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JoJoGabor replied

1 June 2008, 19:16
Yeah it does seem to have dried up completey. I started my current contract about 6 weeks ago and it aint going well due to the project being delayed by another 3 months. I am a Server engineer so not a particulrly specialised area. I'm looking around every day and the amount of contracts on Jobserver have dropped dramtically from about 6 a day I could apply for to 1 or 0!!!

I'm currently resorting o looking at permanent jobs jsut to keep y skills fresh for the nex couple of years - I reckon it could be like this for at least the foreseeable future. I hope not though.
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lambrini_socialist replied

30 May 2008, 16:42
Originally posted by Bagpuss View Post

Bond?

cohen! it's cohen, right?
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chef replied

30 May 2008, 14:03
bagpuss, you seem to have some tulip on your avatar.. might need cleaning off.. hth

bring back the cat
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Advocate replied

30 May 2008, 13:57
Originally posted by Bagpuss View Post

Bond?
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snaw replied

30 May 2008, 13:53
Originally posted by jj0007 View Post

Hi all. This is my first post as I've just come across this site.

I've recently just come over from overseas on a working holiday visa (yes another one). I am in the IT Risk and Security industry and was told that demand here outstrips supply. Well its been 6 weeks since I've arrived and I've had 1 interview! (I actually succeeded the interview but then the company issued a hiring freeze!)

What's happened to our market? Is the credit crisis really causing such a massive downturn? Or is it just me?

Lower your rate, jobs will come.

There is still plenty out there from what I see, just rates are lower than this time last year.
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chef replied

30 May 2008, 13:53
Originally posted by threaded View Post

As to the rest of that market in the UK: it's full of bluffers.

errr is now the time to say ??
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Bagpuss replied

30 May 2008, 13:52
Originally posted by threaded View Post

True, but anyone who knows anything about that market in the UK knows that you need have a certain surname or are related in someway.

Bond?
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BA to the Stars replied

30 May 2008, 13:52
Forget the work, just have the holiday
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threaded replied

30 May 2008, 13:50
Originally posted by jj0007 View Post

I am in the IT Risk and Security industry and was told that demand here outstrips supply.

True, but anyone who knows anything about that market in the UK knows that you need have a certain surname or are related in someway. One of them even works at one of my clients in Denmark...

As to the rest of that market in the UK: it's full of bluffers.

HTH
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Advocate replied

30 May 2008, 13:05
The contracts on jobserve for that market have dropped in the past few weeks (I've checked) however they seem to have picked up around the middle of this week, might just be a random spike or the same gig listed multiple times of course but the sec/risk industry seems to be doing ok; it's the fear you see!
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chicane replied

30 May 2008, 13:01
Originally posted by jj0007 View Post

Is the credit crisis really causing such a massive downturn?

Yes. Next.
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jj0007 started a topic UK IT contract market - come to a halt?

30 May 2008, 11:05
UK IT contract market - come to a halt?

Hi all. This is my first post as I've just come across this site.

I've recently just come over from overseas on a working holiday visa (yes another one). I am in the IT Risk and Security industry and was told that demand here outstrips supply. Well its been 6 weeks since I've arrived and I've had 1 interview! (I actually succeeded the interview but then the company issued a hiring freeze!)

What's happened to our market? Is the credit crisis really causing such a massive downturn? Or is it just me?
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