Hello academy
Wisdom, health and luck to you and your family.
My name is Fotis, i am from Greece, Thessaloniki. I am 29
I am a aquatic biologist. But manufacturing was and is what i always found myself doing end been exited with, since i was a toddler.
We humans whatever we do or don’t, it always comes down to manufacturing. So i invested all my savings from my last summer job in CNC Turning & Milling seminars. I didn’t spend it in drinks and laughs or a new fancy cell phone . I left my hometown Thessaloniki and went to Athens for 2 months, paying everything.
So here i am!
The teachers told as we were one of the best classes they had for the last 2 years. I was one of the best. So one of the managers suggested me in some industries in Cyprus and Thessaloniki. I send them my resume. And nothing happened.
After that I took the money, time and effort to improve my resume with a consultant.
Now i am unemployed. With no money and no options. Its been 3 months since i completed the seminars. And all i got was a proposal as a salesman in cutting tools. Touring all northern Greece in a car witch i don’t have.
I need to pay my bills.
I need to work on it to establish a good foundation end gain the much needed working experience.
But i find it hard, to find a job in CNC machining here in Greece. The trend is, they mostly prefer people with, mechanologial degrees. When most of them don’t have the understanding, mindset for machining, maching processes and phases or problem solving. Because they had never build or fixed anything! Butt ironically they are willing to train them in job…
In most job descriptions they require at least 1-2 years of experience.
How am i going to gain experience when no one gives me a chance.
How we are going to bring manufacturing back in Greece when we don’t give new people a fighting chance.
How can i convince those people to give me a chance? To prove my self and learn.
What else i need to do?
What do i need to learn?
What should be my next step?