Any IT people out of work at the moment?

If you are, how are you finding it looking for new roles? I'm looking but don't seem to be having much success, despite having significant experience in decent roles for blue chip clients.

Whilst i'm not out of work, i have been looking.
To be honest, it depends on what work you want, and willingness to relocate to another part of the uk - there's quite a bit of work available in ireland at the moment.
For most, relocating is difficult though.

I used to do implementation & support of SAP/HPUX/Oracle running on Domes + bespoke apps on HPUX/Informix on K's/L's and N's + some M$ stuff when it was required + in fact anything actually, H/W or S/W that the landscape contained that was causing service issues. In my mind I could sort practically anything out given internet access/documentation although I'm definitely not a developer.

I've thought of relocation but I've got a young family.

www.jobserve.com is your friend in times like this.

Originally Posted by Daimo

www.jobserve.com is your friend in times like this.

Yep, I know but you've got to get past the agents first - although I haven't been looking for a few days as I'm doing school holiday duty...

To be a little clearer, I was paid up until Jan 2008 and took some time out as I got a good exit package and started looking seriously in Jan 2009. My previous team all got good roles paying similar money around March 2008 and I was definitely comparable to them but I'm struggling. I know we are in a recession and everything. I'm wondering if it's because I took a long sabbatical......?

Originally Posted by ak_uk

Yep, I know but you've got to get past the agents first - although I haven't been looking for a few days as I'm doing school holiday duty...

To be a little clearer, I was paid up until Jan 2008 and took some time out as I got a good exit package and started looking seriously in Jan 2009. My previous team all got good roles paying similar money around March 2008 and I was definitely comparable to them but I'm struggling. I know we are in a recession and everything. I'm wondering if it's because I took a long sabbatical......?

Sabbatical could be an issue but if you're good enough otherwise it shouldn't be. We're doing interviews at the moment and if that sort of thing crops up it tends to look like you couldn't find a job a.k.a. are cr*p lol. Like I said though, if you prove you're good in interview it doesn't matter, it's more if you're borderline...

It sounds like your old team were lucky tbh, up until recently jobs were pretty thin on the ground. Opening up now though!

Im looking for my first IT job and its tough, only had one interview out of 10 odd jobs ive applied for

Originally Posted by Holdup

Im looking for my first IT job and its tough, only had one interview out of 10 odd jobs ive applied for

What sort of IT role & what qualifications/experience have you got?

Not yet, but think I will be looking next year, just waiting for my redundancy offer

Originally Posted by muffles

What sort of IT role & what qualifications/experience have you got?

Just a BTEC national diploma with 3 passes, im just looking for trainee / junior positions at the mo where training is given, as much as uni maybe useful, i see no need for it neither can i be bothered to go through it all again.