Lots of banking jobs all of a sudden?

[Mordac]

'Tis supposed to be the quietest week of the year in Pimpdom, but I've had 9 calls about banking jobs since Monday. All seem to be genuine (e.g. no reference trawls etc.) Anyone else finding the market surprisingly busy this week?

[wendigo100]

'Tis supposed to be the quietest week of the year in Pimpdom, but I've had 9 calls about banking jobs since Monday. All seem to be genuine (e.g. no reference trawls etc.) Anyone else finding the market surprisingly busy this week?

Do you know anyone taking all those Belgium jobs? Money isn't that great.

[Mordac]

They're not in Belgium, they're all London except one which is Europe-wide.

[Mailman]

Dunno whether there really are lots of jobs out there. I just "cancelled" a whole load of contracts with contractors and most other areas within my bank have done the same.

A friend at another major city bank was telling me the same thing over lunch this afternoon that she too had just given the arse (and what an arse it is too!) to a whole heap of her contractors.

Several other contacts I have around London are also doing the same thing. So Id take these calls with a pinch of salt mate.

Mailman

[Jabberwocky]

'Tis supposed to be the quietest week of the year in Pimpdom, but I've had 9 calls about banking jobs since Monday. All seem to be genuine (e.g. no reference trawls etc.) Anyone else finding the market surprisingly busy this week?

Maybe stocking up on CVs for the vacancies arising from bonus payouts ?

[BlasterBates]

Yup certainly is...

I'm used to sending hundreds of applications off, getting no replies and then using it as an excuse to do nothing, unfortunately its different this time leaving me in a "what the f** should I do" mode.





Oh just read the mail about sacked contractors, ... but maybe these are Java bods just getting their "come uppance".

The bank I'm in is in "recruit big time" mode.




Yes WEIRD.

[zathras]

'Tis supposed to be the quietest week of the year in Pimpdom, but I've had 9 calls about banking jobs since Monday. All seem to be genuine (e.g. no reference trawls etc.) Anyone else finding the market surprisingly busy this week?

Yes I have and what is more I've not done banking since late 99 and this does not seem to be an issue either.

[Mordac]

1998 for me and the same applies.

[Fungus]

'Tis supposed to be the quietest week of the year in Pimpdom, but I've had 9 calls about banking jobs since Monday. All seem to be genuine (e.g. no reference trawls etc.) Anyone else finding the market surprisingly busy this week?

I was chatting with a permie colleague today, and it turns out he was a contractor, and might go back to contracting. He's heard of jobs on £700 a day. Someone we recruited cleared off the day before he was due to start after he was offered £700 per day. He was a Java whizz. (I can't say I know anything about that new fangled Java thang.)

But I really like the job I'm doing (multithreaded C++ and telecoms) so I'll not be looking.

Fungus

[SantaClaus]

I'm currently looking for a c++ contract and the investment banking market is tough at the moment and yes I have worked in banks for years.

Interviewers are being very very fussy. One particular risk managament job has been out with about 5 different agencies so it may seem like there are more jobs than there really are. It does seem like there is a shortage of java staff at the moment though.