State of the Market

[PerfectStorm]

Boom selecta - starting next week after 3 months out in the cold. Making back into productive society still with warchest to spare (ask me again come income tax deadline)



Oh and working from home as well, so have a gradual degradation of social skills and hygiene to look forward to.

Plenty of false starts in that time though, including 2 interesting roles where the client wouldn't make themselves available for the 2nd interview

[slogger]

lets test it then

just been benched - will start looking tomorrow for a new role..will be interesting to see how long it takes. lets hope its not too interesting!!!

[oliverson]

24 years in contracting, technical. had ready 2-3 skills, continuously learning.
in 24 years had about 12 months without contract.
everything is about skills and physically moving after the contracts. did a lot of airplane commuting even internationally.
but all this after the kids went to university.

Jesus, when did you start having kids? Say you were 16 when you became a father then the kids went straight to Uni at 18 and finished 3 years later, you'd be starting your first contract at 37, then you did 24 years, that's 61 now? Possible, but I'm struggling with the credibility of this if I'm honest.

[BrilloPad]

just been benched - will start looking tomorrow for a new role..will be interesting to see how long it takes. lets hope its not too interesting!!!

HSBC?

[fatJock]

Six month extension to my first 3 month contract. Project looks like a flier that will last until mid 2018.

Defence sector (not MoD - been there) logistics transformation.

[slogger]

HSBC?

indeed - HSBC - canary wharf

[KentDogWalker]

Getting a 2nd revenue stream) so I'm IR35 safe) Still contracting.

[northernladuk]

Getting a 2nd revenue stream) so I'm IR35 safe) Still contracting.

That might have been good for the now defunct BET's but IR35 is on a contract by contract basis so it doesn't make you safe at all. They just have 2 to look at now.

[sal]

Getting a 2nd revenue stream) so I'm IR35 safe) Still contracting.

Newsflash: The number of revenue streams has nothing to do with IR35

[northernladyuk]

Newsflash: The number of revenue streams has nothing to do with IR35

If you have 10 concurrent revenue streams, don't you reckon you are less likely to be investigated for IR35?