Any jobs going?

[SXOC Admin]

I am searching for a new job in the surrey area? Anyone know of anything? I do 2nd and 3rd line pc support.

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Dave Refault
Owner - Nissan200sx Web
S13 - Soon to be an animal
MKIII Turbo SupeDawg - Soon to be BPU (you know it makes sense)

[JackaL]

You'll be hard pressed to find a job in that area... I do 1st, 2nd 3rd and 4th(?) line network, server and application support, implementation, pre-sales and development. But still I can't find a local job. Everyone is laying off at the mo, as I'm sure u r aware http://300zx.co.uk/200sx/ubb/frown.gif

Added to which I'm being underpaid by about 20% http://300zx.co.uk/200sx/ubb/frown.gif

[JackaL]

Hang on... we all own fairly fast cars... why don't we go into business as professional getaway drivers for armed robbers? It's a growth market!

[SXOC Admin]

It a complete fooking nightmare in the professional world at the moment. Redundancies/pay cuts/salary freezing you name it. http://300zx.co.uk/200sx/ubb/frown.gif



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Dave Refault
Owner - Nissan200sx Web
S13 - Soon to be an animal
MKIII Turbo SupeDawg - Soon to be BPU (you know it makes sense)

[JackaL]

I work for Unisys, and we are cutting 3000 jobs, Vodafone have just announced 10% job cuts. The whole IT job market is dryer than a nuns chuff.

Good luck, just take whatever job you can get - you can always chuck it in when the economy picks up.

Train up for XP migration, that's about the only thing with a serious skills shortage, but you'd probably only be able to get contract work for that.

I hope they don't get rid of me any time soon, I want to leave when I want, not when they tell me http://300zx.co.uk/200sx/ubb/frown.gif

[SXOC Admin]

I never realised that the terriorist attacks in America would affect the world so badly. http://300zx.co.uk/200sx/ubb/frown.gif

To be honest want to work locally anyway, but as you say its very dry out there at the moment.....

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Dave Refault
Owner - Nissan200sx Web
S13 - Soon to be an animal
MKIII Turbo SupeDawg - Soon to be BPU (you know it makes sense)

[JackaL]

It was bad before the attacks, they just made it worse.

I've been looking for a new job for about 6 months, but haven't been able to find one. I think I will stay here, on s**t pay, until the market picks up again http://300zx.co.uk/200sx/ubb/frown.gif

I think my problem is nobody can afford a support consultant any more http://300zx.co.uk/200sx/ubb/frown.gif

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S14a with: 17" League 037's, Blitz NUR-Spec, K&N 57i, Blitz MSTT
Soon to have: De-cat pipe, big grippy rubber

[SXOC Admin]

I *really* hope it picks up soon. http://300zx.co.uk/200sx/ubb/frown.gif

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Dave Refault
Owner - Nissan200sx Web
S13 - Soon to be an animal
MKIII Turbo SupeDawg - Soon to be BPU (you know it makes sense)

[JackaL]

Saying that, out Global Outsourcing department is still recruiting, and I believe we have an office in Slough. Why not try looking on our web site.

[Billy]

I'm actually considering a job as, no, I can't even say it, oh well, here goes.

BUS DRIVER!!!!????!!!!

Don't all laugh at once, please.

Eh, it's grim up north. http://300zx.co.uk/200sx/ubb/smile.gif

Well, it's better than the crappy model making job (crappy job, not models) that I've been doing for the last six months, and been paid for about one day. (Bloody awfull syntax, I know)

So if anyone is looking for a highly talented, multi-skilled, but un-qualified genius/engineer/musician? (Must re-write my CV)

http://300zx.co.uk/200sx/ubb/eek.gif http://300zx.co.uk/200sx/ubb/eek.gif http://300zx.co.uk/200sx/ubb/eek.gif

[Richy_Boy]

Guess I'm lucky for just start (3 weeks ago) a Technical Support Manager Job then eh? Ferk. I found there 'seemed' to be a lot of jobs around (I'm in Reading by the way), but when applied they had all been taken up by internal placements.. b@stards!!

Anyway, sun is shining again now, and the company I am working for is going places.. http://300zx.co.uk/200sx/ubb/smile.gif

Keepp ya heads up chaps, it WILL get better soon.

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Rich
Fed up with everyone having longer Sigs...
'91 Graphite Grey S13
ND200 + SAAB IC + Jez Stage 1
Coming soon: ProjectX (Wait for RR2 for details :) )

[andyf]

Some good news - it's probably easier to get a job at CSC again if needed ... dunno about Surrey area though!

[andyf]

er yeah...
what I mean is, CSC have relaxed recruitment stuff a bit so it's a bit easier to get a job with them. Not get a job if you worked for them before innit.

[Bean]

Originally posted by Dave_Refault:


I am searching for a new job in the surrey area? Anyone know of anything? I do 2nd and 3rd line pc support.



I thought you'd only just started a new job?

It took me ages to find a job (about 6 months), I live in Surrey and now work near Oxford. The economy has been terrible to say the least for the last 6 months, not helped by the terrorist attacks obviously.

The market will pick up next year.

Sorry, can't help with PC support. I work with PC's but also with UNIX, Linux, Internet/Email services etc...

You need to diversify.

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Burgundy 95 S14, K&N Induction Kit, Blitz Nur-R Zorst, PDM Strut Bar.
224.5 bhp at the Flywheel, Interpro 28/10/2001
http://300zx.co.uk/200sx/rides/beans14/nissan3m_180_135.jpg

Linux/Solaris Trainee Guru

[SXOC Admin]

yeah I had, but the company is suffering badly. Never mind, I'll keep looking.

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Dave Refault
Owner - Nissan200sx Web
S13 - Soon to be an animal
MKIII Turbo SupeDawg - Soon to be BPU (you know it makes sense)

[Nathan_200sx]

Things are starting to pick up, Q3 next year seems to be the time people I've spoken to as the main turning point. it's not that there isnt any money about, it's just everybody is nervouse about spending it. most companies sales negotiation times have doubled since the crash in 2000. when confidence resumes the market will pick up pretty rapid.


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Nathan
Red S13 Mongoose, K&N T3 280ish BHP
Quick!!! Act as if nothing has happend!

[Jezz_S13]

Get yourselves into academia I say. http://300zx.co.uk/200sx/ubb/smile.gif

Try www.jobs.ac.uk (http://www.jobs.ac.uk) varied stress free work, loads of young totty to look at too around September time. It's great in May/June (when the 'blossom' come out) too as my office window is 2 floors above the entrance to the Library. http://300zx.co.uk/200sx/ubb/smile.gif http://300zx.co.uk/200sx/ubb/smile.gif Here puss puss. http://300zx.co.uk/200sx/ubb/biggrin.gif http://300zx.co.uk/200sx/ubb/biggrin.gif Bugger is my missus' office is even closer to the door. http://300zx.co.uk/200sx/ubb/frown.gif http://300zx.co.uk/200sx/ubb/biggrin.gif

Money is not as good as company work but the work is good, flexible and mininal stress, super fast bandwidth too.
I never thought I'd be happy to go to work.

Jezz.

[davidra]

Are you an academic then too Jezz? What subject? (i'm guessing comp.sci?)

I'm in the CSAI (comp. sci. & Artificial Intelligence) group at Sussex uny...

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Dark blue S13
K&N 57i
Dump valve
TSW Venom Alloys
Leather seats (factory)

Will soon have uprated suspension.

[Jezz_S13]

No David, not an academic I'm afraid. I work in the network team, Internet Systems Officer. I did my second degree (first really I did a HND years ago @ Bristol) here and never left. But yes CompSci, thought about and was approached about doing research but decided cash was far more important. http://300zx.co.uk/200sx/ubb/smile.gif

If I was suddenly to become rich i would self fund a PhD in a topic of my choice rather that be a skivvy to some big organisation that pays peanuts to get the best R & D possible for their new project.

I quite fancy Dr Palmer, would be funny to visit my old teachers who wrote me off years ago. Not that I blame them I may add. http://300zx.co.uk/200sx/ubb/biggrin.gif http://300zx.co.uk/200sx/ubb/biggrin.gif http://300zx.co.uk/200sx/ubb/biggrin.gif

I guess you may have heard of Phil Grant then being into AI.

Jezz.

[davidra]

yeah, I think so - is he into control systems?

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Dark blue S13
K&N 57i
Dump valve
TSW Venom Alloys
Leather seats (factory)

Will soon have uprated suspension.

[Jezz_S13]

Dunno, he use to teach me and looks like Dudley Moore. Affectoinately known as Dudley Mullet, bad hair!

I think he could be the chair of some AI research body. He's our Dean of Science (or was last year). I'll find out what he really does WRT AI.

Are you a lecturer, proper paid RA or a PhD student?

Jezz.

[davidra]

I'm a research fellow, paid (indirectly) by the DTi. I work with this company too: http://www.masagroup.net/

Quite interesting stuff (IMHO...).

It's surprising how many IT people there are on here!


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Dark blue S13
K&N 57i
Dump valve
TSW Venom Alloys
Leather seats (factory)

Will soon have uprated suspension.

[Jezz_S13]

I guess IT people are the only ones playing on the web all day s opposed to actually doing what they are paid to do.

Luckily it is what I'm paid to do!! http://300zx.co.uk/200sx/ubb/biggrin.gif http://300zx.co.uk/200sx/ubb/biggrin.gif http://300zx.co.uk/200sx/ubb/biggrin.gif
Sort of.

[davidra]

That's how I justify it too. Hey, you can't concentrate for 8 hours solid, can you?

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Dark blue S13
K&N 57i
Dump valve
TSW Venom Alloys
Leather seats (factory)

Will soon have uprated suspension.

[sideways tony]

have'nt u lot got any work to do? there's a few jobs going at the mercedes dealership i work at in london......hang on a minute we've lost all the franchises.......does anybody out there know of any jobs in the motor trade!............................fook