Hi all,
i am a new contractor in UK job market, and I would like to have some advice from seasoned contractors:
- Documents: I know that for permanent job is required to provide documents about previous experiences, employees, education etc..
What about when contracting? Which documents are needed? Do they call previous employees? Do they ask to provide with Master's degree?
- CV advice: I have 7 yrs of experience in FSI, Manager at BIG4 Consulting Company as permanent employee, with a mix of experiences in different phases of the project (Business and Technical Requirements, Test Management, Data Quality, Project Management). Not sure about what position to apply as contractor. People told me that "everybody is a Project Manager" and it's difficult to get a contract as PM with 7yrs of experience.
On the other side, if I apply to Business Analyst / Test Manager and so on.. my cv shows I had other experiences in the past and I am not specifically specialised in that role. So what do you think? Anybody faced same problems?
Do you know anybody good I can ask for cv advice?
- Follow up: Sometimes, recruiters tell me they will put my cv forward to customer. How can I know if they really do or not? After calling, I usually ask to send me a mail back with a short summary, but often they don't do. Is it a bad sign? Do you usually follow up, if they don't send a mail back?
Thanks a lot for your time.
i am a new contractor in UK job market, and I would like to have some advice from seasoned contractors:
- Documents: I know that for permanent job is required to provide documents about previous experiences, employees, education etc..
What about when contracting? Which documents are needed? Do they call previous employees? Do they ask to provide with Master's degree?
- CV advice: I have 7 yrs of experience in FSI, Manager at BIG4 Consulting Company as permanent employee, with a mix of experiences in different phases of the project (Business and Technical Requirements, Test Management, Data Quality, Project Management). Not sure about what position to apply as contractor. People told me that "everybody is a Project Manager" and it's difficult to get a contract as PM with 7yrs of experience.
On the other side, if I apply to Business Analyst / Test Manager and so on.. my cv shows I had other experiences in the past and I am not specifically specialised in that role. So what do you think? Anybody faced same problems?
Do you know anybody good I can ask for cv advice?
- Follow up: Sometimes, recruiters tell me they will put my cv forward to customer. How can I know if they really do or not? After calling, I usually ask to send me a mail back with a short summary, but often they don't do. Is it a bad sign? Do you usually follow up, if they don't send a mail back?
Thanks a lot for your time.
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