| May 19, 2007 @ 8:14 AM |
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theobono
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I know that the last thing people want to talk about at the end of a long week is work and I also know that What you do for a living doesn't completely define who you are...but I also know that you can tell a lot about a person by their proffession....some people can sell ice to an eskimo....and some have the patience to work in education while others are just hard working blue collar types and work well at creating things and working with their hands....in a society it takes all kinds.....but I was curious to know what people do for a living?
I am a Raw materials Coordinator/manager for a manufacturing company. We make outside decking out of recycled plastics. I'm in charge of a 5 man crew that mixes composite materials, wood flour, pigments and hardening agents to make deck boards, railings and fuscia board for patios and outside furniture using both JIT and FIFO methods of inventory management systems. I spend a great portion of my day purchasing materials, loading and unloading freight and color matching and quality control measures and I spend a good portion working on the computer and problem solving with production management. and some time just bullshitting with the guys....
I just found out that the comany may be moving it's facilities to China because of high production and labor costs here in the states. So I might be out of a job by the end of August.
I know what it's like to be unemployed and have been looking elsewhere lately for employment opportunities and thought that with the diverse backgrounds and expertise here at matchdoctor that perhaps I could use this medium to network.
Maybe others are facing similiar situations. Maybe others are trying to find better employment. Maybe you like your job.?Maybe a boss pisses you off? maybe a coworker makes you mad? I wanna open it up to discuss work stuff
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| May 19, 2007 @ 8:15 AM |
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ToucherinSparks
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I'm a shift manager at a university data center. I love my job, but sometimes the hours are intense since I'm on call 24/7.
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| May 19, 2007 @ 9:13 AM |
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steveemac
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I drive a Motorcoach. While it's not the highest paying driving job out there, I finally found a job where I look forward to going to work! 
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| May 19, 2007 @ 9:24 AM |
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definitelydi
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^^^No wonder you're so charming! Is that a job requirement?
I work in cholesteric led crystal displays, technology similar to the small display in your cell phone. We work in conjunction with KSU Crystal Institute and are very much research and development focused. My job, in specific, is on the electronics side. I mostly do soldering and am the go-to person for solder training.
I'm also a student with my eye toward Geography as a major. I'm taking the Planning track and considering regional/urban planning as my "real" job!
Theo, the steps to the front of my house are make of that decking material. I wish they had made the whole deck with it too! Once upon a time I lost a job to Mexico. Just think of it as a new opportunity. losing that job was the best thing that could have happened.
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| May 19, 2007 @ 12:11 PM |
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theobono
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I like to work hard and play hard.....isn't that why we work so that we can afford to do the things we enjoy?
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| May 19, 2007 @ 1:29 PM |
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your_princess
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I turned to nursing, still in school of course...however it will never be shipped out of the country for cheaper rates...My days are never dull, get to interact with all walks of life and I never go into work knowing its going to be the same as yesterday, and i get to see some very interesting things! I have awesome co-workers...we all have a morbid sense of humor and get along very well. I love what I do now, and can not wait to be done with school. Also the money is pretty good!
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| May 19, 2007 @ 3:04 PM |
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1stsignofspring
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I work for the Housing Authority here in Ft Wayne...our funding comes from HUD in Washington DC. I am a Housing Specialist for my clients...about 350 who are all on low income housing. It is supposed to be a self sufficiency program for the clients here. I love my job....because it is more like social services..good benefits, but the pay leaves much to be desired. I am looking for a better paying job unfortunately as I love working with the people I work with...clients and co-workers. 
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| May 19, 2007 @ 7:35 PM |
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SpiritOrnery
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I am a consultant and healer. I work with people that have mental, physical, emotional and spiritual challenges. I also occasionally do massage therapy where I started with all this. The people I work with have to want a change in their lives. The ones that come to me for help, can receive all different types of help. I have brought large businesses out of near bankrupty into making amazing profit simply by clearing people's blocks to having their greater good and blocks to prosperity. From millions of dollars in debt for several years to making a profit, with three months of consultancy work.
I have taken people that had addictions and they no longer even think about their previous addictions. People that had fears or allergies are emotionally balanced, strong in their security and health. Most people do not bother to go this way because it does not follow their belief systems. I am also a life coach and teach people other ways of experiencing and expressing their lives.
For fun, I am also an artist and craftsperson. I do sell my work. It sells pretty good if I get up and go to the fairs. I moved into a larger home so that I could have room for all my fun crafts.   I love all my work. It enlivens me and others.
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| May 19, 2007 @ 7:49 PM |
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1stsignofspring
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Wow spirit...that is really neat! We are both in business to help people.......now possibly could I be a millionaire?  
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| May 19, 2007 @ 8:00 PM |
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SpiritOrnery
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Lol, you could. You have to choose that tho and work towards it. I have a great bunch of clients that now have great money pouring in. I used to ask Spirit where mine (prosperity) was. Well, it took a bit to get here and I do not care for the way I received it, but I have almost everything I have asked for now. All that I gave to others HAS come back to me. I do not regret all the gifts of love I gave to others.
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| May 19, 2007 @ 11:28 PM |
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daisy315
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I started out in furniture manufacturing right out of high school.. then went into the medical field and worked on the pediatrics/ dialysis unit/ urology floor .. went back to furniture for about 10 years to get away from the stresses and heartache in the medical field.. I missed patient care terribly and am now back in the field as a private duty care taker.. 
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| May 19, 2007 @ 11:40 PM |
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SpiritOrnery
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Yay, Daisy!
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| May 19, 2007 @ 11:47 PM |
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BandTMom
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PACU RN.
I wake people up and give them drugs.
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| May 19, 2007 @ 11:52 PM |
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1stsignofspring
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nursing is such an honorable profession....it certainly doesn't get the credit it deserves... 
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| May 19, 2007 @ 11:55 PM |
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Yojimbo44
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Up here, I work in a pharmaceutical manufacturing plant for the last 4 1/2 years. Regrets, I cannot go into more details, but I signed a non-disclosure form. Apparently, I can tell you what I do but then I would then have to -kiss- you. (That -might- be a typo though)
Before that, a papermill for 20 years. I started off in the base jobs, bull work as my gramps used to say, then a year in, an internal post to the lab / quality testing on the newsprint and slurries that is the basis of the process. Then, in the last five years, an internal post to the environmental monitoring lab. That (!) was really satisfying. It felt responsible, significant, allowed more independant lattitude, and more intellectually demanding. But I was part of a layoff in 2001 (getting the last post meant I was in the 'wrong' union. It was over a year until I found this job. A papermill doesn't give more than a general work experience, and environmental testing elsewhere requires a degree. I thought the lab would be my way in here but, likewise, a degree is requied. But I've done well in my reviews and can't complain.
And the rest of the papermill closed a couple of years ago.
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| May 19, 2007 @ 11:56 PM |
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BandTMom
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Thank you, Spring!
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| May 20, 2007 @ 1:11 AM |
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Always_Striving
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I work for myself. A W-9 tax bracket, but every once in a while I'll choose to work for an employer.
Anyway in the white collar world I train Engineers how to interpret and utilise CATIA software. CATIA= Computer Aided Three Dimentional Interactive Applications. The software is used to design and test structures and subcomponents that go into concepting (but not limited to): aircraft, spacecraft, motorized transportation vehicles, ships, various electronics, medical equipment, machinery, robotics, and any other other commercial or military apparatus requirement. I train individuals and corporate groups.
In the blue collar world, I still am wear my white collar because I am a businessman doing trade work. I am the CEO of my own electrical business which serves most of Washington state and sometimes Oregon state. This is much better than working for someone else because I set all the rules of business, marketing and customer relations.
I get some calls that ask me to go back and work for an employer as a direct or contracted employee but I enjoy the privileges of being in charge of my own destiny, so it's tough to want to give up what I've experienced.
It's like the red pill/ blue pill thing that occurred on the movie The Matrix...... When given the choice, the experiences you'll receive afterward are basically irreversible.
Another thing which I have discovered is that supervisors don't like the idea of hiring you if they think that you will use them as a ladder rung on your runaway freight train to success, especially if you are doing it at a pace that they are not willing to match, cannot regulate, or just refuse to move beyond their current position (creature comfort).
My advise to you is to examine what kind of jobs cannot be sent overseas and pursue that path as either a worker in that field or a businessman in that field.
You are not going to reverse the fact that the world's work force is becoming globalized.
Think, think, think.
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| May 20, 2007 @ 1:57 AM |
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grumblebear
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I was a Locomotive engineer until March 2002, after my heart attacks, and other physical issues lead to them telling me to retire...
I also worked as a Occupational Safety and Heath Trainer, traveling the rail system. giving classes on Federally mandated topic's, Haz Mat, Hearing Protection, Federal Safety Reg.'s, etc....
prior to that I was a Professional Troll, I operated a Liftbridge on the River for the railroad, before that I was a "Bridge and Building" Carpenter for the Railroad, and my first job on the rail was as a Gandy Dancer, or Track Laborer
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| May 20, 2007 @ 3:38 AM |
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Always_Striving
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Sorry about my sentence syntax, too late to edit it. 
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| May 20, 2007 @ 9:00 AM |
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1stsignofspring
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Wow..this is interesting to put jobs and careers with the people I see on MD every day!
Gee..Grumble....I never knew a train person....
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