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Originally posted by jayn200 View PostDo you really think they know how to work an auto filter/rule?The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world that he didn't existComment
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Originally posted by Paralytic View PostOn the flop side. Send in CV/apply for every role even if your skills don't match, pimp gets fed up with time wasters, pimp sets up an auto-filter/block for your email/phone, pimp never sees your application for the role you are a good fit for.
Then again, pimps and common sense don't go too well together.Comment
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Originally posted by perplexed View PostAny good pimp would appreciate people applying in these circumstances. May be inappropriate for gig applying for, but said pimp now has details of a number of people to hand for other roles in future, thus doesn't have to externally advertise.
Then again, pimps and common sense don't go too well together."You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JRComment
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Originally posted by northernladuk View PostCause everyone is going on holidays aren't they......Comment
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Nine applications - one phone call back - selected by client for technical test
Should take 2 hours - took 3 hours due to them using old tech and having forgot bits - submitted.
Usually wouldn’t be interested in gig using anything other than latest tech but not really the time to be picky and it’s fully remote.
See what happens - good to have some response from the market.Comment
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Originally posted by perplexed View PostAny good pimp would appreciate people applying in these circumstances. May be inappropriate for gig applying for, but said pimp now has details of a number of people to hand for other roles in future, thus doesn't have to externally advertise.
Then again, pimps and common sense don't go too well together.
For the general market (not necessarily high end/head hunters) pimps are transactional in nature - job opportunity appears from client, do key word search on their database, do keyword search on job boards, do keyword search on linked in, choose a few with the best keyword matching, speak to those few about availability, get CVs from those that are, review those CVs (again, throw in a keyword search), submit a subset to the client, go buy some hair gel and wait.Comment
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Originally posted by dx4100 View PostNine applications - one phone call back - selected by client for technical test
Should take 2 hours - took 3 hours due to them using old tech and having forgot bits - submitted.
Usually wouldn’t be interested in gig using anything other than latest tech but not really the time to be picky and it’s fully remote.
See what happens - good to have some response from the market.Comment
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Originally posted by Paralytic View PostOn the flop side. Send in CV/apply for every role even if your skills don't match, pimp gets fed up with time wasters, pimp sets up an auto-filter/block for your email/phone, pimp never sees your application for the role you are a good fit for.Originally posted by perplexed View PostAny good pimp would appreciate people applying in these circumstances. May be inappropriate for gig applying for, but said pimp now has details of a number of people to hand for other roles in future, thus doesn't have to externally advertise.
Apart from hot skill sets and hard to fill/niche roles, most individual agents already have many thousands of personal contacts. Big national agencies have databases of hundreds of thousands and sometimes millions of CVs. They are not generally short of CVs and I personally would think more highly of candidates who target their search better rather than apply for every vacancy under the sun, even in the terrible market we have now.Comment
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Originally posted by dx4100 View PostNine applications - one phone call back - selected by client for technical test
Should take 2 hours - took 3 hours due to them using old tech and having forgot bits - submitted.
Usually wouldn’t be interested in gig using anything other than latest tech but not really the time to be picky and it’s fully remote.
See what happens - good to have some response from the market.⭐️ Gold Star ContractorComment
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