Current job market in the UK....

Gurus,

Is the job market better than before, or is it still at its worst stage. Is it advisable to come now, or should we still wait further.
If wait, then till what time can we plan our travel.
I work in data warehousing technology, like informatica, UNIX and Oracle. Can i expect a job in this technology...

Please advice ppl...

Wrong forums. But Market is bad..

[quote="coolsats"]Gurus,

Is the job market better than before, or is it still at its worst stage. Is it advisable to come now, or should we still wait further.
If wait, then till what time can we plan our travel.
I work in data warehousing technology, like informatica, UNIX and Oracle. Can i expect a job in this technology...

Please advice ppl...[/qu

Tough time .................. Again if you are fitter than the fittest ....You still can get ...

The market is still going down... even with new financial year budgets recruiters say that it is rather grim

Hi

I am working in DWH and market is OK.
I know it is tough but DWH is doing good.
After 10 interviews in DWH i got 2 offers.

Best of luck

How is SAP market doing? Any idea...

Hi samna,

Nice to hear from you.
In DWH what technology do you work on.
As for me i work on Informatica, oracle and unix, howz the market for this.......

[quote="samnazeer"]Hi

I am working in DWH and market is OK.
I know it is tough but DWH is doing good.
After 10 interviews in DWH i got 2 offers.

Best of luck[/quote]

Hi,

I got my tier1 visa which is valid from 30 April 2009 . I am having total 9+ years of experience in IT . For last 4.5 years I am working in DWH.
In the job portals daily I am posting my resume , but so far I haven’t received any feedback from any consultants. Please let me know what is best way to post the resume and also share few company id’s. Are u in UK or In India.

Regards
Kandasamy

coolsats wrote:Hi samna,

Nice to hear from you.
In DWH what technology do you work on.
As for me i work on Informatica, oracle and unix, howz the market for this.......

market is bad for all these

its tough in every industry mate. you have to be exceptionally strong now,fortunately most "truely" highly skilled people are!:D

Hi,

From my company I was deputed at London for 1 months. I am having experience in Informatica, Unix, Oracle. Could you please tell me the list of consultants who are handling the DWH client.

Regards
Kandasamy

One month UK experience isn't a big sell factor. There could be others who have many months of DWH experience and are readily available in UK too.

Are you in UK or India? Unless you are here, it would make much difference of sending CVs to consultants.

kandasamy wrote:Hi,

From my company I was deputed at London for 1 months. I am having experience in Informatica, Unix, Oracle. Could you please tell me the list of consultants who are handling the DWH client.

Regards
Kandasamy

Hi,

This is my 2 trip to UK. Last time I came here through WP and worked at client location for 20 months and back to India. Again I deputed now to new client for 1 to 3 month. So I am having more than 22 months UK experience.

If u have any list of consultant please share with me.

Regards
KAndasamy

If you ahve 20 months of UK experience why haven't you heard from consultants yet.

The reasons could be,
1) you are still far away to be called for interview. Temp jobs are filled in few days.
2) Your CV doesn't have a cover letter - explaining why your skills suit that job better. The cover letter has to be individually addressed and modified for each and every job you apply, it can't just be a mass mailer.

Remember, UK is very competitive market, while it may be difficult to find a job, it is equally difficult to get the right candidate with the right skills and experience too.

So, HR consultants, wouldn't leave you if you showcase you have the right skills for the right job.

kandasamy wrote:Hi,

This is my 2 trip to UK. Last time I came here through WP and worked at client location for 20 months and back to India. Again I deputed now to new client for 1 to 3 month. So I am having more than 22 months UK experience.

If u have any list of consultant please share with me.

Regards
KAndasamy

Hi,

What you say is right, but I was deputed from my Indian company here, so ever get a chance to know about the HR consultants. Now also I was deputed from Indian company. If u have any list of HR consultant please let me know.
For each opening we need to modify our cover letter.

Regards
Kandssamy

kandasamy wrote:Hi,

What you say is right, but I was deputed from my Indian company here, so ever get a chance to know about the HR consultants. Now also I was deputed from Indian company. If u have any list of HR consultant please let me know.
For each opening we need to modify our cover letter.

Regards
Kandssamy

There may be shortage of jobs but there is also a shortage of good candidates. We as an employer are really struggling to find suitable candidates for our busy accounting firm. Only yesterday I had to fire my two staff (unfortunately both were on HSMP visas from India).

As an employer I would not mind employing some one who has right ideas and attitude though he may lack some experience (UK) but with right skills.

Cover letter is very much important as it gives the impression that it was not just mass mailer. Basically you are trying to sale your services here and you want to be as much convincing as possible.

See what I told is correct Kandasamy. Personalised covering letter is a must.

Accountant wrote:

kandasamy wrote:Hi,

What you say is right, but I was deputed from my Indian company here, so ever get a chance to know about the HR consultants. Now also I was deputed from Indian company. If u have any list of HR consultant please let me know.
For each opening we need to modify our cover letter.

Regards
Kandssamy

There may be shortage of jobs but there is also a shortage of good candidates. We as an employer are really struggling to find suitable candidates for our busy accounting firm. Only yesterday I had to fire my two staff (unfortunately both were on HSMP visas from India).

As an employer I would not mind employing some one who has right ideas and attitude though he may lack some experience (UK) but with right skills.

Cover letter is very much important as it gives the impression that it was not just mass mailer. Basically you are trying to sale your services here and you want to be as much convincing as possible.

A/c, Can you tell us why you fired those two members? Were they lacking skills?

Accountant wrote:

kandasamy wrote:Hi,

What you say is right, but I was deputed from my Indian company here, so ever get a chance to know about the HR consultants. Now also I was deputed from Indian company. If u have any list of HR consultant please let me know.
For each opening we need to modify our cover letter.

Regards
Kandssamy

There may be shortage of jobs but there is also a shortage of good candidates. We as an employer are really struggling to find suitable candidates for our busy accounting firm. Only yesterday I had to fire my two staff (unfortunately both were on HSMP visas from India).

As an employer I would not mind employing some one who has right ideas and attitude though he may lack some experience (UK) but with right skills.

Cover letter is very much important as it gives the impression that it was not just mass mailer. Basically you are trying to sale your services here and you want to be as much convincing as possible.

rsathish wrote:A/c, Can you tell us why you fired those two members? Were they lacking skills?

Accountant wrote:

kandasamy wrote:Hi,

What you say is right, but I was deputed from my Indian company here, so ever get a chance to know about the HR consultants. Now also I was deputed from Indian company. If u have any list of HR consultant please let me know.
For each opening we need to modify our cover letter.

Regards
Kandssamy

There may be shortage of jobs but there is also a shortage of good candidates. We as an employer are really struggling to find suitable candidates for our busy accounting firm. Only yesterday I had to fire my two staff (unfortunately both were on HSMP visas from India).

As an employer I would not mind employing some one who has right ideas and attitude though he may lack some experience (UK) but with right skills.

Cover letter is very much important as it gives the impression that it was not just mass mailer. Basically you are trying to sale your services here and you want to be as much convincing as possible.

I can not even begin to explain how rubbish they were. Though we always try to understand the need of an employee and provide appropriate training but they still need to apply their mind. What concerned me was their attitude. Coming late in office, chatting very loudly on mobile even if we have clients in premises etc etc. no appetite to learn new things like new accounting software. If the matter was only of skill or knowledge or experience, we could make it work. But it was a matter of attitude which we can not change. After giving three warnings in writing in 3 months, we asked them to submit their resignation.

That is why I am saying there is also a shortage of right people in the market. So there is no need to worry about recession or whatever. If you have right attitude, skill, willingness and can pass that first hurdle of gatekeeper (agents) you can get that job.

Believe me after letting those two go, I am not feeling very well for 2 days now. It just feels bad firing people in these times. But I really tried very hard with them but nothing worked.