RE: RPG jobs

Do you think things will pick up in April?

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Kahn, David [JNJFR] [mailto:DKahn1@JNJFR.JNJ.com]
>Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 1999 10:43 AM
>To: 'RPG400-L@midrange.com'
>Subject: RE: RPG jobs
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>
>Yes, the UK contract market is extremely depressed at the 
>moment. Jobs are
>few and far between and rates are low. That's the reason I'm currently
>working in France. Following a successful project my contract 
>ends on Friday
>and there is nothing at all on the horizon. I'm also planning 
>to use any
>slack time to develop new skills, particularly Java.
>
>I've also heard that a general Y2K development freeze is the 
>main cause, and
>all these years I've been predicting that the last months of 
>1999 would be
>boom time for contractors. :-(
>
>Dave Kahn
>Johnson & Johnson International (Ethicon) France
>Phone : +33 1 55 00 3180
>Email :  dkahn1@jnjfr.jnj.com (work)
>          dkahn@cix.co.uk      (home)
>
>
>-----Message d'origine-----
>De: Fred Mitchell [mailto:fred@fredmitch.freeserve.co.uk]
>Date: 12 October 1999 09:53
>À: RPG400-L@midrange.com
>Objet: RE: RPG jobs
>
>
>I have found it similar here in the UK.  I spent 6 weeks out 
>of work before
>I found my current contract which is over 300 miles from home 
>and is paying
>a much lower rate than my last. I get the feeling that 
>everyone is putting
>off new work until next year and at the moment, I am hanging 
>on hoping the
>market will improve about February next year.  I am also using 
>this time to
>get further into ILE and Java.
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