Is the market on the up or not ?

[nomadd]

"Crystal clear blue waters, sandy beaches, cloudless skys and topless women in thongs"

Come to think of it, I reckon I might just give notice now

I bet they are all ladyboys. He needs to get down to Specsavers.

Nomadd

[Stan.goodvibes]

Originally Posted by weemster
"Crystal clear blue waters, sandy beaches, cloudless skys and topless women in thongs"

Come to think of it, I reckon I might just give notice now

sunburnt Essex fatties wearing crocs complaining about not being able to get Watneys Red Barrel and the Sun (kna wot I mean?), and chavs trying to sell you timeshares or discount holiday clubs...

[herman_g]

I bet they are all ladyboys. He needs to get down to Specsavers.

Nomadd

If I thought I could get away with posting a pic here I would and you would know there is nothing wrong with my eyesight!

[weemster]

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[EddieNambulous]

Get the distinct impression things are on the up in the .NET Dev. contract market (South Uk) either that or a few projects have kicked off.

Yep, I would agree with that. Been getting steady interest from agents for the past couple of weeks from virtually nothing previously, apart from the usual fishing calls.

As a result, have managed to de-bench myself for a few months.

Could be that the market is really picking up, or perhaps enough contractors have gone perm to reduce supply enough to kick some life back into it. Dunno.

[CheeseSlice]

We've hit bottom and are currently on the way up methinks!

[herman_g]

Back to the original question...

Two calls yesterday morning, two telephone interviews in the afternoon.

Attitude of interviewers ( banking ) seems to have changed from one of "we will try to find time to speak to you" ( or maybe not ) to that of "we really need to have a discussion".

Still the small matter of vetting, which seems like a real foot-dragger ( despite the fact I was onsite at one of the banks to October last year ). But they do seem to be rather apologetic for that.

[herman_g]

Just bumping this one to say that IMO the market (at least in banking ) is in a major upturn.

- Signed and in vetting process for gig 1
- interviewed for gig 2 and awaiting feedback
- gig 3 agent is very expectant of interview before the week is out
( and I know the budget for gig is now approved as it is all over jobserve )

April to end of June were depressing. This seems even better than average post-summer surge!

[rootsnall]

Signs of life in the .Net market. It was dire 6 months ago. The problem is the rates have took a beating via those PMs who are clued in to the oversupply of people out there.

[Stolly]

I'm waiting for a PO to come through for a gig that may start on Monday although there is always the risk the client may decide that they don't want this piece of work...