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Originally posted by Cirrus View PostJobstats was a sad, sad loss.
As a general rule, the ability to get a role depends on the number of roles posted versus the number of people looking. Job stats provided one side of that equation.
I remember mapping my job hunting career against the Jobstats graph and my success pretty-well mirrored the Jobstat numbers. This rather suggested that all the brow beating about CV formats and recruitment channels etc misses the essential truth that it's mainly about supply and demand.
Even contractors with soft skills aren't immune when whole projects can be outsourced.Comment
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Originally posted by SussexSeagull View PostEven contractors with soft skills aren't immune when whole projects can be outsourced.
Whilst the business is being done in the country there will always be projects which will require boots-on-the-ground.Comment
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Originally posted by tomtomagain View PostIt's when the business process is outsourced that you are effectively out of the game.
Whilst the business is being done in the country there will always be projects which will require boots-on-the-ground.Comment
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I am going away this weekend but when I come back I am going to start expanding the search to permanent jobs to see if I do any better.
Had a good run for eight years but I think the party might be ending.Comment
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Originally posted by SussexSeagull View PostI am going away this weekend but when I come back I am going to start expanding the search to permanent jobs to see if I do any better.
Had a good run for eight years but I think the party might be ending.Comment
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Originally posted by uk contractor View PostGenuinely wish you good luck with that but its not much different in permy land so many jobs are either not being advertised when people leave, outsourced to the lowest bidder or just outsourced offshore it seems like we are in a race to the bottom now with few exceptions the IT market is so overloaded with candidates right now!Comment
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Originally posted by oliverson View PostSo depressing. I'm up next Friday and it looks bleak. Some action last week but it came to nothing and then tumbleweed. But from 16:00 today I've had 3 separate opportunities, just like that. Turns despair into optimism, especially when one of those opportunities is in the same team as your best mate. Tough interview process though, so it's not gimme. The other two have different merits of their own. For now, renewed hope. Backdrop is my London shared tenancy is up for renewal in 2 weeks and it's not just me it affects. The life of a contractor eh?Comment
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Originally posted by LondonManc View PostMore interestingly, how long can HMG hide the numbers of unemployed rising if the job market has tanked. With so many contractors benched, it's surely only a matter of time before they have to start claiming or at least considering it, especially if warchests aren't big.Rhyddid i lofnod psychocandy!!!!Comment
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Well after two years at client looks like end Nov is going to be it. Fair play to them for giving me so much notice mind :-)
Not the best time before xmas. Warchest is "ok". Shoiuld last 6 months or so - I wont mention the thing that cant be named. Would rather not spend all my warchest though....
Had a look on jobserve last night. Never great in the south west but I always look to see how many contract roles total within 100 miles of my postcode. Still up there around 1000 which is about average.
Fingers crossed for me....Rhyddid i lofnod psychocandy!!!!Comment
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