busiest month for recruitment

[7of9]

A silly question. Is there any particular month/months for IT contractors recruitment? Normally December is a dead month for any job.

[Fred Bloggs]

I don't think so really. Last year December was very busy regarding enquiries for work. But January and February were pretty dead for me.

[Nixon Williams]

A silly question. Is there any particular month/months for IT contractors recruitment? Normally December is a dead month for any job.

Not sure if it is connected, but generally we have the same number of new clients each month, possibly with the exception of August & December when it does tend to be quieter probably due to the holidays and Christmas.

Alan

[MrRobin]

Some say that March and April are busier months since it's around the financial year end/start.

Reasoning behind that is in March, clients/departments want to spend the last of the budget before it vanishes and in April they get a fresh injection of cash to spend.

[VectraMan]

It always used to be September, because of the post-holiday rush. But I'm not sure it's true anymore.

[The Agents View]

Personally for me:

March
June
September
November

Are busier than the others.

December is awful!

[pmeswani]

It varies on what sector you are on and what the dependancies would be on trade with the Public / Government Sector. January, March/April and September can be busy months. But there are a number of variables involved.

[7of9]

Busy months: March, April
Possible Dead months: Aug, Dec, Sept,Jan, Feb, early March

quick summary

[SneakySimon]

Dead Months

Certainly Jan / Feb early March are pretty dead - after that gets busier, tends to tail off a bit during summer holiday season and spike up.

Most companies have year end in April, though US banks have there and calendar year end which means there are a few in Jan / Feb but still very quiet.

[perplexed]

Busiest months = when I'm in contract.

Quietest months = when I'm not in contract.