State of the Market

[Smoggy]

The actuarial contract market seems dead as well right now. Contract ending in December. Nothing much going on so taken a FTC until May. Good salary and benefits and hopefully things will have picked up a bit by then.

I don't really want to go perm but if I could get something with similar benefits as the FTC: £108k, 15% pension, 30 days holiday + bonus I'd consider it. Rates, tax and IR35 have chipped away at the contractor premium since I started out 10 years ago.

[SchumiStars]

Just done an interview. Java, 5 days onsite. 60k. After me, they had another 4 people to interview. 3 interview stages, with a tech test.

State of the market!

Please God! Need a job!

[sadkingbilly]

What happens when everyone on LinkedIn has the 'Open to work' feature on?

We go back to Freelance Informer and Computer weekly??

[SussexSeagull]

What happens when everyone on LinkedIn has the 'Open to work' feature on?

We might be about to find out!

[willendure]

never been to indonesia, what's it like?

A bit clunky, and not as secure as we once thought.

[krytonsheep]

What happens when everyone on LinkedIn has the 'Open to work' feature on?

[sadkingbilly]

I still remember contracting in Java around 2000ish. You'd go to an interview and they would ask you if you could start tomorrow morning!

never been to indonesia, what's it like?

[Snooky]

WillEndure just joined the bench!

Sorry to hear that, best of luck finding something else very soon

[Fraidycat]

I still remember contracting in Java around 2000ish. You'd go to an interview and they would ask you if you could start tomorrow morning!

Back in 2000 was offered a £650 a day contract with no interview, they just wanted anyone to start ASAP if they had experience at a competitor company + ATG Dynamo on the CV.

They still couldn't fill the role as candidates (myself included) just used the offer to up rates at current client.

[willendure]

And don't make the mistake I did when an 18 month contract was coming to end... during which both my parents died, as did my wife's Mum oh and her dog, I'd hoped for a month off but a cock up on dates and communications and I started the next contract 3 days later after the weekend.. Jeez

I still remember contracting in Java around 2000ish. You'd go to an interview and they would ask you if you could start tomorrow morning!