Comments on: The state of the UK SEO Jobs Market

By: Cape Town SEO

Cape Town SEO — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 14:50:07 +0000

Hi Ben, I meant that the global down turn has meant people are trying new ways to attract customers and SEO is one of them – I have yet to see or experience any down turn here in Cape Town or South African in general.

By: Ben McKay

Ben McKay — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 14:16:35 +0000

It’s interesting to see that you have seen a downturn Cape Town SEO, and would be interested to hear how you go about engaging new customers.

I have been hearing from many people that they see it to be quite different in the UK, where people are shifting their budgets to items that they get long-term sustainable results from, and also channels whereby they can measure the response – part of the explanation for this growth in demand…and also the growing internet users of course!

Cheers for commenting,

Ben

By: Cape Town SEO

Cape Town SEO — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:29:37 +0000

Whilst this is not directly related to SEO recruitment, in Cape Town we still get a healthy amount of interest from new prospective clients – the down turn has pushed to look for new ways to engage the buyer/customer.

Cheers,
Craig

By: Ben McKay

Ben McKay — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 08:19:44 +0000

@Kieron I’m sure there’s Junior SEO positions floating around! If you struggle to get those, my advice would be to set-up your own sites, continue to loiter around SEO blogs. ‘Test and learn’, as they say…shows a good bit of initiative to a prospective employer too.

@Sankar, I’m not sure that SEO will be recession proof forever, as supply catches-up with demand. And I’m sure there has been some redundancies in the industry from some agencies that have employed to meet expanding client demand, but has subsequently shrunk. Still though, things certainly seem to be on the positive side.

@Toronto SEO, thanks for sharing your post.

By: David Towers

David Towers — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 06:23:49 +0000

@Kieron Hughes – My advice to you is get some SEO experience under your belt on some of your own sites (I know that’s one thing you’re current doing). That will definitely help when trying to get your first job in SEO.

By: Toronto SEO

Toronto SEO — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:17:01 +0000

Nice post and thanks for all the details. I wrote a post a while back about the state of SEO jobs in the US (http://www.torontoseofirm.com/us-seo-job-opportunities-growing/) an also where I am from in Canada (http://www.torontoseofirm.com/hiring-for-an-in-house-seo-position/).

I think I will write an updated post and refer back to your post as my inspiration. I really hope Canada catches up to the UK and US soon!

By: Sankar

Sankar — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 13:38:52 +0000

Yes Ben,

SEO market is booming in the recession, SEO job is called “recession proof job”. SEOs are getting paid higher now a days, even the whole world is suffering with recession. I am sure SEO is evergreen and will rock in future.

Thanks
Sankar

By: Kieron Hughes

Kieron Hughes — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 13:32:29 +0000

There might be lots of jobs available still – just a shame nobody is willing to hire a graduate.