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Originally posted by NickNick View PostA drive across Somerset last weekend took me past village after village with closed pubs.
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Originally posted by NickNick View PostA drive across Somerset last weekend took me past village after village with closed pubs.
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A drive across Somerset last weekend took me past village after village with closed pubs.
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Originally posted by AlfredJPruffock View PostSeems not - I met a hooker from Glasgow the other day , she tells me business is so good - if she had another pair of legs she would open uip in Edinburgh.
PS for the seasonsed veterans like myself who have seen a few recessions come and go - you will find that businesses such as Alcohol, cigareetes, druges, entertainment do well as people turn more to escapism.
My favourite pub is down on last years figures by a fair margin, and another very good pub in a local village went tits up before Christmas. I was talking to a chap in the pub game and he was saying that Green king are starting to make offers like a year free of rent and no beer tie ins. I have been looking at going into the trade for a few years now. The pub view is that brewers will be extending lines of credit to existing landlords over the next few months despite dipping turnover, hoping that a warm summer brings in more summer punters. In short a wet summer will see many more pubs go to the wall...
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Originally posted by NickNick View PostI wonder if Hookers are feeling the downturn like the rest of us?
Seems not - I met a hooker from Glasgow the other day , she tells me business is so good - if she had another pair of legs she would open uip in Edinburgh.
PS for the seasonsed veterans like myself who have seen a few recessions come and go - you will find that businesses such as Alcohol, cigareetes, druges, entertainment do well as people turn more to escapism.Last edited by AlfredJPruffock; 6 March 2009, 09:24.
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Originally posted by Svalbaard View PostYou could try enjoying yourself and realising that very few are able to have the same amount of time off.
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You could try enjoying yourself and realising that very few are able to have the same amount of time off. You could use the time to learn new skills to make yourself more employable? Or learn to do something you've always wanted to?
Shag a hooker? Learn to dive? Get fit?
Endless possibilities.
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Thanks for the constructive comments, much appreciated. While it's easy for me to blame the credit crunch for the lack of jobs, I need to try and keep my self as proactive as possible......so will do as suggested and start cold calling.
It's even tempting to think about changing career, but to be honest I don't think the problem is just IT, it across the board, so it's probably no easier to find work in another industry.
Also, I don't think it's any easier to get an IT perm job either.
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If you have so much free time how about starting a blog, updating your Linked In profile, phone every company in the yellow pages. This is probably the worst I have ever known the market in 9 years. I haven't had a call from an agent in months, not even to say hello.
I have noticed that half of the jobs coming up on Jobswerve and the like are the same recycled "farming" adverts.
I have a mate who just finished a gig in January and has decided to take the year off, as there is no hope for any work with his skills in the current market place.
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If you are running your own limited you should be cold calling all possible clients in your area to see if they need your skills.
If you are simply an employee looking for work continue as you are - or alternatively contact all the prospective employers in your area and see what is available.
In times like this many companies will dig through previous applicants etc to see if they can get someone with the correct skill set as opposed to calling an agency/placing an ad as it is cheaper.
It may be you call/e-mail them just when they discover a need for someone with your skills.
Whatever you do good luck!
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Much much harder than it was.
Any job is attracting a lot more applications - my personal opinion is that it is going to be a very poor year.
But look on the bright side - lots of time off Spain for month for starters.
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