City job/contract market

[eliquant]

I spent 4 years at a Fund Management company in the City in the late 90's (on a 3 month contract LOL). Loved every day of it (well, mostly). It was the best place I have ever worked - the job was great, the pay was great, the people were great. Only left to come back to NZ.

Was that just luck or have things changed a bit since then?

It gets harder every single year. The City in the 1990s was an easier place to work in than in the 2000s and apparently the 1980s it was much easier and IT were better respected back then.

[Another Dodgy Agent]

It gets harder every single year. The City in the 1990s was an easier place to work in than in the 2000s and apparently the 1980s it was much easier and IT were better respected back then.

IT Recruitment in the City, is super busy, so many outsourcing deals going on, budget spend already approved, very, very busy. Downside, is roles are very specific, however if you have fund accounting, custody, fund admin, OTC/exotic derivatives, transfer agency experience then you will be in high demand on the contract front for at least the next two years.

[BrilloPad]

I gain the impression that you're not really enjoying the culture of IT in the city - does anybody ?

Yes - I do. If I did not enjoy working with the sort of morons that pass for our users then I would not have stuck around cuk-general for so long.

[BrilloPad]

IT Recruitment in the City, is super busy, so many outsourcing deals going on, budget spend already approved, very, very busy. Downside, is roles are very specific, however if you have fund accounting, custody, fund admin, OTC/exotic derivatives, transfer agency experience then you will be in high demand on the contract front for at least the next two years.

me! me! me! me! me! Got any roles going? Get me out of clientco - please.......

[eliquant]

The thing is that I find working in finance suprisingly interesting, however you in finance there seem to be two types of IT contractors .. those that get stuck in a rut and those that work on parts of the system that the business actually views as being important.

I know which one I prefer.

[bobsmithldn]

AnotherDodgyAgent is right, the roles are very, very specific.

I'm looking at Europe instead, particularly Switzerland.

[SantaClaus]

me! me! me! me! me! Got any roles going? Get me out of clientco - please.......

Dont listen to Brillo. He loves it there!