Bad time of year for new contracts?

[Erebus]

Just wondering how everyone else is finding the market. I've had a couple of months bench time no, plenty of interest in my CV, plenty of submissions going forwards around 5 face-to-face interviews and a few telephone but no offers yet. Over a decade of IT based experience and over a year contracting (so fairly newbie contracting wise).

Either I'm up against a lot of strong competition or need to improve my interview/sales skills!

I work on the fluffy side of dev and UI design...

Thanks folks!

[eek]

Just wondering how everyone else is finding the market. I've had a couple of months bench time no, plenty of interest in my CV, plenty of submissions going forwards around 5 face-to-face interviews and a few telephone but no offers yet. Over a decade of IT based experience and over a year contracting (so fairly newbie contracting wise).

Either I'm up against a lot of strong competition or need to improve my interview/sales skills!

I work on the fluffy side of dev and UI design...

Thanks folks!

Don't know how to break it to you but the market is booming.....

[SueEllen]

If you do UI stuff then you shouldn't have problem getting a role unless you only want to work in a small area.

[doodab]

Just wondering how everyone else is finding the market. I've had a couple of months bench time no, plenty of interest in my CV, plenty of submissions going forwards around 5 face-to-face interviews and a few telephone but no offers yet. Over a decade of IT based experience and over a year contracting (so fairly newbie contracting wise).

Either I'm up against a lot of strong competition or need to improve my interview/sales skills!

I work on the fluffy side of dev and UI design...

Thanks folks!

Fluffy? You mean cloud based?

[eek]

Fluffy? You mean cloud based?

I was assuming UI and fluffy as in not actually producing anything useful apart from photoshop designs....

[MyUserName]

I have heard various people claim the market was bad when what happening was they were restricting themselves to areas and niches where there was no work.

Where are you prepared to work?
What business experience do you have?

What UI skills are you experienced in?
Is all of your 10 years doing the same thing or do you only have a year or two in the market you are looking at?

[scooterscot]

In the UK, leading up to April can be an issue for some companies.

Have you thought about expanding your search radius? Out of curiosity what is it currently?

[oscarose]

In the UK, leading up to April can be an issue for some companies.

Have you thought about expanding your search radius? Out of curiosity what is it currently?

good advice - need to be flexible on location

[Bunk]

I'm about to start looking for a gig this week so I'll let you know how it goes.

[suityou01]

Just wondering how everyone else is finding the market. I've had a couple of months bench time no, plenty of interest in my CV, plenty of submissions going forwards around 5 face-to-face interviews and a few telephone but no offers yet. Over a decade of IT based experience and over a year contracting (so fairly newbie contracting wise).

Either I'm up against a lot of strong competition or need to improve my interview/sales skills!

I work on the fluffy side of dev and UI design...

Thanks folks!

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