MachineMan384
Aluminum
- Joined
- Oct 16, 2013
- Location
- New York, USA
So I just completed my first semester of a machining certificate and got hired for my first job machining, right now as a machine operator as I am not trained enough to do any real machining yet. So in my Machine Theory class, my instructor was telling me that I really need to get into a shop as soon as possible to make sure that the industry is right for me and also that I can do it, as he said I strike him as very detail-oriented which is good but could be a detriment to my machining career if I strike the company owner/boss/interviewer as someone who will just ask too many questions and be a pain in the rear.
So I went to the job fair the school had and handed out some resumes, and got called by one of the companies who said they were looking for part-time employees. So I went to do an interview and when I was signing in, I noticed on the sign-up sheet, right above where I was signing in, the name of my instructor (the one who told me to get into a shop as soon as I can). "Wow, wonder what he was doing here?" I thought. I filled out an application as I've heard they like you to do that just to make sure you can write legibly, and put down the instructor as a reference. However it said only people whom you have known for a year or more, and I haven't known him for that long. So when I was being interviewed by the owner, I told him that I had noticed the name and that the guy was my instructor and that I'd put him down as a reference.
"Yes, I'm actually thinking about hiring him, as he has a very good resume and I am trying to expand the company and really need to start delegating. Like for example, I shouldn't really be the one doing the job interviews at this point, I need someone else who could do that."
"Well you can ask him about me," I said
So I have only had one day on the job and didn't see the instructor so I don't know if he was hired or not, but the thing is, in my classes, some of the guys are real slackers, to put it mildly. Like they get zeros and 30s, 40s, and 50s on the quizzes and tests, don't do the homework, etc...I have been getting straight A's in my classes though (and a B+ in machine lab), but I mean it goes to show you never know who you might run into! Always strive make a good impression.
So I went to the job fair the school had and handed out some resumes, and got called by one of the companies who said they were looking for part-time employees. So I went to do an interview and when I was signing in, I noticed on the sign-up sheet, right above where I was signing in, the name of my instructor (the one who told me to get into a shop as soon as I can). "Wow, wonder what he was doing here?" I thought. I filled out an application as I've heard they like you to do that just to make sure you can write legibly, and put down the instructor as a reference. However it said only people whom you have known for a year or more, and I haven't known him for that long. So when I was being interviewed by the owner, I told him that I had noticed the name and that the guy was my instructor and that I'd put him down as a reference.
"Yes, I'm actually thinking about hiring him, as he has a very good resume and I am trying to expand the company and really need to start delegating. Like for example, I shouldn't really be the one doing the job interviews at this point, I need someone else who could do that."
"Well you can ask him about me," I said
So I have only had one day on the job and didn't see the instructor so I don't know if he was hired or not, but the thing is, in my classes, some of the guys are real slackers, to put it mildly. Like they get zeros and 30s, 40s, and 50s on the quizzes and tests, don't do the homework, etc...I have been getting straight A's in my classes though (and a B+ in machine lab), but I mean it goes to show you never know who you might run into! Always strive make a good impression.