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The market's finally getting a bit noisy after several weeks of silence. I've managed to pick up a new role in a lead position earlier today. Since the end of June, I'd been looking solely at contracts and didn't hear anything back from countless applications. In August I decided to send my CV...
Why would you be going back to perm at that point? I'm on a similar track, senior dev right now looking to move up to lead/principal followed by management. Is it simply that the salary/bonus/benefits package at that level is attractive enough to lure you away?
What's the right answer to these? Usually I go with "I've had a few calls, one or two applications in the very early stages of the process but nothing concrete right now" as the suggestion that I'm on my way to receiving an offer or have one on the table would usually indicate to the recruiter...
I was benched as of Tuesday, I've been looking for the next gig for almost 2 weeks now and it's certainly quiet out there. Almost feels like hitting 'Apply' sends your CV off into the void. In usual times, I can expect ~10 calls from recruiters on a decent day (half of them trying to place me in...