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by kratosvastik
Tue Mar 03, 2009 3:17 am
Forum: Employment offers and job seekers
Topic: Recession+credit crunch:overuse and realities
Replies: 43
Views: 11326

Out of all the topics and all the posts on here the simple fact is, if you have the confidence, experience and drive then you will find a job in the UK. If you only have a bachelors and 2 years of experience, chances are you will not :( Well summed up. To motivate others by saying that you are wort...
by kratosvastik
Mon Mar 02, 2009 8:37 pm
Forum: Employment offers and job seekers
Topic: Recession+credit crunch:overuse and realities
Replies: 43
Views: 11326

If you have a degree and have been working in your relevent field with a proven track record for 3 - 4 Years + with international companies and then decide to come to the UK on a Tier 1 after already scouting out the job market from your current country then yes you will find a job. If you have jus...
by kratosvastik
Sun Mar 01, 2009 5:33 pm
Forum: Employment offers and job seekers
Topic: Recession+credit crunch:overuse and realities
Replies: 43
Views: 11326

please dont try to make a competition out of who is trying to helping people more or who is more saintly here. I am just one voice in a sea of people who have same opinion as you. If you think highly skilled people are just taking my word for it , ignoring all the worlds warning against coming here,...
by kratosvastik
Sun Mar 01, 2009 5:22 pm
Forum: Employment offers and job seekers
Topic: Recession+credit crunch:overuse and realities
Replies: 43
Views: 11326

two jobs in four weeks. and just one agent wants me because of my niche thing i developed in my earlier work. (ajax front end stuff) Its true what happened to me, everything.. so I should just shut up if its too good to be true for majority people here? I felt i should tell everyone personally what ...
by kratosvastik
Sun Mar 01, 2009 4:42 pm
Forum: Employment offers and job seekers
Topic: Recession+credit crunch:overuse and realities
Replies: 43
Views: 11326

Re: Recession+credit crunch:overuse and realities

wow housing we need two weeks ! ahem.. housing can be arranged easily from India .. but now i can see this discussion can sound dreamy to some people! Thanks for your cool reality check Sharat! kratosvastik, For proper house search, even two weeks can be less in UK. The rental agents are crazy in t...
by kratosvastik
Sun Mar 01, 2009 4:09 pm
Forum: Employment offers and job seekers
Topic: Recession+credit crunch:overuse and realities
Replies: 43
Views: 11326

The other job offer I have is for over 45k but its tough work for even this amount and a lot of other hassles involved. I am preferring to stay cool in London and stick to this job which saved me from a possible desperation. I have to give them an answer tomorrow , so not looking forward to saying ...
by kratosvastik
Sun Mar 01, 2009 2:31 pm
Forum: Employment offers and job seekers
Topic: Recession+credit crunch:overuse and realities
Replies: 43
Views: 11326

Re: Recession+credit crunch:overuse and realities

wow housing we need two weeks ! ahem.. housing can be arranged easily from India .. but now i can see this discussion can sound dreamy to some people! Thanks for your cool reality check Sharat! Yet another one. "UK House hunting" from India. Nice stories - keep them coming, interesting to...
by kratosvastik
Sun Mar 01, 2009 2:26 pm
Forum: Employment offers and job seekers
Topic: Recession+credit crunch:overuse and realities
Replies: 43
Views: 11326

dude ..Congrats for your job ..I see you are quite optimistic like me 8) But nevertheless , the market is almost dead now , I am working in a Tier1 Investment bank in the City as a consultant ..& I know how bad the condition in financials are ..! btw if u don't mind , is ur 'ecommerce' firm pay...
by kratosvastik
Sun Mar 01, 2009 2:21 pm
Forum: Employment offers and job seekers
Topic: Recession+credit crunch:overuse and realities
Replies: 43
Views: 11326

Re: Recession+credit crunch:overuse and realities

Reality: within two weeks found my dream job: level-senior level (2 interviews) - time span for whole transaction - 2 days on fourth week: got a job paying 1.5 times first job, level - senior (5 interviews) time taken - 5 days. I do not get it. Job hunting is a 2 weeks 'transaction' ???? With all r...
by kratosvastik
Sun Mar 01, 2009 11:38 am
Forum: Employment offers and job seekers
Topic: Recession+credit crunch:overuse and realities
Replies: 43
Views: 11326

Wow! OK man :) market is dead! I agree
but not for me!! I am sorry about that :) - I have some work to do, we can pick this up later maybe.

Have a great sunday :D
by kratosvastik
Sun Mar 01, 2009 10:57 am
Forum: Employment offers and job seekers
Topic: Recession+credit crunch:overuse and realities
Replies: 43
Views: 11326

OK, I do not know many people here and this experience has only been mine. I do have some professional certifications with exceptional scores (100%) and a wide array of provable skills. nshar1 , did you read my post about small companies going strong in the market ? That is actually true. To clear u...
by kratosvastik
Sun Mar 01, 2009 12:43 am
Forum: Employment offers and job seekers
Topic: Recession+credit crunch:overuse and realities
Replies: 43
Views: 11326

Dear nshar1, I think you are being misguided by reasons only you are aware of to form such an opinion. The job offers I am getting are not about ATG at all and my current job is just about normal ecommerce website and that too opensource. Now I really do not believe having ecommerce website experien...
by kratosvastik
Sat Feb 28, 2009 10:57 am
Forum: Employment offers and job seekers
Topic: Recession+credit crunch:overuse and realities
Replies: 43
Views: 11326

Re: Recession+credit crunch:overuse and realities

prajapativijay wrote:Hi kratosvastik,

Could you please give me your email id? As I am having Tier-1 Visa and coming to UK in mid April. I am having 5 yrs. of experience in Java/J2ee and most of it in Java Web Development. I would like to forward my CV to you.

Thank you,
Vijay Prajapati
pm ed you
by kratosvastik
Sat Feb 28, 2009 10:55 am
Forum: Employment offers and job seekers
Topic: Recession+credit crunch:overuse and realities
Replies: 43
Views: 11326

Hi kratosvastik, I am having the 5+ exp in EAI i.e Java,J2ee and SOA on WBIMB,Oracle SOA suite,build and deployment for Integration environment. How is the job market for this kind of profiles. I am having the Tier 1 visa and planing to come to UK after April. Thanks, Ravi I think if you are really...
by kratosvastik
Fri Feb 27, 2009 11:30 pm
Forum: Employment offers and job seekers
Topic: Recession+credit crunch:overuse and realities
Replies: 43
Views: 11326

nope :)
by kratosvastik
Fri Feb 27, 2009 10:26 pm
Forum: Employment offers and job seekers
Topic: Recession+credit crunch:overuse and realities
Replies: 43
Views: 11326

Recession+credit crunch:overuse and realities

I am sick of the above two words, reading about them day and night , in print, on tv. I fully believed that I would die of hunger once I land on this great country. Reality: within two weeks found my dream job: level-senior level (2 interviews) - time span for whole transaction - 2 days on fourth we...
by kratosvastik
Thu Feb 26, 2009 12:07 pm
Forum: Employment offers and job seekers
Topic: Current IT job market in UK
Replies: 119
Views: 48316

IT market is dead and burried here? wow :) - overstatement to say the least
by kratosvastik
Thu Feb 26, 2009 12:04 pm
Forum: Employment offers and job seekers
Topic: time taken to get a job in UK
Replies: 88
Views: 36969

job market is not dead at all
by kratosvastik
Tue Feb 24, 2009 9:52 pm
Forum: UK Tier 1 (General) Visas
Topic: Changes Very soon in Tier 1
Replies: 522
Views: 154398

1. Speculation right now is useless. 2. This is happening now. even if nothing happens to you now, it may in future at someones whim. 3. Understand above: Contribute, Unite and fight;none is going to win this alone. 4. This country has turned hostile for whatever reasons. Reality is do you really wa...
by kratosvastik
Mon Feb 23, 2009 10:09 pm
Forum: Employment offers and job seekers
Topic: Feb 2009 Job search experience and tips
Replies: 56
Views: 17200

hehe man be serious! peoples lives are at stake (almost) :)
by kratosvastik
Mon Feb 23, 2009 3:08 pm
Forum: Employment offers and job seekers
Topic: Feb 2009 Job search experience and tips
Replies: 56
Views: 17200

Sucks!

What does it mean for extension applications!

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/New- ... 169878.cms

Guess its home sweet home for me soon :) hehe
by kratosvastik
Wed Feb 18, 2009 7:37 pm
Forum: Employment offers and job seekers
Topic: Feb 2009 Job search experience and tips
Replies: 56
Views: 17200

Hi Everyone,

Go to iprofile.org please! Its the template I followed.
by kratosvastik
Mon Feb 16, 2009 9:21 pm
Forum: Employment offers and job seekers
Topic: Feb 2009 Job search experience and tips
Replies: 56
Views: 17200

here I am back again guys :D was first day at office and I am excited to do my best in the coming months as fate has dropped me this job and I want to make the most of it. I am single and money is more than enough for me. I plan to take up a one room apartment somewhere near the center (zone 2 hopef...
by kratosvastik
Thu Feb 12, 2009 5:57 pm
Forum: Employment offers and job seekers
Topic: Feb 2009 Job search experience and tips
Replies: 56
Views: 17200

:) thank you. Yes, the interview got "non -technical" in a way that we got to discussing the business side of things a bit more, new ideas and future vision etc. I cannot answer pointy or vague questions like "hows the job market" or "will i get a job" as simply i do no...
by kratosvastik
Thu Feb 12, 2009 10:56 am
Forum: Employment offers and job seekers
Topic: Feb 2009 Job search experience and tips
Replies: 56
Views: 17200

Thank you guys :D

interview went on for 2 hours as it became more of a discussion later on with people joining in :), I began enjoying it a bit.