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I have niche skills The rate is purely due to COVID - even the lead up to IR35 didn't dent rates, if anything they improved. So I'm pretty confident of a return to a real normal eventually.
My skills are so niche there's no work at all actually, I lie, there seems to be loads of work for me in Holland, where you need to know Dutch
Seems to have improved slightly but rates are down, somewhat.
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Until people stop appearing on linkedin standing in public places holding QR code signs, begging for a interview, i assume 'improved slightly' means they are still standing there but perhaps given a free coffee and sandwich ?
I'm going to be out of contract come the end of November.
Do we foresee any upturn in the near future?
I've just had a message in my inbox form Robert Half Associates inviting me to partake in a "working interview" so things must be bad.
I always used to turn them down in the past, even when desperate.
Normal format is face to face with agent then you go and do a day's work for one of their clients at an agreed day rate. Then you never hear from them again.
Easy way to earn £500 I guess & I suppose all that is a lot less complicated given that it all presumably happens online.
Until people stop appearing on linkedin standing in public places holding QR code signs, begging for a interview, i assume 'improved slightly' means they are still standing there but perhaps given a free coffee and sandwich ?
Only seen them doing the rounds when times are tough.
I got invited to do a couple back in 2009 where you go and do a day's work at the client and if they like you they keep you on. It all seemed like too much hassle - particularly having to meet the agent face to face beforehand.
But, as I said, presumably there'd be no face to face interaction at the moment so it wouldn't be such a hassle.
Well, that was the way it worked with this particular agency, Robert Half Associates.
Crikey, can't believe my attitude to interviews these days - even before Coronavirus hit. There was a time when I'd gladly travel the length and breadth of the country in pursuit of an opportunity. Not any more - don't even want to leave the house.
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