Poor jobs market

Ivana_B_Rich

Polarbeary wrote: »

It's rubbish isn't it? I'm sure there are many who would want this job but I don't. But I need it! No new jobs seem to be coming out, jobs at other large companies are put on hold after I've got an interview, I can't keep doing this and being out of work longer and longer and using up my savings.

Well done for getting a job in this climate. Take it, wait a year or two and then hopefully the market will have picked up and the EU referendum will be done (?) and the USA election dust will have settled. Hopefully the economy will improve. Somebody told me I will think myself lucky if things get worse over the next few months as I'll be in a stable, secure, perm job!

If we are headed for a 2016/17 recession we are all in for a bumpy ride...

Absolutely that

Yes, it is rubbish and I feel an ungrateful brat for even seeing it as a problem. So many people out of work and really trying to change their situation. It's a tough climate and soul destroying sending in application after application and not getting any responses.

Thank you and thank you for the advice, I am going to take it and if it doesn't work out I've got 6 months where my notice period will only be 1 week and I'll have a steady income.

If we do have a bumpy ride I'll sit tight and work towards some qualifications which could get me the role I want internally with this company or should help me back in to the role I want with another company.

Congratulation on the offer you've received, it's no mean feat in the current market. But I very much hope your next offer is for a role that really excites you and takes your career in the direction you want it to go

Polarbeary

Ivana_B_Rich wrote: »

Absolutely that

Yes, it is rubbish and I feel an ungrateful brat for even seeing it as a problem. So many people out of work and really trying to change their situation. It's a tough climate and soul destroying sending in application after application and not getting any responses.

Thank you and thank you for the advice, I am going to take it and if it doesn't work out I've got 6 months where my notice period will only be 1 week and I'll have a steady income.

If we do have a bumpy ride I'll sit tight and work towards some qualifications which could get me the role I want internally with this company or should help me back in to the role I want with another company.

Congratulation on the offer you've received, it's no mean feat in the current market. But I very much hope your next offer is for a role that really excites you and takes your career in the direction you want it to go

Thank you and congratulations and good luck to you too!

In the current climate I really think it's best to take a decent job and see how it goes, rather than have nothing. TBH - I am still waiting for a couple of other jobs to come back as well with decisions.

I really am not excited about this...but if I don't take it and don't find another job I am even more stuck!

Husband has a great job and he is paying the mortgage, bills, meals out etc but I still have my phone bill to pay, coffees, tube fares etc as I want to be independent. I really want a baby in the next couple of years and I think I need a perm job to stay at in order to get mat benefits and be able to go back part-time after if I choose to.

There is also the option of hubby relocating abroad with work by the end of the year - a lot can change in a few months! Then I could hopefully have a baby abroad and be a housewife (still have to come back to UK eventually and start job hunt all over again!)

Of course, I won't be telling an employer that because it is in no way certain!

makeyourdaddyproud

Polarbeary wrote: »

Husband has a great job and he is paying the mortgage, bills, meals out etc but I still have my phone bill to pay, coffees, tube fares etc as I want to be independent. I really want a baby in the next couple of years and I think I need a perm job to stay at in order to get mat benefits and be able to go back part-time after if I choose to.

Aha, the real reason why you want a perm job and quickly! You want to saddle some company with maternity at their expense?

You now see why so many companies are afraid to recruit even if they wanted to. Not pointing the finger at you per se but you have underlined a case in point.

Double_V

I think it depends on the job type.
IT jobs are in demand I guess.

makeyourdaddyproud

Double_V wrote: »

I think it depends on the job type.
IT jobs are in demand I guess.

IT jobs are only in demand now because in order to leverage continual work, you have to keep filling your cranium with so called "bleeding edge" technology framework crap that some rich spotty kids in Silicon Valley keep dreaming up.

I saw the light ages ago.

eilidhcatriona

Firetastic wrote: »

That's the problem isn't it? People apply for any job because it's the only jobs there are. For example in my area there's loads of care jobs. However not everyone wants to do care work. So you end up with people who aren't really interested in doing it long term.

The thing is, given the current situation in the oil industry and Aberdeen, I can't blame them for applying for anything - people are desperate.

Polarbeary wrote: »

I'm on the books with 3 agencies for admin/PA/secretarial work and they are all saying the temp desks are quiet, no new jobs coming on, candidates keep telling them that. I've heard of employees in reputable private equity firms who haven't been paid for two months! Candidates with great CVs, degrees etc who have been made redundant or had job offers cancelled. I'm comparing this to a couple of years ago where I would have agencies ringing me all the time about jobs.

Hardly any new jobs are being posted on Indeed.

I've been lucky and have had a perm job offer today. After a couple of months with 15 interviews and about 200 applications I am thankful I can stop the horrible task of job hunting. I have never found it so hard to find a job.

Congrats on the new job. I was extremely relieved when my company offered me a new position last week - I had only been half-heartedly job hunting while waiting to hear whether I was going or staying, but it was already clear it was going to be hellish out there.


What I was told by the 4 agencies I saw in Aberdeen is that there is still plenty of temp work out there, but that it's much shorter assignments than it used to be - until a year or so ago most of their temp assignments were for at least 3 months, now the average is around 2 weeks.

Polarbeary

makeyourdaddyproud wrote: »

Aha, the real reason why you want a perm job and quickly! You want to saddle some company with maternity at their expense?

You now see why so many companies are afraid to recruit even if they wanted to. Not pointing the finger at you per se but you have underlined a case in point.

How rude! You don't even know me! I think that working for 2 solid years for a company is perfectly reasonable. If you don't like the law then I suggest you move to a country with no maternity laws! Women have babies. Who do you think will be wiping your bottom and paying towards your pension when you are old? Do you have a partner and children by any chance?

Wow. Just wow. I don't think you would say that to my face. Most of your posts seem pretty negative actually, I hope things improve in your life. It must be hard to be so angry all the time.

Polarbeary

makeyourdaddyproud wrote: »

There are still many industries that are struggling to recruit, even in London.

It's just that most MSE complainants want jobs where there's little effort involved, or ones where they can simply park their bum for 8hrs a day.

Of course such jobs will be thin on the ground.

Do you ever have anything constructive to add? Or is it just a series of digs at people who post here?

makeyourdaddyproud

Polarbeary wrote: »

How rude! You don't even know me! I think that working for 2 solid years for a company is perfectly reasonable...

Yes, it is reasonable, but I thought you said you were unemployed - maybe I misread that but if you are, you must be talking about imminent maternity which every employer has to pay from day one. If the cap fits...

If you don't like the law then I suggest you move to a country with no maternity laws! Women have babies. Who do you think will be wiping your bottom and paying towards your pension when you are old? Do you have a partner and children by any chance?

Certainly don't disagree with that PB.

Wow. Just wow. I don't think you would say that to my face. Most of your posts seem pretty negative actually, I hope things improve in your life. It must be hard to be so angry all the time.

Most people come on here to complain. A little bit of deja vu reminds me you're doing the same - in this thread too.

I always have something to complain about. Should chill more? Perhaps.

Sanne

Double_V wrote: »

I think it depends on the job type.
IT jobs are in demand I guess.

It depends on what area/two of job... I found that there are a lot of junior/mid-level support roles and quite a few system engineer/admin type roles. Plus an amazing number of software developer roles. I was initially looking for IT Service management roles and there were very, very few jobs around (unless I had wanted to commute to London).

I have now moved into IT project management and there is a lot of PM roles out there (technical and non-technical).

If a role comes up application numbers are high, at my last job they interviewed over 30 people before me (I did see the job very late, it had been advertised for a couple of months already and I didn't even think there was a vacancy anymore when I applied).