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    #41
    yeah lets hope for some good new budgets

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      #42
      Originally posted by suityou01 View Post
      New budgets coming up?
      And quickly being taken away or not approved when they realise they need to watch the pennies for the next while.
      "Ask not what you can do for your country. Ask what's for lunch." - Orson Welles

      Norrahe's blog

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        #43
        Originally posted by suityou01 View Post
        New budgets coming up?
        But they won't come in until April, thats another 2 months on the bench.

        I've been out since mid-Nov (Java developer, North West England) and I agree it did pick up mid to late Jan I had a few calls out of the blue, with loads of promise, then... tumble weed. Even the permie job ads have reduced, there was loads before and just after Xmas.

        I do hope there is a big wave coming soon, the only way out of this recession and downturn for major companies is to invest a little in their systems/processes. They should be preparing for the next surge in the economy so they can become competitive. I would of thought the contract market is ideal for this, allowing them to bring in expert professionals for 6 to 12 months.

        At the end of the day, I just want to work again, bored of ground hog day now!

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          #44
          Yeah I would have thought that the contract market will be better than the permie one, since its easier to get a contractor for 3 or 6 months at the moment, but there seem to be more permie jobs around.

          Mid April means another two and a half months idle? That's hard to digest

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            #45
            Originally posted by JohannM View Post
            Yeah I would have thought that the contract market will be better than the permie one, since its easier to get a contractor for 3 or 6 months at the moment, but there seem to be more permie jobs around.

            Mid April means another two and a half months idle? That's hard to digest
            I know it is. I'm doing some study, and looking in the paper for part time work just to bring some pennies in to try and eek things out.
            Knock first as I might be balancing my chakras.

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              #46
              Problem is, how are we going to explain a 4 or 5 month gap in the CV? I mean my last gig was Nov, if my next is April/May, then thats a lot of time to be doing nothing productive.

              Maybe we could all use each others Ltd's on the CV to fill the gaps and 'make-up' some experience.

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