So that was a little odd. I’ve been working as a permi for a bit. My wife and I moved back to Scotland, mostly to be nearer to friends and family.
I couldn’t get any contract work up here and found it slow even to find a permanent position. I will say that once the new financial year started, the number of responses to job inquiries ramped up. So for future reference look in march – may.
The job I finally accepted required no less than 4 interviews after the basic telephone screening.
My wife however seemed to end up having an interview, followed by an interminable wait while the organisation she had applied to, decided to reorganise. This on more than one occasion.
So with wages being much less north of the border, both of us needed to be in work to cover the bills.
Luck presented an opportunity for a contract back in London, and payed enough that it would cover all the bills plus the flat rental. So it’s back down to the smoke for us.
Also the odds on Sheila getting work down here are much higher.
Now that we have set up the move it seems oddly like going home.