For November there is a lot of job activity! Ive been contacted about 3 jobs in the last 10 days and I am starting a new contract on Monday!
I joined the market here in Brisbane in Jan and I found that as Scott puts it "the radar" started to bleep around Late Jan/ Early Feb boarder On Wed, 24 Nov 2004 09:46:34 +1000, Scott Barnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I agree with Geoff, I was totally suprised to even get a job this time of > year (hopefully i can settle down now! as god knows i'm sick of > interviews...if i get asked 'were do i see myself in 5 years' i'll gag... > hehee). Typically XMAS (feb/jan) has always been my bad time of the year, > where the $$ i put away for a rainy day start getting tapped. > > I would also throw in February in there as well, as typically Feb is > around the time you start seeing the radar become a bit more active. Also > June/July are crappy months for obvious reasons, financial year budgets > get finalised and proposals get accepted etc. > > I think Coldfusion 7 will put the product back on the radar, and get > folks more interested as its got a lot of OO potential thrown around it > (multithreading, events etc). Not to mention reporting capabilities that > are un-matched by others. That alone will make the bean counters drool > with delight (HTML to PDF/SWF with no effort? come on..thats a really good > selling point alone). > > I think just a bit more patience is required... > > Scott Out. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 24/11/2004 09:15:32 AM: > > > > > Scott Barnes wrote: > > > hmm, I see your point but I partially agree to it. > > > Go to Careerone.com.au, search for Brisbane, enter java, asp, php, > cold > > > fusion, coldfusion, web, html etc.. > > > You'll see the pattern slim pickings. > > > > I don't know about other firms but Daemon never hires people on the lead > > > into Dec/Jan. It's possibly the slowest time of the year traditionally > > in Australia. The anecdotal evidence of looking for job data at this > > time of year is not really going to be great. > > > > The stark reality is that many IT jobs have effectively become blue > > collar, low margin, body shop like work. We're very much a service > > industry with lumpy revenue and fixed costs. It's something like a > > seven year cycle from crash to recovery and we're only half way there. > > > > Personally I don't think the grass is all that greener on the other > > side. That said, the trend we see is web application development > > getting stronger and stronger. We haven't really had CF raised as an > > issue for many years -- its more about the solution and its support > > rather than the platform. But then we're a company talking not an > > individual contractor. > > > > Just thought I'd share.. CF's future looks pretty bright to me. > > > > -- geoff > > http://www.daemon.com.au/ > > > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to cfaussie as: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Aussie Macromedia Developers: http://lists.daemon.com.au/ > > > To unsubscribe from this email please forward this email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > This email message is confidential and may be privileged. If you are not the > intended recipient > please forward the email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and delete the original. > > ABN AMRO Morgans Limited and its associates hold or may hold securities in > the companies/trusts mentioned herein. > Any general advice included in this email has been prepared without taking > into account your objectives, financial situation or needs. > Before acting on the advice, you should consider its appropriateness or > discuss with one of our investment advisors. > > ABN AMRO Morgans Limited (ABN 49 010 669 726 AFSL 235410) A Participant of > ASX Group. > A principal member of the Financial Planing Association. > > > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to cfaussie as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Aussie Macromedia Developers: http://lists.daemon.com.au/ > --- You are currently subscribed to cfaussie as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Aussie Macromedia Developers: http://lists.daemon.com.au/
