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State of the Market
What I would say is that the kids go back in phases this week but thats assuming the people you are talking about have kids at school. Its called silly season because the people without kids are now on a flight out on holiday looking to extend that-best-since-1976 suntan and they are old...- Bluenose
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I would not be surprised if rogue operators have already started in this space to farm data from interviewees. 2015: I just need two references 2026: I just need you to complete this automated and recorded interview for you to be considered.- Bluenose
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An early round of applause for cookielove. Post again once you have completed a week billable :D- Bluenose
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Its difficult to say, in medium to large private sector orgs and public sector it can take an age even when its not holiday season for someone to click "OK" on a screen or send an email. In some of the Indian based consultancies this can take weeks not hours as it goes through an approval chain...- Bluenose
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State of the Market
in the UK market front end devs and engineers tend to be young because it doesnt pay much these days (Front end). Back end guys are older and are paid more but are not necessarily happier :D I think we have passed the peak of front end engineering, in terms of people globally but not past the...- Bluenose
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State of the Market
In the UK i think that part of the market (front end) has been permanently damaged by AI. If you look at the hourly rates on Upwork for front end I would suspect they will trend below 30 quid an hour from here. Did you not pick up on the news in February and look at using the new models for...- Bluenose
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State of the Market
State of the market for June 2026 was much worse than 2023, is my view. HAYS share price has appeared to have bottomed for now, until the 20th August full yearly results release i would suspect. I dont expect them to be good but they might offer some positivity for state of the market FY 2027.- Bluenose
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CV Format
put it into Claude, set it to Opus 4.8 Max, give it a one paragraph description of who you are and what type of job or contract you want and what rate. throw it your CV, ask for a ATS compliance check and an end to end review and re-write with a limit of 4 pages. Tell it to not include any...- Bluenose
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The drops are related to AI but Accenture in particular the grenade is related to their forward bookings appearing to come off a peak. The share price reflects whether a shareholder thinks that the tradjectory on that order book is going to bottom out at least minus 25% from where it was at the...- Bluenose
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It's a bit of an odd April and May in terms of the market. Very quiet still which is unusual for this time of the year. June and July can be quite brisk before the August shut down but the burner is dead.- Bluenose
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too early for a BOOM! ? blimey we only get one on here (a BOOM) about once a quarter on here these days so we might as well mark the event.- Bluenose
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This is the contractor forum. Any non billable day is a bad day and that includes the weekend. PAGE gave a trading update, not a good one, it was a warning, the market seemed to like HAYS trading update but I dont know why as it basically said the same as PAGE. State of the market: bottom of...- Bluenose
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State of the Market
possibility of unemployment in the short term is a good motivator to hit the phones.- Bluenose
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Hays has shed another -18% (rounded-up) this past 31 days. All eyes on the yearly call on 16th April. State of the market: Looks like we might be going down with the ship boys, I will be looking for an uptick for contract placements in those yearly results.- Bluenose
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State of the market: Not getting worse State of HAYS: Its bounced of a bottom State of Schumistars Mental health: Probably going to end up with a Porsche GT3 and Trophy wife in Abu Dhabi and then realise he cant ride a bike as its too hot.- Bluenose
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