Re: OT: "Gissa a Job!" & Location

[nickt@xxxxxxx]

I'm in IT recruitment myself (not across the board, but almost
exclusively recruiting technical software engineering personnel) and
I can tell you it's tough out there, both for people looking for jobs
and for the recruiters. It wasn't great in the months prior to
Sepember 11th, but since then panic seems to have set in and there's
very few jobs coming up. Advice, if you're in a job, bear with it for
as long as you can. If you're not, use your contacts in the industry
as best you can.
Without wanting to do myself out of any much needed fees, many
companies are favouring those applying directly (who can blame
them?). Personally I wouldn't register with more than 3 or 4 well
chosen agencies - there's a danger in your CV being sent out
indiscriminately, and I don't think it looks good if it arrives at
the same company from a number of different agents. Also, put a lot
of effort into creating a clear and concise CV - I recommend you keep
it to less than 3 pages - (its surprising how many poorly presented
CVs there are about and they will often be overlooked).
My guess is that we're likely to be in a short but very severe period
of cutbacks, and hopefully in a few months things will start moving
forward again.
Anyway if anyone wants any further advise, please ask.
BTW, re location, I'm in Berkshire.
Good luck!
Nick


--- In ukha_d@y..., "Paul Gordon" <paul_gordon@h...> wrote:
> Granted.
>
> I'm not planning on doing anything hasty!
>
> Paul G.
>
>
>
>
>
> >From: "Phil Harris" <phillip.harris1@v...>
> >Reply-To: ukha_d@y...
> >To: <ukha_d@y...>
> >Subject: RE: [ukha_d] OT: "Gissa a Job!"
> >Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2001 18:21:41 +0100
> >
> >
> >Be carefull - if you don't have to then now is *NOT* a good time
to be
> >after
> >a job.
> >
> >I've been off work now for nearly four months and it's damn hard
to find
> >something else. Ian B's in the same boat as me as is Graham Howe
(he's been
> >off work for ages). There are others on the group too who are just
in the
> >process of being canned. One of SWMBO's cousins works with a
recruitment
> >agency every so often and he was saying that at the moment there
are about
> >four times more people than would be usual for this time of year
chasing
> >about a quarter of the usual number of jobs.
> >
> >Sit tight if you can and try to ride it out ... a job that sucks
is still a
> >job!
> >
> >Phil
> >
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Paul Gordon [mailto:paul_gordon@xxxxxxx...]
> > > Sent: 18 October 2001 15:49
> > > To: ukha_d@y...
> > > Subject: Re: [ukha_d] OT: "Gissa a Job!"
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > >Guys,
> > > >
> > > >Is looking like Im gonna have to change jobs in the near
future.  Do
> > > >any of you know of any network
installation/administration
jobs that
> > > >may be floating around at the moment?
> > > >
> > > >Also, any IT Agencies websites??
> > >
> > > jobserve.co.uk
> > > fish4.co.uk
> > >
> > > >
> > > >Thanks in advance for any help, and sorry for the OT
post.
> > >
> > > No problem. - Keep it public, as I'm thinking along the same
lines as
> > > well...
> > > >
> > > >Stuart "soon-to-be-redundent" Whyte
> > >
> > >
> > > Paul "Pissed off with his current employer" Gordon
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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