Reply to: State of the Market

[Fraidycat]

Agent phone me, 2 days onsite, central London, sc cleared, £400 inside.

I turned him down. I got the impression he was taking the Michael.

Is this ever going to end?

A couple of months ago you said you went to an interview for a junior role for something around £14per hour. But yesterday you turned away an agent phone call regarding a £50 per hour role?

[dsc]

I wouldn't hold your breath if you haven't heard anything by now after a month.

I'm finding that I don't even get a rejection notification for over half my perm applications.

That's the issue, half the applications didn't even get an auto rejection which is kind of unusual, but then again, maybe not so much anymore.

[SchumiStars]

Agent phone me, 2 days onsite, central London, sc cleared, £400 inside.

I turned him down. I got the impression he was taking the Michael.

Is this ever going to end?

[edison]

It's practically May now...

Still waiting for some feedback on the 10+ permie applications I've sent back at the end of March...Also turns out my current client had a change of heart and might actually be able to offer me a perm position [fingers crossed x 10]

I wouldn't hold your breath if you haven't heard anything by now after a month.

I'm finding that I don't even get a rejection notification for over half my perm applications.

[Fraidycat]

It's practically May now...

If i recall correctly, last years April bounce lasted into the middle of May. This years April bounce fizzled out before the middle of April.

The inflation data in the US killed any chance of multiple interest rate cuts this year everywhere, including the EU and UK. That seemed to have caused a major change of sentiment, a turn for the even worse.

[dsc]

It looks like the market is back to the level last seen in December but its now April , which is supposed to be one the best months of the year..

It's practically May now...

Still waiting for some feedback on the 10+ permie applications I've sent back at the end of March...Also turns out my current client had a change of heart and might actually be able to offer me a perm position [fingers crossed x 10]

[Fraidycat]

Well, having spent much of the day scratching about looking for a new gig, I can safely say there's sweet FA out there

It looks like the market is back to the level last seen in December but its now April , which is supposed to be one the best months of the year..

[FIERCE TANK BATTLE]

Good ol' apex fallacy

Elon Musk is rich and he's a man, so all men are basically rich elon musks

I like this video https://v.redd.it/7rwjp1bb063a1

[northernladuk]

haha. The two people who finished top of the year - Cambridge Chemistry and Physics Triposes, both white working class. I recall the Chem guy telling me most of his classmates were in prison. Amazing what happens when you open a book.

Wow. You've picked two individuals. Must be true.

[hungry_hog]

Rubbish, white working-class boys are one of the most disadvantaged of all.

haha. The two people who finished top of the year - Cambridge Chemistry and Physics Triposes, both white working class. I recall the Chem guy telling me most of his classmates were in prison. Amazing what happens when you open a book.

[sreed]

If you think DEI is bad now, wait till Labour get in.

Lol. There’s no one more DEI than the Tories. Just look at all the dross they’ve churned though on their front bench in the name of diversity.



As for the rest of the country, the Tories have been hard at work rubbing our noses in diversity with the millions of permanent non E U immi grants they’ve imported (and continue to import) over the past many years. That’s what’s going to have a decades long impact on our job market..

[ladymuck]

Well, having spent much of the day scratching about looking for a new gig, I can safely say there's sweet FA out there

[Cookielove]

That’s simply not true! As others have said disadvantaged working class and suicide rates …

[BlueSharp]

You know, on balance, I think white males do quite well in society compared to others.

Rubbish, white working-class boys are one of the most disadvantaged of all.

[northernladuk]

You know, on balance, I think white males do quite well in society compared to others.

That's a very sweeping statement backed up with zero facts and figures if you don't mind me saying. Bunging an unqualified statement like that out there just opens a can of worms and will lead to an endless discussion no one wins.

Let me throw one out. Yes they do, they top all the charts, including highest suicide rate by gender and by race. Trophy for the white males.. Hurrah.

I'm not saying they don't but I don't think that comment will help anything.