Yet another how is the market thread...

[Bunk]

"Seek.com.au" is the main job site in Oz. (It's owned by Jobserve though I think)

From their site, filtering only for ICT:

17,743 Information & Communication Technology jobs in Australia

So about three time as many IT jobs and a population 1/3rd the size of the UK.

So yes, no shortage of work.

Canberra is as boring as battulip though.

That's including permie jobs. I got 5,819 contracts when I did a search.

[padinka]

That's including permie jobs. I got 5,819 contracts when I did a search.

Fair call. Still a much better jobs/population ratio than the UK though. And the weather is a bit better too...

[Wanderer]

Fair call. Still a much better jobs/population ratio than the UK though. And the weather is a bit better too...

Stinking hot, water shortages and the place is on fire half the time. I'll give it a miss I think.

[SueEllen]

Stinking hot, water shortages and the place is on fire half the time. I'll give it a miss I think.

You forgot the killer animals like spiders which we have a shortage of in the UK.

[gadgetman]

Also booming here in Melbourne.

"Seek.com.au" is the main job site in Oz. (It's owned by Jobserve though I think)

From their site, filtering only for ICT:

17,743 Information & Communication Technology jobs in Australia

So about three time as many IT jobs and a population 1/3rd the size of the UK.

So yes, no shortage of work.

Canberra is as boring as battulip though.

[MrMark]

What happened to the recovery?

[ItsQuickerAntiClockwise]

What happened to the recovery?

It tanked once the UK started to realise we needed to actually address the economic issues rather than the Labour method of just paying for it on our childrens credit card.

[CheeseSlice]

2 calls this morning before 10am. Both from desparate sounding agents.
I've steadily had about 2 calls per day for the past week, but sadly nothing close to right has come up yet.

Yesterday I had two calls directly from companies. This was very strange, its like some of the big IT firms have ditched the agencies and are now setting up their own recruitment firms and using jobsite/jobserve recruiter accounts.

[CheeseSlice]

What happened to the recovery?

Didn't you know? We're riding the double dip rollercoaster... hold onto you're hats as we're about to go down the 2nd dip...and its a big one

[Clippy]

2 calls this morning before 10am. Both from desparate sounding agents.
I've steadily had about 2 calls per day for the past week, but sadly nothing close to right has come up yet.

Yesterday I had two calls directly from companies. This was very strange, its like some of the big IT firms have ditched the agencies and are now setting up their own recruitment firms and using jobsite/jobserve recruiter accounts.

What's your skillset CS?