State of the Market

[Ketto]

As someone who's source of work is largely a well maintained LI network what else would you suggest they do? Words are cheap when it's not your bum on the bench.

See it a lot too, times are hard but a meltdown on Linkedin never seems like a good idea. Go nuts on facebook or instagram by all means, but keep your professional profile professional.

[eek]

See it a lot too, times are hard but a meltdown on Linkedin never seems like a good idea. Go nuts on facebook or instagram by all means, but keep your professional profile professional.

+1 - I'm seeing someone I know who is usually not short of work being arsey on linkedIn at the moment and it's only going to result in people not helping you out..

[oliverson]

be best if you and your whining tory chums would stop wingeing about how unfair the world is to them.

That's a yes then!

[sadkingbilly]

That's a yes then!

not quite, could be, maybe.

[SussexSeagull]

As someone who's source of work is largely a well maintained LI network what else would you suggest they do? Words are cheap when it's not your bum on the bench.

My bum has firmly been on the bench since June.

With that in mind on a human level I am really sympathetic as I am going through something similar myself but it is a professional forum and I am not sure bearing your soul in such a way is a great career move. I have personally hinted I have been out for a while but not gone into the impact on my personal life.

Granted some of them are from the US where there is less of a safety net and, for all I know, might be more the done thing.

[SussexSeagull]

Rates are all over the place at the moment. Most of what I have been in the running for is the same rate Inside (or perhaps a little higher but not much) as I would expect outside but I got approached for a contract yesterday that if (and that is a big if) I got would be my best paid ever.

[jamesbrown]

Granted some of them are from the US where there is less of a safety net and, for all I know, might be more the done thing.

It isn't. By all means, whine on social media, but hard luck stories in a professional forum aren't going to help your prospects, quite the reverse.

[fatJock]

My bum has firmly been on the bench since June.

With that in mind on a human level I am really sympathetic as I am going through something similar myself but it is a professional forum and I am not sure bearing your soul in such a way is a great career move. I have personally hinted I have been out for a while but not gone into the impact on my personal life.

Granted some of them are from the US where there is less of a safety net and, for all I know, might be more the done thing.

Ah I should have been clearer - not a fan of the whole "life story" blur into LI but letting your network know you're looking is how I operate. I see arguments on there about folks thinking the whole open to work banner is excessive but I disagree, its kind of what it is .....

[avonleigh]

LI stopped being a professional forum a long time ago now. It's pretty much the same as FB nowadays. So much so that's why people moan on it. I have an account but I never use it. Still get the odd recruiter message me now and then, so it still has some purpose.

[GJABS]

I am not sure bearing your soul in such a way is a great career move.

In theory this should be irrelevant to a potential client, as they should only be interested in a contractor's ability to deliver the project.
In practice clients are human too, and many would be influenced by this. Whether in a positive or negative direction would depend whether the client was compassionate or sadistic..