Bad time of year for new contracts?

[SueEllen]

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

I'm sure you aren't going to post back with "I do [random skill 1] and [random skill 2 which is popular if you phrase it correctly] but I can't find a contract because I only want to work in a 5 mile radius of my house. "

[Bunk]

I'm sure you aren't going to post back with "I do [random skill 1] and [random skill 2 which is popular if you phrase it correctly] but I can't find a contract because I only want to work in a 5 mile radius of my house. "

I do only want to work within a 5 mile radius of my flat. I'd quite like to work within 5 minutes walk again, but that might be pushing it

[SimonMac]

My niche is dead at the moment, which is why I am thankful for the extension that I have just had, which will hopefully take me over the lull and into the summer holidays which I am planning to take off with the kids, will be looking in September and hoping things are a lot better!

[suityou01]

My niche is dead at the moment, which is why I am thankful for the extension that I have just had, which will hopefully take me over the lull and into the summer holidays which I am planning to take off with the kids, will be looking in September and hoping things are a lot better!

Time to get a new niche under your belt in preperation for Summer?

[SueEllen]

I do only want to work within a 5 mile radius of my flat. I'd quite like to work within 5 minutes walk again, but that might be pushing it

Yeah but you aren't going to start a new thread about it.

[Ticktock]

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!

If you're getting interest, and getting interviews, then it doesn't sound like a bad time of year. The contracts are obviously out there.

[KentPhilip]

I work on the fluffy side

You've worked as a fluffer?

Fluffer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[Erebus]

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

So I'm told!

[Erebus]

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

About as useful as your comments obviously.

[Mulder]

As has been said before "If you're getting interest, and getting interviews, then it doesn't sound like a bad time of year. The contracts are obviously out there."

I am a Business Analyst and certainly seems to be strong demand for us at the moment, though as is typical I am not currently looking at the moment!