Returning to work after long break - cv?

[northernladuk]

There is a different between cheap and low paid gigs.

[LondonManc]

There is a different between cheap and low paid gigs.

Really? You'd do one but not the other?

[Bee]

There is a different between cheap and low paid gigs.

What's the difference?

[northernladuk]

Really? You'd do one but not the other?

Yes really and what's that got to do with anything?

[LondonManc]

Yes really and what's that got to do with anything?

Cheap v low paid - I'm still trying to figure out the difference. They're both trying to get a person in for far less than they should.

Or are you saying that one is trying to get away with getting a £350 a day contractor in for £210 a day while the other is accepting that they will get a £210 a day contractor?

[Bee]

Cheap v low paid - I'm still trying to figure out the difference. They're both trying to get a person in for far less than they should.

Or are you saying that one is trying to get away with getting a £350 a day contractor in for £210 a day while the other is accepting that they will get a £210 a day contractor?

I think NLUK is trying to be funny.

[northernladuk]

What's the difference?

Well you said...

Go cheap can work with a perm but not in contracting. After the break, I followed in that mistake suggested by the agency, and I discover that the agency was taking 50% but the client was paying the the agency the same as the others. You are not beneficiating the client but the agency.

That's going cheap. By not negotiating properly, understand the market and so on you've lost out by being cheap to the agent. The client is now getting a contractor that is only worth half of what they wanted. The client could be wanting a £400 a day contractor, he gets a £200 one... and as a side note.. to be letting an agent take 50% of your rate makes you look like a right chump.. I wouldn't be mentioning that one again if I were you. That's disgraceful. You could argue you are part of the problem letting them get away with that... if it's even true....

Maybe a better example would be a contractor saying they will take £300 when the gig is advertised at £400 but still... it's cheap compared to clients expectations.

As for going cheap, you've clearly never been involved in NHS or Wipro projects.

LM said this which will be advertised at a miserly rate. They will get the dregs of the what's left but pay for that and expect it. They are paying £200 a day and get a £200 a day contractor

In both cases the contractor only get's £200... One is cheap, one is a low rate. Different things.

[LondonManc]

I think NLUK is trying to be funny.

He doesn't have a sense of humour that he's aware of.

HTHBIDI

[northernladuk]

I think NLUK is trying to be funny.

That's where most of your problems lie. The rest is something to do with speaking or typing.. I'd cut back on all of them if I were you.

[takethebus]

Rather than having your CV in a chronological order you could tailor it to the roles you are applying to by listing the key skills you would be supplying, support that with a case study approach then listing the previous roles later on in the CV e.g page 2, that way you may have more of a chance of a recruiter identifying you based on your skills and abilities for the role rather than instantly looking at the career break, a lot wouldn't even look at the second page, that way you could at least get a foot in and explain the career break at a later date in person?