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Perm/Contractor which job is easier to get?
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Originally posted by northernladuk View PostAgree with this. The reason I make the point is because I am thinking about the OP and not the seasoned lot. We know the difference so it's not you lot I'm aiming the comment at. There are many new posters that don't understand the subtle differences and will plod on thinking they have a job with a manager as they did in perm land. A re-think of their situation is needed and getting little things like this right early on will avoid many issues moving forward. Same when we point out to posters that the money in the business account is not their money.
Maybe we just need to highlight that it's not a job in the traditional permie sense!Comment
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Originally posted by vwdan View PostI do appreciate where you're coming form, and you're right - there are a scary number of contractors who barely know they're contracting. At the same time, though, it does bug me, because I'm sure many of do refer to our current project as a job and I really don't think there's anything inherently wrong with that.
Maybe we just need to highlight that it's not a job in the traditional permie sense!'CUK forum personality of 2011 - Winner - Yes really!!!!Comment
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Originally posted by jim1980 View PostAre contract jobs, much more difficult to get than perms?
So as far as I'm concerned contracts are easier to land than permie jobs. I think partly because the client might consider it more of an "easy come easy go" thing and if it doesn't work out they can get rid of you very easily, although I may be completely wrong there.
Of course, there's nothing stopping you applying for a contract and taking it from there. I used an umbrella company for my first contract as I wasn't sure how long it would last, and set up my own Ltd when my second contract started.
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Originally posted by jim1980 View Post
Also, for contract work, what is the usual process? Is it:
Some companies like to get their monies worth so will interview everyone under the sun who is available. Then take months to get back to their chosen candidate and find they are not available.
Some companies will hold the interviews like a permanent job.
Some companies will just interview you on the phone or over skype.
Some companies will expect you to turn up to a face-to-face and interview you.
Some companies will interview you within an hour of submitting your CV, while others will take months to get round to interviewing you so in the mean time you have taken and completed another contract.
Some companies interviews will just be a chat while others will consist of a panel of interviewers asking obscure technical questions to make themselves feel good.
Some contracts you will find through mates or just being in the right place at the right time. Others agents will phone you up for and rarely you will apply for something that is actually live."You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JRComment
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Originally posted by jim1980 View PostAre contract jobs, much more difficult to get than perms?Comment
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