Current job market

[Hicks]

How is everyone finding the current state of the job market (contract & permanent)?

I am from an ITIL Service background and am returning to the market after an absence of a few years and it seems fairly quite.

Is it due to all the recent news regarding the economy or is it due to the time of the year in which case when do more vacancies tend to come through?

[Peter Loew]

Even though I'm engaged in a contract, I find the market to have picked up like crazy over the past week. I keep getting calls from agencies trying to pull me away for more money, but sometimes less than stellar roles.

Don't get sucked into the economic scaremongering. A banking friend just got her 65k bonus. Jobs are everywhere. It's great.

P

[Bear]

Even though I'm engaged in a contract, I find the market to have picked up like crazy over the past week. I keep getting calls from agencies trying to pull me away for more money, but sometimes less than stellar roles.

Don't get sucked into the economic scaremongering. A banking friend just got her 65k bonus. Jobs are everywhere. It's great.

P

Ditto - the last few weeks the phone has literally been red hot.

Agents really pushing to see if I would honour my current contract. There's good money out there in certain areas.

[Hicks]

Peter/Bear - which area do your skills lie in and are you based in London/South East or elsewhere?

[Torran]

How is everyone finding the current state of the job market (contract & permanent)?

I am from an ITIL Service background and am returning to the market after an absence of a few years and it seems fairly quite.

Is it due to all the recent news regarding the economy or is it due to the time of the year in which case when do more vacancies tend to come through?

Fairly quite?

The market is not too bad at the moment imho

[NickNick]

I've also found that this last week things have picked up immensely. And no, I'm not London, SE.

[Bear]

Peter/Bear - which area do your skills lie in and are you based in London/South East or elsewhere?

Project work, PM/BA

Financial services - mainly in London

[Peoplesoft bloke]

There seem to be plenty of permie jobs advertised for consultancies - as usual they want loads of experience and offer poor pay.

I'm wondering if the balance is shifting - consultancies are trying to force people into employment because they can make more from permies, and anyone who doesn't want to be permie isn't biting.

[lukemg]

I am on the ITIL SDM side also, market is quiet, few more on the perm side which is normal for this area. Planning to get my Prince2 done to open up project manager side a bit more. Might have to go perm, waiting for a call about one today - it's harsh but if the market isn't offering anything you have to consider options.

[Hicks]

lukemg - Do you think this is because ITIL implementations are being cancelled or postponed or if it is down to the time of year?

If it is seasonal, when do you imagine the market will improve?