Theres no blody support JOBS!!!

[gingerjedi]

This is getting serious, over the last 2 days I have called 4 agents with reference to different contracts advertised only to be told that the particular agent I want to speak to is busy, not one has been courteous enough to even return my call and that’s before they know anything about me?? I get the feeling there are hundreds of people like me ringing the instant something goes live and if you're not one of the first 3 calls you're too late as they already have suitable candidates.

It never used to be like this, it used to be the other way round, my main worry is that this is the norm and things won’t pick up, I could be wasting my time when I should be retraining.

Depressed.

[unemployed]

This is getting serious, over the last 2 days I have called 4 agents with reference to different contracts advertised only to be told that the particular agent I want to speak to is busy, not one has been courteous enough to even return my call and that’s before they know anything about me?? I get the feeling there are hundreds of people like me ringing the instant something goes live and if you're not one of the first 3 calls you're too late as they already have suitable candidates.

It never used to be like this, it used to be the other way round, my main worry is that this is the norm and things won’t pick up, I could be wasting my time when I should be retraining.

Depressed.

It is depressing and it`s only going to get worse.

[bogeyman]

It is depressing and it`s only going to get worse.

You are correct.

It's all going tits up boys and girls.

Time to emigrate/retire or put plan-B into effect.

I'll be selling Bogey Towers and bogeying off out of this ruined, smoking hole of a country later this year, I hope.

[shelby68]

This is getting serious, over the last 2 days I have called 4 agents with reference to different contracts advertised only to be told that the particular agent I want to speak to is busy, not one has been courteous enough to even return my call and that’s before they know anything about me?? I get the feeling there are hundreds of people like me ringing the instant something goes live and if you're not one of the first 3 calls you're too late as they already have suitable candidates.
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Sorry for laughing but using the seeing courteous and agent in the same sentence had me rolling. They are generally ignorant B@stards at the best of times.

[oracleslave]

You are correct.

It's all going tits up boys and girls.

Time to emigrate/retire or put plan-B into effect.

I'll be selling Bogey Towers and bogeying off out of this ruined, smoking hole of a country later this year, I hope.

Where you headed?

[bogeyman]

Where you headed?

Several options: Southern France (Midi Pyrenees), Northern Spain or Cyprus.

Have various friends and relations who live thereabouts and are clued up on things locally - which should help a lot.

[Not So Wise]

This is getting serious, over the last 2 days I have called 4 agents with reference to different contracts advertised

End of financial new year/start of new one is generally always worst time of year for contracts (can be even worse than pre-Xmas/new year),lots of contracts ended early march and few new ones starting until late April/Early May, general market turmoil is only making things worse

Was facing being benched early last month but because client could not get their act into gear am going to be able to advoid it for another 2 months, but if things had turned out the other way around would have just gone somewhere sunny until early June because getting a contract at this time of year is like pulling teeth

[AlfredJPruffock]

It is depressing and it`s only going to get worse.

As you think you become ... beware of what you think because you might just get it.


So what to do ?

Fire in the East ? Move to the West
Fire in the West ? Move to the East

Chairman Mao

[unemployed]

As you think you become ... beware of what you think because you might just get it.


So what to do ?

Fire in the East ? Move to the West
Fire in the West ? Move to the East

Chairman Mao

I think i deserve a job paying £300ph for filling up printers.

I MUST BELIEVE - I MUST BELIEVE

[oracleslave]

Several options: Southern France (Midi Pyrenees), Northern Spain or Cyprus.

Have various friends and relations who live thereabouts and are clued up on things locally - which should help a lot.

Does that mean you are cashing in your chips so to speak or do you intend doing any IT related work when you get there?