Contract market in the UK

[BlasterBates]

So how's everyone getting on, doesn't look too bad when I check out Jobserve. Is this a "phony" recession ?

[NetwkSupport]

definitely slow but theres work out there. Lots of jobs being canned/delayed at interview stage. current client has a freeze on all contractor reqcruitment

[Bagpuss]

Looks pretty bad from where I'm sitting, unless I wanted to go permie

[NetwkSupport]

i wish i had a time machine and could see what the world is like in ten years time....i wonder if capitalism still exists.....

[SallyAnne]

I've been tapped up for 3 different roles this week - one was for a bank!!

I guess it just depends on which field you're in.

Chin up everyone, and remember - you own your own company. Sell your granny to keep money coming into it x x x

[Pogle]

Looks pretty bad from where I'm sitting, unless I wanted to go permie

ditto

[OwlHoot]

definitely slow but theres work out there. Lots of jobs being canned/delayed at interview stage.

Tell me about it! In the last couple of weeks, I've had two scheduled PHP interviews disappear in a puff of smoke due to clients reconsidering their project, or so agents *claim*, and that's for derisory rates.

Still, at least with perl and PHP (and even .Net) it's easy to tell the genuine jobs, as each is advertised by about five different agencies. Currently there are only one or two per day though. So God only knows what the competition is like - Agents must be shuffling through CVs and answering phones like one-armed paperhangers!

I'd be interested to know how Dodgy is finding it from an agent's perspective.

[SantaClaus]

I've been tapped up for 3 different roles this week - one was for a bank!!

If it was for Barclays Capital, its not counted.

They churn out so many job specs, they are destroying the rainforests.

[zara_backdog]

I've been tapped up for 3 different roles this week - one was for a bank!!

I guess it just depends on which field you're in.

Chin up everyone, and remember - you own your own company. Sell your granny to keep money coming into it x x x

Just been offered a permie role in a bank

[Doggy Styles]

There isn't a great deal out there in my area of expertise, and what there is is mostly permy. Luckily I've got a contract.