm not in the ME or manufacturing field but if I hear of anything, I'll shoot you a PM.

That sucks, buddy. I'll keep my eyes open, but not sure my eyes can see that far west.
One thing I do know, having lost my job back in October, is that even though things look really crappy, there ARE still people hiring. Polish up that base resume, then leverage it to create copies to specifically target each position you apply for.

Good luck man, I know it's cliche, but it really is true that for every door that closes, another opens.

Rob, I would try to hook you up but the 7 hour commute would be the killer. I will put out some good vibes for you and wish you luck.

Smokin',
There are lots of institutions that could your kinds of skills, especially in those areas with a high immigration population. Many hospitals and clinics and local governments need document translation services, as well as oral translations to patients who are getting medical services complete. While this is not a full time gig, it could be a way to get yourself some "mad money," and the patients are really grateful.

Psimet,
Sorry to hear about that. My brother is an EE manager in manufacturing in western PA, managing voltage controls and variable drives manufacturing and installation. He does have contacts and customers all over the US and world but not so much in your neck of the woods. I could look into what he might be aware of with his customers. If you are interested send me pm with particulars.

****. :(

Will keep eyes and ears open.

Psimet,

I am probably stating the obvious but i see a few jobs on chicagos's CL manufacturing section with some of the skills you mentioned.

If you haven't looked at those yet, i highly recommend you to.

Good luck, i still look around for other leads, if anyone has any IT tech support leads for a 2 year experience guy (me), please let me know, company doesn't sound good right...thus i look to leave.

These scenerio,s must end.
None of us are immune from this present situation.

Rob,

e-mail your resume K?

****ty...

I'll talk to my pappy, he's sort of in your line of work.

I'm currently trying to pick up Spanish so I can finally talk to my mom-in-law,
Thomas

That would be suegra.

Rob,

e-mail your resume K?

e-mailed to your cc account.

e-mailed to your cc account.

I did not mean to hijack Psimet's thread, but thanks all for your responses. I think this will send me in another direction that might be good. I have considered some other careers where I could use my Spanish; this is probably the push I need to explore those ideas.

I would be glad to teach any of you Spanish....Scummer, I got this hilarious mental image of us trying to ride up some stupid hill in WI and conjugating verbs all the way up! HA HA A new climbing mantra.

You can have my job, really! It pays pretty well, benefits are 'okay', and it's pretty secure against this recession. The only drawback: it sucks the life right out of you. First shift -> third shift -> first shift all in the same week. Give 'em 50 hours and they ask for 60, yet if you punch in one minute late, they put you on discipline. Yeah ... you can have my job. No problem. http://emoticons4u.com/fingers/fing04.gif (Registered Nurse - ICU)

I was just laid off. For those of you who know me if you have any leads on a job I'd appreciate it.


Jeez, sorry about that! I just got laid off, too, from a Tier 1 auto supplier. I just finished my 1st week at home, playing with bikes, letting my emotions settle down, and making a plan.

I've been through now four engineering layoffs, so it's not such a great shock - one just has to figure out what's the best thing to do next, and go do it. For me it's severance, unemployment, pension, job search, financial planning. Maybe a new brevet frame if I recover well enough, monetarily!

Here in Michigan it's real important to file for unemployment. A: you might really get something. B: you get access to the state job bank. C: you've paid into the damn thing, the benefits are yours!

It's been too long since I was unemployed in Illinois, but I'd assume there is still a strong program for you to take advantage of. My mom worked in the back offices at the State of Illinois so I used to know a lot about it, but I replaced all that knowledge with important details about bike parts.

Feel free to pm me for any reason, Psimet!

Road Fan

That sucks, buddy. I'll keep my eyes open, but not sure my eyes can see that far west.
One thing I do know, having lost my job back in October, is that even though things look really crappy, there ARE still people hiring. Polish up that base resume, then leverage it to create copies to specifically target each position you apply for.

Good luck man, I know it's cliche, but it really is true that for every door that closes, another opens.


Bingo, Chipcom, that is exactly the right resume advice!

So you guys work in Wussyville? Who'd a thunk it?

Oh my.............The ride time! Do you still have my number? Call me............I gots an Idea!

Wow man, that sucks! I went though it last April (who knew law firms laid off lawyers?!?!?)

Don't know of anything myself, but I know of some folks in your field, so if they know of anything I'll let you know. You pretty much stuck south of the Cheddar-curtain?

Psimet, SM, Road Fan ... Glad to be helpful if I can. I'm an executive recruiter. It's probably not likely that I have job leads for you, since I'm focused on a few narrow niches mostly in Madison. But I'm happy to brainstorm job-search strategy, resume and interview tips, etc.

I work with employers on hiring and obeserve their hiring decision-making behavior for a living, so I have some experience seeing what works and what doesn't.

PM me.

What narrow niches are those?

For executive recruiting:

- Investment professionals
- Legal (attorney lateral hiring and legal management/support staff)
- General management (CEO, CFO, COO, etc.)
- Nonprofit leadership (executive director, head of development, etc.)
- Healthcare executives
- Banking executives

The first 3 are areas I specialize in.

The last 3 are covered by my co-workers in the executive recruiting group.

Most of our positions are in the Madison area; all are in Wisconsin.

My employer also has a broader staffing division with temp, temp-to-hire and direct hire positions.

We do administrative, professional, lab tech, and industrial staffing in the Madison and Milwaukee areas.

We have branch offices across Wisconsin for industrial staffing.

Glad to be helpful if I can. PM me.

Hmm, i'll get back to you in 10 years :)

I did not mean to hijack Psimet's thread, but thanks all for your responses. I think this will send me in another direction that might be good. I have considered some other careers where I could use my Spanish; this is probably the push I need to explore those ideas.

I would be glad to teach any of you Spanish....Scummer, I got this hilarious mental image of us trying to ride up some stupid hill in WI and conjugating verbs all the way up! HA HA A new climbing mantra.


Actually that sounds like a great way to do long steady distance.

I'm a nerd, huh?

Thanks, sekaijin, I'll send you a pm after my ride.

Not working, time to ride!!! It's not all bad!

I would be glad to teach any of you Spanish....Scummer, I got this hilarious mental image of us trying to ride up some stupid hill in WI and conjugating verbs all the way up! HA HA A new climbing mantra.

I'd probably frustrate you so much with my poor attempts at learning Spanish that you would just drop me :D

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I wish all you guys and gals the best of luck out there. I too lost my job on October 1st. I was fortunate to start a new job November 10th. It's scary out there. I'm sure everyone has their favorite website for job searches but I found a few on indeed.com.

Good luck.