Perhaps they are just excuses. I never used to have issues over the summer/school holidays in July/August when people said it would be quiet. Or Christmas. Or any other of the supposed quiet periods.
However, over the last 12-18 months in particular, I've seen that hiring has fallen off...
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A fair comment. Pleased that I've built a reasonable war chest over the years although don't want to burn through it while sat on the bench.
Sadly I think that until the budget is out of the way at the end of November, there's not going to be much movement.
Just got to keep...
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I finished my most recent contract in July. As someone who contributed to the first page of this nearly decade long thread, I think this market is significantly worse than 2008 and even during covid. There just aren't the contracts being advertised anymore.
Even though I've been contracting...
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