Job market - good or bad?

[Spacecadet]

i'm still getting 2 or 3 calls a day from agencies, they seem to have stopped fishing as well. Conversations generally go:

Hello's etc...
Are you available at the moment?
no, sorry
Do you know anyone who is available with xyz skills?
no, sorry
ok, thanks for your time, please please please please call us as soon as you're looking again

[chicane]

ok, thanks for your time, please please please please call us as soon as you're looking again

Mine tend to go more like 'please please please please call us as soon as you're looking again and you're willing to work for 60% of the market rate for your skills and experience'.

Which makes it all the more satisfying that I've just got a 6 month extension with a 50% rate rise.

[Ardesco]

Mine tend to go more like 'please please please please call us as soon as you're looking again and you're willing to work for 60% of the market rate for your skills and experience'.

Which makes it all the more satisfying that I've just got a 6 month extension with a 50% rate rise.

WOOHOOOOO *6/hour !!! CONGRATS!!

(Sorry couldn't resist)

[chicane]

WOOHOOOOO *6/hour !!! CONGRATS!!

Conditions here at the Primark sweatshop have really improved lately you see.