No work in August. This is normal, right?

[Eirikur]

Had an interview yesterday, one today, one tomorrow and one next week and I'm not even benched (yet)

[suityou01]

Had an interview yesterday, one today, one tomorrow and one next week and I'm not even benched (yet)

Turning tricks down the docks eh?

[NibblyPig]

Another department wants me apparently.

I thought I would escape swindon

but it gives me money

[Joe Black]

Been contracting for a few years now, but this is the first time i've had a contract end during July.
I've found that on the work front things have literally just fallen off a cliff.
This is normal right? guessing it's because managers/recruiters etc are all on holiday.

Thanks!

Definitely seems to have got quieter. Been back here, eh...lets just say a number of weeks, and as it hit August the number of positions which aren't simply duplicates (same role, different agency) on my side has definitely dropped. Still managed a couple of interviews though, but let down my side by stupid mistakes during the inevitable "I'm smarter than you" tech quiz...

Not as bad as Belgium though, where you can forget almost anything happening in July/August...which is great if you have work, as all the wackos are off the road...

[NumptyPimps]

Been contracting for a few years now, but this is the first time i've had a contract end during July.
I've found that on the work front things have literally just fallen off a cliff.
This is normal right? guessing it's because managers/recruiters etc are all on holiday.

Thanks!

Yes, it's the calm before the storm. Give it a week or two and you'll be fighting them off with a stick!
Just had a call back from one I applied for two weeks ago. Agent says "the manager's back from holiday now and wants to interview you early next week"

Feeding frenzy begins I think..

[NickFitz]

Checking my pimpmail inbox, I find that from the start of August up to today I've had almost exactly half as many emails as I had in each of the same periods of both June and July. So yes, looks like quite a slowdown this month. I daresay it'll pick up again after the Bank Holiday.

[suityou01]

Checking my pimpmail inbox, I find that from the start of August up to today I've had almost exactly half as many emails as I had in each of the same periods of both June and July. So yes, looks like quite a slowdown this month. I daresay it'll pick up again after the Bank Holiday.

It's the NickFitz Pimpmail Index

NFPI for short