Job market

[notescontractor]

What's the job market like at present? I have been in a contract for the last 3 years and have been receiving several agency calls a month for this time, however it's all gone dead recently.
Whats going on? Have India taken all the jobs? Is it just a bad time of year or is the ecconomy still in a troubled state.
Getting a bit worried, looks like im getting released within the next six months!!!!

[Not So Wise]

Summer

[BlasterBates]

This time last year, the market was booming big time.

So just hang on for a couple of days.

[notescontractor]

Domino jobs

I have just looked on jobserve and not one Domino/Notes job advertised in the last week.

[Not So Wise]

OMG you mean people still use those systems?!?!?

[Fleetwood]

I've been looking for two weeks and have had a couple of agencies call and have been put forward for a couple of roles, but nothing concrete as yet.
I have resigned myself to earning less than I did before,however.

[notescontractor]

Notes 7 has just been released!!!!

OMG you mean people still use those systems?!?!?

As far as I'm concerned Notes beats Microsoft hands down, it is so dynamic. Great to see that they have just released version 7

Still very popular with major companies

[AlfredJPruffock]

As far as I'm concerned Notes beats Microsoft hands down, it is so dynamic. Great to see that they have just released version 7

Still very popular with major companies

Well having worked with Notes since back in 1995 and worked with IBM and Lotus themselves , I can tell you that the Notes market now sucks in terms of rates and opportunites , and in fact has been in the doldrums since 2000.

Current assignment entails the migration of notes to Exchange Outlook, you might not like it , and even though Notes is a superior product , check the ways the wind blows ...

[Mailman]

Ive had 2 interivews in the last week and have my cv out at 5 other prospective clients so I guess its not that bad at the moment.

Mailman

[allanh1]

But the new version of exchange will surely be a copy of notes after microsoft employed the guy who put most of the code into notes..