Just his anecdotal observations that the companies in his industry aren't hiring as much. My company (and some others I'm aware of) still are.Christi123 wrote:Wd40 please can you clarify what you mean when you sat its not a good time for an IT guy. Is there any particular reason for this, a general slow down or the season??
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And if I believe the coffee shop chat at a building near to my work place, a big employer has set targets to trim 60% of their IT work force here .. to be completed by Feb !!!zzm9980 wrote:Just his anecdotal observations that the companies in his industry aren't hiring as much. My company (and some others I'm aware of) still are.Christi123 wrote:Wd40 please can you clarify what you mean when you sat its not a good time for an IT guy. Is there any particular reason for this, a general slow down or the season??
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Sure. There are 2 kinds of IT jobs here, well may be more. But mainly its the captive centres like banks having their IT operations here or pure IT firms that cater to local clients. The latter are neither in large numbers nor do they pay like the way the banks do.Christi123 wrote:Wd40 please can you clarify what you mean when you sat its not a good time for an IT guy. Is there any particular reason for this, a general slow down or the season??
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I agree with you to an extent, but you know something as generic as java returns only 98 results worries me, because when you search for something more specific you will end up with only 4 or 5 results whereas in the uk may be 40-50. I would back myself to compete for those 40-50 positions but to compete for just 4-5 slots is tougher because those positions are not just advertised in Singapore rather a recruiter can easily get someone from India or the peens for a much lower salary and visa wouldn't be too much of a problem unlike the UK.sundaymorningstaple wrote:Not a very good analysis. The population of the UK is 62 M while the population of Singapore is 5 M. Now let's see.....
If you do the numbers you will find that the percentage of IT jobs relative to the whole population is identical.
Is that a fact or just another assumption?Wd40 wrote:I agree with you to an extent, but you know something as generic as java returns only 98 results worries me, because when you search for something more specific you will end up with only 4 or 5 results whereas in the uk may be 40-50. I would back myself to compete for those 40-50 positions but to compete for just 4-5 slots is tougher because those positions are not just advertised in Singapore rather a recruiter can easily get someone from India or the peens for a much lower salary and visa wouldn't be too much of a problem unlike the UK.sundaymorningstaple wrote:Not a very good analysis. The population of the UK is 62 M while the population of Singapore is 5 M. Now let's see.....
If you do the numbers you will find that the percentage of IT jobs relative to the whole population is identical.
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