I've been looking for work for a few months now. In times past, I have been able to readily find plenty of positions to apply to; this time around, I've felt like I've had to struggle to find positions to apply to; some weeks, I feel like I'm scraping the bottom of a barrel.
Perhaps part of it is my skillset -- PHP, MySQL and JavaScript, some Python. I have the impression that PHP is being phased out (I'd like to say "good riddance", but, hey, that's where my experience is!) but even then, I'd expect to see more positions. I talked with a recruiter this afternoon, and she says that the job market is actually pretty good. I'm not getting that sense, though. Is it just my imagination? Am I not looking hard enough, or looking in the wrong places? (Mostly KSL Jobs, Stack Overflow Jobs, some LDS and BYU Jobs boards, and some Indeed and other miscellaneous places...) Or is there a little bit of a malaise in the job force right now? I thought it would be a good idea to get a reality check on this... /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
