So much has changed on how you move up in a company. My Dad got into the tool room through UAW apprenticeship program, and he also got his brother in law in the tool room by recommendation. If a company needed workers, they would post in the local and regional paper the open position. The positions were very local and companies were willing to train people at their jobs.
Now here I'm at work, and a fellow co-worker previously had 5 years experience in tool center operation working on jet engines, his position opens at our company, seven of them, he applies and is out-qualified and gets none of the positions, not used to reading digital prints but believes he can pick it up quick.
Yeah he has only two years of seniority, and is working in assembly but, I have to just think, if this was 1990, or 1970, he would have that job. No doubt about it.
But now, he competes with applicants on three different websites and even though he is qualified for that job, and is bonded with our company, he simply cannot advance in his career, even with internal recommendations.
and all he did was move from the NE to the Midwest and ruined his career.
Now here I'm at work, and a fellow co-worker previously had 5 years experience in tool center operation working on jet engines, his position opens at our company, seven of them, he applies and is out-qualified and gets none of the positions, not used to reading digital prints but believes he can pick it up quick.
Yeah he has only two years of seniority, and is working in assembly but, I have to just think, if this was 1990, or 1970, he would have that job. No doubt about it.
But now, he competes with applicants on three different websites and even though he is qualified for that job, and is bonded with our company, he simply cannot advance in his career, even with internal recommendations.
and all he did was move from the NE to the Midwest and ruined his career.
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