It's official. We are in a recession.

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Awesome video! NERD - Sooner or Later

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As usual... stolen from Barry.

 

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In theory, elite IT candidates are falling from trees right now. Storage Admins are working for $12/hr and break-fix can be had for minimum wage! :lol:

Unfortunately elite IT job reqs aren't flowing any longer from companies. Our candidate database is indeed swelling while the jobs database is shrinking every day. We just had another high-end perm opportunity for a big OC employer go busto due to budget constraints. That is the 2nd one in as many months...

What markets (i.e. segment of the IT industry) do you work in? Though I am not looking, I still get contacted by numerous recruiters every day.

40% of our business is Oracle, Peoplesoft, and JDE consulting/consultants/projects. The remaining 60% is all IT staffing/recruiting, from CIO/VP level on down to desktop support jockeys. We work primarily in four metros, SoCal, Charlotte, Phoenix, and Denver.

Thanks. I can understand the ERP business taking a hit. With the time and money commitments involved, the current uncertainty in the economy has to take a toll. Plus with the rise of Software as a Service companies like Netsuite and CRM, the idea of engaging in multi-year multi-million dollar software implementations is less attractive.

But that's not the area I work in.

I do specialized applications that are targeted to a specialized market niche. So far recruiters are still actively trying to get me to jump.

You probably worked with many good friends of mine. They all hated it but for engineering grads in the late 80s and 90s consulting paid the big $$.

Netsuite ROCKS! Full blown all in one Accounting/WEB/ERP application to take care of the little guys like me. I remember implementing SAP and Peoplesoft working for Accenture ten years ago. I hated by job with a passion.