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    #31
    Originally posted by munkee View Post
    My most resent role has involved a lot more work with non relational databases. Redis, mongodb, cassandra and even when we discussed relational it moved towards postgres. In my opinion oracle is definitely a dieing market right now, saying that obiee seems to get a lot of love.
    I think the newer companies are more inclined to use these but in the past when i was a permie for CSC I've worked for companies such as Royal Mail , BNFL , Westinghouse , BAE and Tfl and they all have huge Oracle infrastructure so its still out there

    These were all development areas not just OBIEE or Oracle Apps

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      #32
      Originally posted by PrestonChris View Post
      I think there has been about 12 jobs advertised since October
      Wow - with your skills and big name companies: only 12 jobs. You are using Jobserve? I would have thought well over 100 by now...
      "Don't part with your illusions; when they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live" Mark Twain

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        #33
        Originally posted by Cirrus View Post
        Wow - with your skills and big name companies: only 12 jobs. You are using Jobserve? I would have thought well over 100 by now...
        Means he's missing jobs that aren't being advertised.
        "You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JR

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          #34
          Originally posted by lawnmower View Post
          It's surely the worst IT contract market for a long time. What do others think? I haven't had a contract all last year (last one finished late 2015) so it's the worst period for me since 2012 certainly. It depends what you do, of course, but the market for testers is definitely saturated, you certainly need strong automation skills (Selenium/UFT etc.) I don't have much of that so I'm considering doing a course but self training never seem to do you much good. The market for developers of all kinds seems good, but won't these projects ever go into UAT or something (or are people not bothering with that anymore)?
          What's happening?

          The experience that I have worldwide is that positions are saturated by Indians.

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            #35
            Originally posted by SueEllen View Post
            Means he's missing jobs that aren't being advertised.
            This is what i'm thinking , as I mentioned I have no relationships with any recruiter for previous work, the first 2 contracts I secured myself

            I have been for 2 interviews with different recruiters, amazes me the attitude difference before interview and after , I have been chasing feedback for both interviews and have struggled , very rude !

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              #36
              Originally posted by PrestonChris View Post
              This is what i'm thinking , as I mentioned I have no relationships with any recruiter for previous work, the first 2 contracts I secured myself

              I have been for 2 interviews with different recruiters, amazes me the attitude difference before interview and after , I have been chasing feedback for both interviews and have struggled , very rude !
              You just have to get on their email mailing lists.

              Some will spam everyone while others will only spam people they have worked with before.
              "You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JR

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                #37
                You need to tailor you jobserve searches better.

                Don't specify a location and put "OR" between job titles.

                Maybe have multiple searches sending out based on job titles or key words

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                  #38
                  Originally posted by Bee View Post
                  The experience that I have worldwide is that positions are saturated by Indians.

                  Not all are
                  The Chunt of Chunts.

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                    #39
                    Originally posted by MrMarkyMark View Post
                    Not all are
                    +1.... In my sphere there isn't enough Indians with the expertise. Suddenly my carefully crafted skillset across multiple items is very relevant...
                    merely at clientco for the entertainment

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                      #40
                      E.ON Are always looking for good Oracle developers.

                      Based JCT27 M1 (Nottinghamshire)

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