Anyone else notice the job market is still very bad?

Looking at ads for financial jobs, they seem fewer and fewer these days… I am also speaking to make people who recently got let go… Ready for the double dip?

I didn’t realize we were even out of the first dip.

What did the people who were recently let go do?

Agree with what others are seeing. There was a spike in November and then year end killed it and, if I was to make a prediction, it’s probably dead until bonus season’s over. So figure mid-february it starts getting very interesting.

I just spoke to an agent from one of the top tier agencies in London and he’s take was that your best bet at the moment is to tap your own network or even cold call. This is especially the case if, like me, you are shifting direction in your career.

Ya it sucks. Most of the hiring is internal right now.