State of the Market

[edison]

Suddenly got a few calls out of the blue from agents, two with specific opportunities, one contract, one fractional. Unfortunately timing was bad as I'm in a gig but will be looking again come the new year. But hopefully it shows the market not's completely dead.

Current client has been looking almost nine months to find a permie to fill my role but had no success.

They've asked if I'd be interested in going perm but the salary is only just over half of the jobs I was doing a few years back

[willendure]

Current client has been looking almost nine months to find a permie to fill my role but had no success.

They've asked if I'd be interested in going perm but the salary is only just over half of the jobs I was doing a few years back

Sounds like a no brainer - can't find someone for 9 months, they just need to offer you the right amount!

[Fraidycat]

can't find someone for 9 months

In this situation its often that the existing permie team are on tulipe salaries.

So they cant offer higher rates to new hires.

[SussexSeagull]

Sounds like a dead cat bounce ahead of things packing up for Christmas in a couple of weeks!

[squarepeg]

Suddenly got a few calls out of the blue from agents, two with specific opportunities, one contract, one fractional. Unfortunately timing was bad as I'm in a gig but will be looking again come the new year. But hopefully it shows the market not's completely dead.

Current client has been looking almost nine months to find a permie to fill my role but had no success.

They've asked if I'd be interested in going perm but the salary is only just over half of the jobs I was doing a few years back

Similar experience over the last two weeks. I interviewed with three potential clients for time-sensitive projects they cannot find permies for. Looks like a handful of outside IR35 roles have been released. I had to tell two recruiters offering inside roles that I'm no longer interested after the Budget.