Reply to: State of the market

[Peoplesoft bloke]

A short boom then before you have to reskill to Oracle anyway then

Indeed although I have a small headstart having already done a bit of Oracle :-)

[oracleslave]

How ironic - I was thinking about trying Oz (or preferably NZ) - I decided to leave the permie world in the summer and tried like crazy to get a gig to no avail. I'd pretty much resigned myself to being a prisoner of the dilbert style of management - then finally got a gig in December - then got offered two better ones since . I guess the truth is you just can't tell!

A short boom then before you have to reskill to Oracle anyway then

[Peoplesoft bloke]

How ironic - I was thinking about trying Oz (or preferably NZ) - I decided to leave the permie world in the summer and tried like crazy to get a gig to no avail. I'd pretty much resigned myself to being a prisoner of the dilbert style of management - then finally got a gig in December - then got offered two better ones since . I guess the truth is you just can't tell!

[NickFitz]

See?, he's moaning about pessimistic Brits already.

No need to get so upset about it

[DimPrawn]

If you're new to the Uk, you better wise up to the fact that, brits are generally a pessimistic bunch, and will moan whatever.

So I never take much stock in what people say.

See?, he's moaning about pessimistic Brits already.

[cykophysh39]

If you're new to the Uk, you better wise up to the fact that, brits are generally a pessimistic bunch, and will moan whatever.

So I never take much stock in what people say.

[d000hg]

I finished a contract last Friday.
Had an interview on Monday.
Start the gig on Thursday.

And Friday and Saturday,
Chilled on Sunday.

[FarmerPalmer]

I finished a contract last Friday.
Had an interview on Monday.
Start the gig on Thursday.

[expat]

...Some of these roles I should have been a shoe-in.

shoo-in

[swamp]

FTSE down another 3% this morning. It's going to be a rough ride!

[d000hg]

I've been through two recessions now and they are not nice. No market and hardly any skill set will be left untouched...

My main work is actually in the field of games development at the moment (leading development on something somewhat akin to WoW, but for kids). I wonder if entertainment is more or less affected by a recession? These days, entertainment seems SUCH a massive industry I'd almost think that games and films might do better as everyone seeks to escape the misery of the real world!

[vetran]

I'd worry

Hiring for a junior support person in Slough. Lots (20) of CV's from last Thursday, many from on bench IT managers etc. not anyone actually matching my expectations yet, i.e. fresh from Uni.

[s2budd]

State of the Market

This year can go one of too ways. Either drift along not too bad and then pick up towards September or just get slowly worse and worse until there is practically no work. Hopefully it will drift along. I've been through two recessions now and they are not nice. No market and hardly any skill set will be left untouched apart from thoes with current SC, DV & higher clearance.

At the moment in my skillset (Unix Admin) things are very good and the banks still seem to be hiring.

My thinking is that this year will be a blip.

[swamp]

I've just spent two weeks on the bench and started new contract today. I had loads of calls, and I even had to turn my phone off at times! OK half the calls were perm roles, but the market it still lively from the agents' side.

Trouble is the clients have caught a cold. My CV went forward to over a dozen places and I only had three interview requests in two weeks. Some of these roles I should have been a shoe-in.

Another thing I notice is a lack of big new projects out there. I think if things don't pick up in April then we're in a spot of trouble

[Not So Wise]

The negative views are mainly down to global credit crisis which will mean some companies/industries will be tightening budgets

While there is likely to be some downturn, your skill set and industry will determine if that downturn will be barely noticeable or mean months sitting on the bench