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kratosvastik wrote:Hi,
I have been a silent viewer of this forum for quite some time now. So have decided to contribute a bit.
I arrived in London on 28th Jan. Absolutely no problem at the airport. They did not ask for my XRAY or any other weird questions. In short even less hassle than getting off in India.
Now we all know recession is here. My advise is if you are not the adventurous type and a family man with dependents on your current job, do not come here right now.
I came because I wanted to be here, recession or not. Knowing I could have a hard time finding a job here, I started freelancing work and can at least earn enough for my rent in the little time I devote to it, Rest of the time will be for job search.
If things go really bad for the next two months, I will take up some partime/full time supermarkets kind of job anywhere, just to get along. The point is I am enjoying my stay here even with the cold and wetness
I am a j2ee/atg developer with over four and half years of experience. I have a couple of certifications with pretty good marks, worth advertising in the resume.
Resume is important. Please don't shy away from showing what you did, how it benefited, your strong points.
Now a day ago, I reformatted, added more details of my past work experience, in general "professionalized" the resume spending a good half day on it and put it on some job sites and begun applying for jobs also. Providing a cover letter for each is a bit of pain.
I got a call for working in Egypt. then Amsterdam. Both of them really pushing me to go to those places, sponsoring my visa and everything. I had to refuse as I don't want to be out of UK much. The Amsterdam guy said that my resume is really great and will be on the lookout for me. They both did not ask me if i have applied anywhere else, or other stupid questions.
I just now got a call from a consultant , he asked me if i applied anywhere bla bla get back to me. Its easy to filter these ones out . I just told him I have just started applying.
While on the lookout, do try to keep your travel to a minimum here as its expensive and also food can be managed very well under 4 pounds per day. Its great for non vegetarians .
My humble opinion is: for the long run, its not the money you will stay here for, take all this risk right now only if you can really appreciate in your own way or reasons, the life here.
I will keep this thread posted on my success and failures both. Please feel free to ask me any questions about steps after you get the visa and stuff as they are still fresh in my mind.
Try to be positive always
(1) Job Search / Agency calls:kalstime wrote: 1) What is the frequency of genuine job calls we will be getting on dot net/ Java platforms ?
2) What will be the monthly expenditure for food, rent etc on shared basis?
I don't know what has given you this courage.. Anybody thinking of coming to UK in this environment is risking way too much.kalstime wrote:Hi
Good to read your experience.I have plans to visit UK on march 22nd and start same way as you are , "Searching job". And your words has given enough courage to me to come there for searching jobs.
Never, ever enter UK without arranging atleast 2 interviews. Start applying from India itself, you can judge situation from India. If you have good skills, you will get calls, tell agents that, you will be comming on so and so date if you are able to arrange interviews. If you think your CV worth entering UK, then you can get response in India as well(but mention that you are willing to come to UK to attend interviews).kalstime wrote:Hi
Good to read your experience.I have plans to visit UK on march 22nd and start same way as you are , "Searching job". And your words has given enough courage to me to come there for searching jobs.
I have certain doubts which i feel you will certainly help me out in those.
1) What is the frequency of genuine job calls we will be getting on dot net/ Java platforms ?
2) What will be the monthly expenditure for food, rent etc on shared basis?
By the way i have valid tier 1 visa and have 6+ years exp in Microsoft tech.
Always positive ...
kratosvastik wrote:Hi,
I have been a silent viewer of this forum for quite some time now. So have decided to contribute a bit.
I arrived in London on 28th Jan. Absolutely no problem at the airport. They did not ask for my XRAY or any other weird questions. In short even less hassle than getting off in India.
Now we all know recession is here. My advise is if you are not the adventurous type and a family man with dependents on your current job, do not come here right now.
I came because I wanted to be here, recession or not. Knowing I could have a hard time finding a job here, I started freelancing work and can at least earn enough for my rent in the little time I devote to it, Rest of the time will be for job search.
If things go really bad for the next two months, I will take up some partime/full time supermarkets kind of job anywhere, just to get along. The point is I am enjoying my stay here even with the cold and wetness
I am a j2ee/atg developer with over four and half years of experience. I have a couple of certifications with pretty good marks, worth advertising in the resume.
Resume is important. Please don't shy away from showing what you did, how it benefited, your strong points.
Now a day ago, I reformatted, added more details of my past work experience, in general "professionalized" the resume spending a good half day on it and put it on some job sites and begun applying for jobs also. Providing a cover letter for each is a bit of pain.
I got a call for working in Egypt. then Amsterdam. Both of them really pushing me to go to those places, sponsoring my visa and everything. I had to refuse as I don't want to be out of UK much. The Amsterdam guy said that my resume is really great and will be on the lookout for me. They both did not ask me if i have applied anywhere else, or other stupid questions.
I just now got a call from a consultant , he asked me if i applied anywhere bla bla get back to me. Its easy to filter these ones out . I just told him I have just started applying.
While on the lookout, do try to keep your travel to a minimum here as its expensive and also food can be managed very well under 4 pounds per day. Its great for non vegetarians .
My humble opinion is: for the long run, its not the money you will stay here for, take all this risk right now only if you can really appreciate in your own way or reasons, the life here.
I will keep this thread posted on my success and failures both. Please feel free to ask me any questions about steps after you get the visa and stuff as they are still fresh in my mind.
Try to be positive always
Room sharing is a good idea to save money, but be very careful with whom you are sharing the room. Whether you are liable to pay council taxes or utility bills. Whether the deposit you pay will be returned when you vacate. Please note that the address will be in your history of staying at UK. If your roommate defaults in anything, ensure that this does not affect your credit history.kratosvastik wrote:@custodian
If you can adapt to room sharing, costs are even 55 pounds per week at outskirts of London.
Very good advice Jk2007. Thanks.Jk2007 wrote:Please note that the address will be in your history of staying at UK. If your roommate defaults in anything, ensure that this does not affect your credit history.kratosvastik wrote:@custodian
If you can adapt to room sharing, costs are even 55 pounds per week at outskirts of London.
tell the fakes that you have received calls from their office itself to join them as hiring consultant... Should get them thinking at least for a secondkratosvastik wrote:Monday and I have begun getting fake recruitment calls. I do not mind these guys, but they do sound desperate and a bit angry as they waste my time . Also getting some genuine ones.
Moment someone asks you : have you got any interviews scheduled?- its a fake. Real ones are more interested in skills and experience.
Good one!QEF8DD wrote:tell the fakes that you have received calls from their office itself to join them as hiring consultant... Should get them thinking at least for a secondkratosvastik wrote:Monday and I have begun getting fake recruitment calls. I do not mind these guys, but they do sound desperate and a bit angry as they waste my time . Also getting some genuine ones.
Moment someone asks you : have you got any interviews scheduled?- its a fake. Real ones are more interested in skills and experience.
Not necessarily that fake recruiters always ask silly questions. There are multiple instances where they do not give a call because all they wanted is collect as many CVs they can. When we try to contact them, they probably will tell you the profile doesn't meets the expectation for some silly reasons. There was one guy (I wouldn't mind disclosing the agency name - RFL Resourcing) who said that the particular client is only looking for British people for that job !!kratosvastik wrote:Hi,
I have been a silent viewer of this forum for quite some time now. So have decided to contribute a bit.
Try to be positive always