How to apply for jobs & get a job in UK during this reci

[sureshep]

Well, I will tell my story .......got Tier 1 stamped in Dec 2008 from India and waited till March 15th 2009 to get the market up and thought that there will be a difference........but there was no difference, in fact it was going worse.

I am an SAP Consultant with over 5 years of hands on experience and SAP certificatied.

Applied for jobs through internet sitting here in India........but there was no single call and finally I came to know that......most of those all jobs are fake and useless.

I enquired and contacted few of my friends in UK for any vacancies.....luckily one call got materilized and was shortlisted for technical interview. The agency asked me to wait for some time.....hence I waited and finally I came to know that position itselfs closed due cost/budget issue.

Doing some more research, I came to know that contractors/agencies will never easily take candidates easily and moreover they would play with our resumes.

Now, looking at all these things - I wonder how a candidate can get a job in UK with the help of these Internet job portals, agencies etc., in UK ? In these conditions, how can we get a job .....what is the best source in job search ?

Can we leave the current jobs here which is quite good role and go to UK for job search seeing the current market conditions.

What if we wait for a long period there till we get a job and till the market picks up (which is unknown).

What about the visa conditions for initial entry to UK once the visa is stamped, people say we need to travel within 6 months ?

Anybody seniors.....plz help and share your experiences in getting the jobs in UK. Thank you for your time and patience for reading this thread. Looking forward to your kind and earliest responses.



Regards,
Suresh

[ashishashah]

well, market is dead..And No one will call you in India ,there are many IT prefressionals in UK,with UK exp waiting for a job..Unless you have specialised skills(Dont know if SAP is a skill which no one has in UK) ,u wont get a job.
One more issue with SAP skill is that,it is very costly to implement it and none of the co. is willing to implement such a costly package..
think twice before coming to London,as it is very expensive and you will spend at least 1000 GBP per month staying in shared accomodation...

[cooolz]

What are specialised skills in UK ?

I have 6+ years in software development in

Telecom Prepaid, Postpaid and VAS Applications
Telecom Intelligent Networks.
and in
Telecom IN Services Installation , Provisioning and Management.

What you think about this field ?

well, market is dead..And No one will call you in India ,there are many IT prefressionals in UK,with UK exp waiting for a job..Unless you have specialised skills(Dont know if SAP is a skill which no one has in UK) ,u wont get a job.
One more issue with SAP skill is that,it is very costly to implement it and none of the co. is willing to implement such a costly package..
think twice before coming to London,as it is very expensive and you will spend at least 1000 GBP per month staying in shared accomodation...