Reply to: Things on the up?

[MrHelpful]

Def on the up... I've got my first 2 interviews lined next Tues. 1 perm and the other a short contract - though rate is lower then prev contract which was less 4miles away (i was living the contractor dream). Anyways only downer is that both roles are in London and I live 100miles away! However I do love London in the summer.

[stek]

Agreed, madness today. Took a day off and worked harder than at work...

Now I'm struggling to remember what I've said to who rate/salary wise (still half an eye for a cock-on permie job). A second interview coming up, a Skype one on Monday, and five other agent calling back straight away type job so hopefully 2/3 of them will pay off with an interview.

[gingerjedi]

Oh FFS now the wife has called to say her job is moving 20 miles up the road, she ditched a well paid managers job in that location to be close to home for our daughters sake.

I'm supposed to be going out on the piss tonight to celebrate a mates 40th, great.

[Clippy]

Not sure if it is only me but I'm finding more permanent roles nowadays rather than contract positions.

I thought I was the only one who noticed this.

It was certainly the case in mid March too - just before the new financial year.

[gingerjedi]

strangly my place has had a permie freeze in place for some time now but are freely getting in contractors and more arrive each day.

Think there is now a 20% permie to 80% contractor PM ratio and this is going to carry of for the rest of the year.

That's because no-one wants to hire people permanently, companies are tulip scared of a dip back into recession so they hire people they can ditch at a moments notice.

[stacks]

strangly my place has had a permie freeze in place for some time now but are freely getting in contractors and more arrive each day.

Think there is now a 20% permie to 80% contractor PM ratio and this is going to carry of for the rest of the year.

[GillsMan]

Yup - same here. I've spent the last 6 months trying to escape one permi job for another... about a month ago I started looking for contracts instead and have had CV put forward for three jobs and got interviews for all three!

Quite similar here too, this week I've had far more calls then I normally have for jobs from agencies.

[gingerjedi]

Things will change but patience is running very thin now, this sort of stress is bad for my health.

I have a 50/50 chance of a local gig which I went to interview for this morning but the money is half what the first one paid, on the plus side they are using lots of shiny new technology so in the long run it may be the better option? I'm expecting the good news/bulltulip excuse this afternoon.

[mobi]

Not sure if it is only me but I'm finding more permanent roles nowadays rather than contract positions.

[gingerjedi]

Just been messed about again with another false dawn. Past caring, going to pub later! Really enjoying not working tbh, although I'm sure the bank account will start dropping hints pretty soon.

Same here, I had a telephone interview yesterday where the guy said he wanted me on board and just needed to get the paperwork sorted.

Just had a call saying they really wanted me but picked someone else because he lived 5 minutes from site, I'm 20 minutes away.

I've had this sort of thing happen to me 5 or 6 times now and I'm am fecking furious, seriously I don't think I can cope with another rejection for a completely bulltulip reason

[Shimano105]

Just been messed about again with another false dawn. Past caring, going to pub later! Really enjoying not working tbh, although I'm sure the bank account will start dropping hints pretty soon.

[gingerjedi]

Maybe client Co's are in a scramble to get contractors on board whilst they're still relatively cheap?

Time to dust off the old invoicing machine in preperation...

[Ltd ability]

Same here, 3 calls in the last week and i've seen an advert for what looks like a contractor role at BT too

[Funkywood]

I've had plenty of calls too with one saying the market was 'buoyant', being out forward for quite a few but I too have yet to get an actual gig.

[Papavar]

Yup - same here. I've spent the last 6 months trying to escape one permi job for another... about a month ago I started looking for contracts instead and have had CV put forward for three jobs and got interviews for all three!