What's the market going to be like in Nov 2009?

[SneakySimon]

Thanks...

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[DS23]

i think nov is a bad time to be out of contract. unless you want a nice fat xmas break. the only positives tend to be the jobs being touted as new year projects begin ramp up.

actually, any time of year is a bad time to be out of contract,

[DS23]

Looking at the commute as being paid £75 or so each way would certainly dull the pain!

unless it is 2.5 hours each way.

[ferret]

I am in a similar state - I have a 3 month role only 20 mins from home at £350 per day in a dull PM role, or the offer of a 6 month role with a 2.5 hour commute (done it before, not too bad!!) for £500 per day which ends March next year.

Last year I was benched early december till March and the market was awful - not sure if that was the recession or if it is normally like that? Bit worried that November is not probably a great time to be looking for a contract.....

Looking at the commute as being paid £75 or so each way would certainly dull the pain! I would go for the higher rate and longer contract personally. Not being on the bench in November could be worth a lot...

[SneakySimon]

Nov 09

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[DocP]

November 15th (+/-) 15 days. Fussy aren't you?

[DS23]

sheesh. can't you be a bit more specific? what day in november exactly?

[EddieNambulous]

In terms of the economy I think we are about to hit a downturn in stocks. I suspect if stocks start dropping again IT expenditure for a lot of corporates will be restricted again. It may be another miserable winter

There's usually around a 9 month lag between stockmarket and "real life" so even if we get a retracement, I think the effects of the recent rally will still dominate for a while.

[ChimpMaster]

My crystal ball says No.

The only other answer it gives is Yes, so I'm not so sure that it's relevant in this case.

[BrilloPad]

Looks like the business case for my next project is going to a funding review. So I'm likely out the door early Nov.

It could be very good. Or very bad. Or somewhere in between.

HTH

[swamp]

"The market" normally means how many contracts there are. What is really important however is the number of contracts per (competent) available contractor.

Christmas and summer are always poor 'markets', but I've found contracts in both periods without difficulty due in part to lack of candidates.

Anyway I don't care about November. Spring '10 is all that matters to me

[JoJoGabor]

In terms of the economy I think we are about to hit a downturn in stocks. I suspect if stocks start dropping again IT expenditure for a lot of corporates will be restricted again. It may be another miserable winter

[FarmerPalmer]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8217122.stm

About 41% of senior professionals were more confident about their business prospects in the next year, but only 6% were much more confident, indicating that some caution remains.

IT was the most optimistic sector, followed by banking, finance and insurance.

... so probably tulip

[BlasterBates]

seems to be improving, might not be too bad.

[DocP]

Looks like the business case for my next project is going to a funding review. So I'm likely out the door early Nov.