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  1. trance_fan

    trance_fan Registered User

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    IT jobs in Newcastle

    Any of your companies looking for IT staff?

    Agencies are fucking useless and I need a job quick smart :lol:
    trance_fan, Oct 8, 2007
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  3. ManofScience

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    there's fuck all - and the little there is - pay is peanuts.

    9 years experience
    ManofScience, Oct 8, 2007
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    i've applied for lots, but i'm not hearing much back.

    I'd rather apply to companies direct but the recruitment agencies don't list who the job is for (obviously!) so i'm drawing blanks

    Worst recruiter award goes to NRG though!
    trance_fan, Oct 8, 2007
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  5. Conway

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    What are your qualifications in?

    I've just got a job with BT as a network consultant and they have a decent referral scheme - if you're what they're after and you have a little experience I might be able to put in a good word :up:
    Conway, Oct 8, 2007
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    I've got a degree in network computing, done all the CCNA training although i've not got the actual CCNA qualification, and essentially 2 years professional experience in a systems/network admin role from my placement year, and then the same company asked me to work part time during my final year. Got a really broad range of IT skills

    Networking is what I want to go into really!

    A good word would be...well, good :p
    trance_fan, Oct 8, 2007
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  7. Conway

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    I start in a week and a bit - I'll see what the crack is then and I'll put in a good word :up:
    Conway, Oct 8, 2007
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    Cheers matey!
    trance_fan, Oct 8, 2007
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    Theres jobs in IT just outside of newcastle for sure....


    ..... take the A1, just past washington and continue about 330 miles south till you hit london ;)


    (Lack of toon IT jobs is what made me move south)
    BRID, Oct 8, 2007
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    Theres a derth of jobs in any industry up here except call centres and government.
    Phil Mitchell, Oct 8, 2007
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    Not really, there's tons of networking firms up here plus government departments, there's large datacentres and IT infrastructure up and down the region (DWP at durham house in washington for example, BT in newcastle as another), there's loads of companies doing well.

    Only problem (as I've found out first hand) is that most of them are prepared to give you a foothold unless you have an BSc, CCNA, CCNP, MSCE, and every other computing qualification ever plus years of experience...

    I've just been lucky enough to get a foot through the door.
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    I think theres just a lack of professional jobs up here full stop. I've really struggled to find a languages job, thats why I'm moving to London. So many opportunities down there :up:
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    There might be infrastructure related jobs .... but they are more support based than anything else.

    Of course people need IT jobs in most cities - but they are few and far between oop norf.

    Congrats to anyone who gets em mind - i wouldnt mind doing a contract up north if one ever came available!
    BRID, Oct 8, 2007
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  14. ManofScience

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    you get a half crown, a quart of whale oil for the house lights and 2 bags of whippet food per month :up:
    ManofScience, Oct 8, 2007
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    Thats not half bad! I get exactly the same down here except instead of whippet food i get wax for my barbour green jacket and a half pound of jellied eels!
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    dont eat too many eels they return as lead
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    EDS have swarms of people all over the north east making good coin. Also I remember when I worked in IT, BT Syntegra now BT Global Services had loads of open days offering good coin.

    This is all fact as I know people who make the £££'s.

    Of course due to masses of people being qualified in IT the help desk bod is now on par with contact centre bod ££££'s wise.

    Of course there are going to be more jobs in the capital AKA the worlds capital:p
    TheSpence, Oct 10, 2007
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    Well still having shit luck!

    I'm quite stunned at the lengths companies go to to fill even the most basic I.T. positions...it's bureaucracy gone mad.

    Really makes me question my 4 year university investment put it that way!

    Going through agencies isn't really a good idea like.
    trance_fan, Oct 22, 2007
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  19. Phil Mitchell

    Phil Mitchell check me a dollar brer?

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    Did you turndown a job because 'it was too basic'?

    if so, schoolboy error
    Phil Mitchell, Oct 22, 2007
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  20. ManofScience

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    Laz just got a bit of a spiffing job that way, it took a good few months mind, but he even got to negogiate for a few more quid - he hesitated for about 2 seconds on the phone, the agency thought he was wavering and BOSH - they offered him more coin :lol: awesome!

    admittedly, it's down 'boro - but there's "loads a' gash leek" so he tells me :laugh:
    ManofScience, Oct 22, 2007
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  21. Phil Mitchell

    Phil Mitchell check me a dollar brer?

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    He needs to change green grocers then
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