Just an update, Jobless rates in the UK are at a 13 yr high. Approx 100k are being made redundant every month. A job is now being lost every 30 seconds and McDonald's receiving 2,200 applications a day which include profiels across all segments like banking, consultancy and so on. The source for thi...

Well guys, Sure looks like a fake one.....there is almost a 0% probability of ever lining up interviews for candidates who are not local to the job. In fact, if you live in South of UK and try for an opening in the North, they must be convinced you will actually take the 4 or 5 hr train ride and go ...

I saw a few posts in here asking what the contracting agents actually do. Well the idea of a 'Contracting Agent' is very different in the UK. If you work as a contractor, you need to register a company name for yourself and have a Corporate account to manage salary and expenses. Though it is relativ...

Let me give you another example of how these 'fake' agents work 1. They advertise a non existent job and lure good candidates - some of whom are even currently working in good jobs 2. In case of unemployed candidates - They ask the candidate if they have applied anywhere else so they can then contac...

Dear Sashi1979 and netacct, Both your views and statements are totally valid and I wont take anything away from what you have written. The first thing I mentioned in my post was my reason for writing in which was to balance the complete negative atmosphere on the job hunt process here. There are key...

Hi Vishu, Answers to help your doubts. Before that just to inform you that the market is not very good. 5+ exp is ok honestly unless Babun RB, who initated this thread, can vouch for that. You say you have SOA experience so then you may stand a chance as that is pickin up a lot here in the Telecoms ...

Hi baburb, Well I think you read me wrong on the 'improve' your English part - I never once spoke of faking an accent, please never do that! People here dont want you to 'sound' English, they only want you to speak proper English. I was hinting more towards emphatic communication and it was for peop...

Hi All, It's my first post here so let me start with a quick intro. I have been visiting this board for over 5 months now and mainly to understand the immigration rules for my Tier 1 Visa. I am happy to say I did get it a month back. I have been going through this section of the forum constantly to ...