Maybe the jobs market really is beginning to look up. I'm at least finding more appropriate contracts to apply for this month.
I'm waiting for the result of an interview I had yesterday, and expect to hear today if I have been selected for interview for a second role.
Both opportunities are roles I would relish.
Having said that, I'm not easing up on my search for an assignment; competition is too tough out there to take anything for granted.
When I'm not job hunting I'm now busy working on the Stakeholder Management section of the APM's next edition of the Body of Knowledge (BoK), so at least I'm keeping my brain ticking over.
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Showing posts with label economy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label economy. Show all posts
Friday, 13 August 2010
Tuesday, 13 July 2010
Stuttering Job Market
I'm seeing some improvements in the job market for interims.
The financial services sector has been busy for some time and now other areas of the economy are waking up to the fact that they cannot stagnate because times are hard.
I expect to see some areas of the public sector become more buoyant as the extent of Government intentions becomes clearer, whilst other areas, of course, will retrench.
One area that will come on strong will be online gaming
PWC recently forecast that annual gambling revenue will top US$155 billion by 2012 and a survey conducted by TNS and Gamesindustry.com estimated that there are 13.3 million Britons playing on various games portals, spending £280m on online games and £170m on mobile games last year.
I believe that more and more of that will be generated by online gaming as governments, strapped for cash, realise that, by softening their stance to online gambling they can generate massive new tax revenues.
This will inevitably benefit interims and freelancers as companies scale up their development operations. Bring on those better times!
The financial services sector has been busy for some time and now other areas of the economy are waking up to the fact that they cannot stagnate because times are hard.
I expect to see some areas of the public sector become more buoyant as the extent of Government intentions becomes clearer, whilst other areas, of course, will retrench.
One area that will come on strong will be online gaming
PWC recently forecast that annual gambling revenue will top US$155 billion by 2012 and a survey conducted by TNS and Gamesindustry.com estimated that there are 13.3 million Britons playing on various games portals, spending £280m on online games and £170m on mobile games last year.
I believe that more and more of that will be generated by online gaming as governments, strapped for cash, realise that, by softening their stance to online gambling they can generate massive new tax revenues.
This will inevitably benefit interims and freelancers as companies scale up their development operations. Bring on those better times!
Wednesday, 23 June 2010
The Budget
All things considered, yesterday's budget seems to be a wise one to me.
It's a refreshing change to hear a long-term budget instead of one crafted to garner short-term support for the governing party.
Many of the things the Chancellor addressed are things most people have been aware of for years, but nothing has ever been done.
Hopefully now the public sector will reign in its spending on multi-national accountancy consultancies and taxpayers' money will be spent prudently. Other changes should stimulate the economy for everyone's benefit.
It's likely to be a rocky ride, but let's hang in there and hope for the best!
It's a refreshing change to hear a long-term budget instead of one crafted to garner short-term support for the governing party.
Many of the things the Chancellor addressed are things most people have been aware of for years, but nothing has ever been done.
Hopefully now the public sector will reign in its spending on multi-national accountancy consultancies and taxpayers' money will be spent prudently. Other changes should stimulate the economy for everyone's benefit.
It's likely to be a rocky ride, but let's hang in there and hope for the best!
Wednesday, 3 March 2010
The threat of a hung parliament
I think that the threat of a hung parliament is making the private sector as cautious as the public sector.
the public sector will kick off very few initiatives when there is so much uncertainty about who will form the next government. The private sector minds less so, but when the UK runs the risk of a hung parliament, and therefore an ineffectual government, even the private sector becomes nervous.
A hung parliament will be dreadful because it normally leads to another election about six months later, which means uncertainty for the whole of the country until 2011!
Currently, the only exceptions to the trend seem to be banking - particularly investment banking - and the NHS. The banking sector needs to regroup after the huge number of redundancies a year ago, and the NHS seems to be in a permanent state of flux so no surprise there.
The only frustrating thing for an interim like me is that, in the current buyers' market, the banks can be extremely precise about what experience they require, and the NHS totters along trying to introduce change but insisting on interims with extensive NHS experience. If you want change, you need a new broom!
the public sector will kick off very few initiatives when there is so much uncertainty about who will form the next government. The private sector minds less so, but when the UK runs the risk of a hung parliament, and therefore an ineffectual government, even the private sector becomes nervous.
A hung parliament will be dreadful because it normally leads to another election about six months later, which means uncertainty for the whole of the country until 2011!
Currently, the only exceptions to the trend seem to be banking - particularly investment banking - and the NHS. The banking sector needs to regroup after the huge number of redundancies a year ago, and the NHS seems to be in a permanent state of flux so no surprise there.
The only frustrating thing for an interim like me is that, in the current buyers' market, the banks can be extremely precise about what experience they require, and the NHS totters along trying to introduce change but insisting on interims with extensive NHS experience. If you want change, you need a new broom!
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