Re: How is the job market in your area?

[Bruce Byfield <bbyfield -at- axionet -dot- com>]

The job market in Vancouver, Canada seems fairly robust, right now. Or, 
at least it is for me. I'm having no trouble working steadily as a 
contractor.


I suspect, though, that full-timers are worse off. Many of the jobs 
advertised on the boards or in the paper are what I'd call marginal: 
they're not very interesting, or else they demand an unusual combination 
of skills that very few people are likely to have. You know: three years 
C++ experience with an advanced degree in commercial design."


As  an aside, I can't help noticing that many answers about the job 
market recently are a variation of "Things are awful. There are no jobs 
on the local STC or high-tech boards." So, maybe it's worth emphasizing 
yet again: spending ten minutes a day scanning job postings is not the 
way to find work. None of my last half dozen contracts was advertised 
anywhere. They weren't even left with a headhunter. I went out and found 
them; it's much more work, but I greatly reduce the competitition. 
Perhaps I'm wronging people - I'm sure that there must be people doing 
everything that I do and not finding work - but I can't help thinking 
that the problem is often not so much a lack of work as a lack of 
imagination.

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Bruce Byfield 604.421.7177 bbyfield -at- axionet -dot- com

"I'm not afraid of gambling, I just want some odds, that's all."
-The Mollys, "Come on Strong and Run"







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