Average time of looking new contract + skills

[flipFlop]

Two simple questions:
1. What is your average time of looking new contract when once is finished.

Your question is not in English, so I'll skip it.

2. What are your skills (technologies, programming languages, frameworks etc.) and how many years of experience do you have?

Forty years experience, I'll skip the details also.

[ExPermie]

With my current 3 month gig, the agency found me via Jobsite within a week of me uploading my CV. Deal was sealed within 2 days: phone interview followed by face to face then immediate start.

About 13 years in Windows based support with the last 5 years being in 'infrastructure' stuff like Exchange, Lync, AD, NetBackup, BlackBerry BES, Windose Server blah blah blah and also sh-ITIL too.

Have the MCITP, MCT, MCP, MCSE, MCSA, A+, N+, ITIL bollox too...and yeah, it's worthwhile getting the certs...........but only if you have the experience to back them up!

[eek]

From first application through to sat at a desk on client site it always seems to take around 6 weeks for me. Generally things start of slowly but by the end of the 6 weeks I'll have a couple of offers.

PM, with around 20 years in Financial Services.

I think all you show there is how slow Financial services companies move.

[bingobob]

Two simple questions:
1. What is your average time of looking new contract when once is finished.
2. What are your skills (technologies, programming languages, frameworks etc.) and how many years of experience do you have?

From first application through to sat at a desk on client site it always seems to take around 6 weeks for me. Generally things start of slowly but by the end of the 6 weeks I'll have a couple of offers.

PM, with around 20 years in Financial Services.

[SueEllen]

Funny thing is I can't actually answer that as I purposely take time off between contracts.

My parents died relatively young so while I may have some retirement years looking at the family history etc I rather enjoy myself when I'm still healthy.

[cojak]

Not if they think he's an agent, they won't.

[flipFlop]

Two simple questions:
1. What is your average time of looking new contract when once is finished.
2. What are your skills (technologies, programming languages, frameworks etc.) and how many years of experience do you have?

We'll get some boasters onto this. Let's have a look at the responses.

[Sausage Surprise]

Was out for 2 months in 2009/10. Otherwise continuous gigs for the last 8 years. I'm in testing.

[rurffy]

Mine is 2weeks
with 8 Years Exp - Wintel Infra..

I have always been lucky getting new roles easily - or should i say i am a likable person and i Smile alot ? ha!
Im even smiling typing this

[northernladuk]

Question to the OP. Bearing in mind you are taking a view across a massive number of skillsets and levels from director level to entry level PMO's and encompassing the entire country (and in some cases some of Europe).... what exactly are you hoping to understand here? I can't see from such a generic set of questions you are going to get any useful information whatsoever.

[cojak]

Current contract the agent found me 3 days after the end of the last contract. Previous one to that was 2 weeks. I don't bother with averages as one bad break screws what otherwise has been a good hit rate.

I've 10+ years as a specialist BA.

I'd give out more info but I'm not into handing out my references to strangers...

[XMementoIT]

Two simple questions:
1. What is your average time of looking new contract when once is finished.
2. What are your skills (technologies, programming languages, frameworks etc.) and how many years of experience do you have?