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[Andy Hallett]

Given I am an 'Insider' at SThree who are publically listed, I can't really comment on the performance / market. However this recent announcement / coverage and the investor presentations on our website might be of interest.

SThree vows to focus more on contractors :: Contractor UK

[GB9]

Given I am an 'Insider' at SThree who are publically listed, I can't really comment on the performance / market. However this recent announcement / coverage and the investor presentations on our website might be of interest.

SThree vows to focus more on contractors :: Contractor UK

Go on! Unless you are in a closed period (which you won't be if you have just reported results), then there is nothing regulatory to stop you.

Looks like quite a few jobs, just lots of people. I can't even get a phone call and my contract history is stunning. Honest.........................

[7specialgems]

In june people say wait for august as end of school term

That's a new one on me. That's when most people are baking their balls on a beach!

[GB9]

According to today's news, this quarter is a bigger boom than the last one......must have slept through it, although things do seem to be picking up.

[SandyD]

According to today's news, this quarter is a bigger boom than the last one......must have slept through it, although things do seem to be picking up.

I think it has been for permie jobs.

[GB9]

I think it has been for permie jobs.

Says contractors...on the home page

And on a slightly different note, if a role isn't hands on, why do I need 3 years experience of working with a specific tool as opposed to the generic family of tools?

[GB9]

Not seen the market this mixed up in over 12 years over contracting.

Bobs, semi-perms, redundant permies....all making things very uncertain.

[Rabotnik]

I thought the market was very quiet in the BI sector. Very few roles seemed to be going up on Jobserve in London. But as luck would have it I landed another contract which I start tomorrow. I finished my previous one on Jan 31 then had an interview the following Monday and landed it. Very lucky that I got the very first role I interviewed for. Apparently they interviewed 6 people and I came out on top. Incidentally, my previous role was also the first interview I went for and I got that one. In both cases from the sounds of things it was more of a case of everyone else being terrible than me being particularly good

[Anubis]

The market is always up and down. Some days / weeks are better than others.

Sometimes you get genuine highly skilled people willing to take a lower paid role and others you are the best of the bunch by a long shot and can command a higher rate (there is no real way of telling other than believing in yourself). There is just so much going on all the time you can't ever really say it is good or bad across IT UK industry - whereas thousands may be laid off clogging up the market, someone somewhere will have a fantastic deal because they have to sort all the mess out (cue bringing in certain specialists - for these lucky folks it's boom time).

It's all about perception, contacts, willingness to go lower and also be confident, judge the market and command higher rates. It boils down to what you think you are worth, what you can offer and how long you are happy to hold out for to get a decent gig. Other things such as willing to let some jobs go and your warchest; is it an interesting project to work on, do you like the people, location, will your skills still be in "good condition" after the role you want and so on.

Some folks on here will say "if you're a real contractor you'd take the money and do virtually any gig" - really? Might be a good strategy for some but for many a lot of other things come into play. Being away from home or longer commutes, putting up with a lot of stress for a pretty standard rate, is the project and role sustainable (i.e. client won't drop you like a ton of bricks).

Sometimes it is quiet, other times you're in hot demand. At the moment things are drastically picking up for me but two weeks ago it was virtually dead. A network engineer (which I know nothing about) may be vice versa - who knows?! Everyone is different.

[MyUserName]

Everyone is different.

I'm not.