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Originally posted by Shezz View PostThis one's just cropped up as well, £130-200/day for a dev in London.
https://www.jobserve.com/gb/en/JobLa...C92B5C5CE2AB8FOriginally posted by elsergiovolador View PostThey want someone hard working as opposed to someone working smart...
A proper disguised permie role rather than a true contract. Not all contract roles are advertised at the senior(ish) level.The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world that he didn't existComment
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Originally posted by Excursion UK View PostThere seem to be one or two agencies that email me or call about roles that I really do not think exist.
The two that leap to mind are Computer Futures and Opus RS.
Even in the good times, from all the time I've wasted with them on the phone, I have not even had a single interview from any of their leads. And I've got a very good conversion rate, generally.
So the heart sinks when I get what seems like a perfect role land in my inbox and then I see it's from either of these 2 outfits.
Why do they ring me just to ask how I am finding the market at the moment? After all the preamble, it's taken me 10 minutes to realise this is a wasted 10 minutes that I'm never getting backComment
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Originally posted by Excursion UK View PostTank Recruitment can be added to that list too.
Why do they ring me just to ask how I am finding the market at the moment? After all the preamble, it's taken me 10 minutes to realise this is a wasted 10 minutes that I'm never getting backI'm alright JackComment
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Originally posted by BlasterBates View PostIt's a two way conversation. In difficult times I used to like those conversations as it helped me gauge the market. Recruiters like to talk.The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world that he didn't existComment
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Almost no jobs adverts my end. Only 1 call from a recruiter in 2 weeks. Never seen anything like it.
More or less given up for the time beingComment
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Agency piggy backing
Originally posted by simes View PostIn the PM world, there are 294,647 agencies all fighting over the same Cloud/Azure PM role in Warwickshire.
The last few days, this same bloody role is popped up again and again.
One does wonder if it is the client who has instructed all these agencies. Or that all the agencies are picking over the remaining bones in a mad scramble.Comment
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Originally posted by LondonManc View PostYep. If the market is quiet and you've chased all your leads, I've found useful to stick yourself in their memory. Often had a "Hey LM, great to chat last week, this role's just come in, can I run it past you?"
"arrogant ****er hard to talk to"
"sound well balanced, not an arrogant ****er"
etc, so that when a role comes up they have some frame of reference when looking at CV's to put forward?
Or maybe I'm attributing something useful to their pointless calls?Comment
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Originally posted by DimPrawn View PostI wonder if the pimps mark the CVs when they are bored
"arrogant ****er hard to talk to"
"sound well balanced, not an arrogant ****er"
etc, so that when a role comes up they have some frame of reference when looking at CV's to put forward?
Or maybe I'm attributing something useful to their pointless calls?Comment
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Originally posted by DimPrawn View PostI wonder if the pimps mark the CVs when they are bored
"arrogant ****er hard to talk to"
"sound well balanced, not an arrogant ****er"
etc, so that when a role comes up they have some frame of reference when looking at CV's to put forward?
Or maybe I'm attributing something useful to their pointless calls?The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world that he didn't existComment
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