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Originally Posted by JR449
Does anyone here who works up in the higher rankings confirm is companies are having hiring freezes during this fall/ winter? Just looking out for insight on the current job seeking landscape.
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My buddies back home working for producers are all on hiring freezes. Service side is frozen up. The bank and finance side aren't hiring either where other friends work. A few people I know in commercial property are also on halt.
I've got an engineer brother that's out of work after leaving a job with the AER in GP to go on his honeymoon and move back to Calgary after. He got back Feb 26th ready to find a job...I doubt he finds anything till this time next year.
Down here the O+g companies shed workforce a few months ago. We have LNG, the government is talking about backing pipelines...things are sustainable. Still I have a friend who's laid off as a geo and I doubt he finds work before Easter next year without switching to mining. He's looking at base metals as they're booming due to demand from China, but it's tough to get a look on his CV.
Keep trying, but don't beat yourself up if you can't find anything for a few months. There's a new Xbox coming out, get one of those, crush the gym and cut expenses. Ultimately ou'll work a long time in your career, looking back on a year off isn't a big deal in the grand scheme of it all. It's not you, the economy is in the pits.