Plan B

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I moved to a more expensive house last year and at the time I was coming to the end of a long stint in work and was a bit concerned about not having an income afterwards. I'm actually one of the ones now on the State of the Market thread noting a lack of any gigs this year. So probably worst case scenario...

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Been on the bench for the whole of this year and starting to think I might want to pull the trigger on a new plan B. I have a property company (BTL) as my current side income but seriously investigating expanding this with some sort of self storage business. The amount of automation you can get in this...

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Very similar story to mine! Been out since January and applied for a lot of roles. So far I've had 3 interviews and pretty much nothing else. In the past my hit rate for interviews was over 50% but for some reason thats not working this time. First time I've not had back to back contracts in 16 years....

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The agent I spoke to today also said most of the roles on the boards are just CV harvesting. We all knew that already but getting it from the horses mouth makes me feel a bit better about my low hit rate.

Looks like the best option at the moment is to befriend as many agents as you can...

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I was speaking to an agent today who basically said they don't advertise roles unless they can't find someone they already have on their books. He said posting job adds is more hassle than its worth as you just get flooded with a load of unsuitable CVs. Seems to back up what I'm seeeing which is nothing...

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Very healthy, but I'm not enjoyiong seeing it decrease might take some getting used to lol...

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Snap! Been on ther bench since end of 2023 with very little in the way of promising leads since. First time in 16 years I've had more than 2 weeks on the bench and at the moment its looking like I might be waiting a good while yet for the next role....