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I’ve been hunting since late November but holidays, blizzard and weather are killing me.

Recruiters rarely return calls, I’m having some luck with one recruiter.

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Looking, job market seems crappy, took about 1 month until I started getting calls back.

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Dismal luck mate, dismal luck. I’ve spent about 12+ months looking for remote work (still looking) and 4 or 5 looking for anything worth moving for.

Salaries are down, housing is up, and the market is flooded because everyone seems to be looking for something new.

I’ve had a couple phone interviews, one I failed the tech interview, the others failed when we started talking money. I’ve had two in person interviews -Both required 5+ hours of driving one way. One I knew there wasn’t much chance but what the hell right? the other I missed out to someone with more current skills. (i think money was a bigger factor)

Other than that, mostly people wasting my time with 6 month contracts and stuff that pays half my current salary in places where the cost of living is 3 times what it is here.

Just keep trying, It’s as much about luck as it is anything else right now.

I got three calls today, two wasting my time, one that might actually be worth something. I’ll know more after work.

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4

I see a lot of Skype interviews, this is new to me.

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It gives the employer the warm and fuzzy of a face to face without the cost of a plane ticket. I’d rather just a phone call than the video call myself. Most of my video chats have been with recruiters not actual employers, but none of them have come back to me with anything, and I’m not expecting them to.

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The problem with a recovering market. Now that everyone isn’t terrified that the economy is about to end, everyone is looking for an out of the company that did them wrong for the past… 8 years? Buddy who works for a larger MSP says the same thing about his workers. They’re all looking. Every single one of his techs. lol. He’s dreading the day they all get hired and he has no coverage for his contracts.

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Always on the look out. You never know when the dream post for you will become available.

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Stinks to hear this, I wish you the best of luck.

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Cost of a plane ticket? Every interview I’ve had, or anyone I know has had, they’ve had to cover the transport costs, even if they got the job.

Is the employer covering/reimbursing the cost of travelling to the interview normal in your area because it doesn’t seem to be in the UK?

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It’s who you know. Talk to your network, attend SpiceCorps meetings. Every single job I’ve gotten excluding my first one out of high school has been because I’ve known someone that gave me an “in” and a recommendation. While I may have received the job offer based on my merits, resume, and interview, my resume would likely not have even been looked at for more than a few seconds if someone I knew didn’t give my name to the hiring manager.

Good luck man, hope you find something soon.

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Once upon a time, it was common - not so much now. In all honesty it’s been 15 years since I actually looked for a job. My current one fell in my lap.

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I decided my goal for 2016 is to get a new job. Like they say, easier to find a job if you already have a job, right?

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I’m definitely looking - but no luck so far for me, either. And I’ve expanded my search to pretty much the whole country - but that means I now have no idea where to begin looking.

I may need to just find a good placement/recruiting company and let them do the searching for me.

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January: Contract job ended suddenly.

Got an interview and offer 2 weeks later; accepted.

While waiting for official paperwork, got another interview and nearly equivalent offer. But Offer 2 is in town vs 45 mile commute to Offer 1. So, took Offer 2 instead.

Then, waiting for start date, got 3rd interview for even better position… and then an interview for another contract position which pays 40% more than new job…

Dunno what I’m doing different than in the past. Maybe I’m interviewing without a stench of desperation on me now…?

Hope it gets better for you, Curtis!