State of the Market

[hungry_hog]

So what is better now for juicy contracts, CWJobs or CV library?

LinkedIn is much better than both

[ladymuck]

LinkedIn is much better than both

+1 for LI

Maintain a good profile that succinctly summarises your experience, curate good quality connections (don't be afraid to cull people) and occasionally pay for premium when you're job hunting to increase your back end exposure to recruiters - it also allows you to message people you're not connected to which can be very handy. Premium is a month by month thing so you only pay for the period you need and then cancel when you've got a gig. It's an allowable expense for advertising your business.

[KentDogWalker]

Linkedin is horrible for spam, and mostly useless feed. Would rather use twitter.

[TheDude]

So what is better now for juicy contracts, CWJobs or CV library?

Having a close personal friend who is a cabinet minister is still the best way.

[Peoplesoft bloke]

Well after all my moaning about there being no proper Workday roles - I have been contacted about 3 recently - all purporting to be outside. If this keeps up it shouldn't be too long before I can return to contracting - yippee!

[CheeseSlice]

Agent calls me about a gig. Sounds good, rate good. I respond to his email with right to represent at the given rate we agreed on the phone call. I clearly write this figure in my right to represent.

Smashed the interview.

Agent now asks if I’d take a lower rate as he’s not sure they can afford it. Wants to book 2nd interview. Can I shave a bit off?

What shall I do?

bend over…Give in
ask him to bend over? Give him the boot
walk away silently, ghost him
Tut loudly
play a violin
hire a hitman
ask my accountant
send a substitute
send my lawyer
Sign on
Other?

[ladymuck]

Agent calls me about a gig. Sounds good, rate good. I respond to his email with right to represent at the given rate we agreed on the phone call. I clearly write this figure in my right to represent.

Smashed the interview.

Agent now asks if I’d take a lower rate as he’s not sure they can afford it. Wants to book 2nd interview. Can I shave a bit off?

What shall I do?

bend over…Give in
ask him to bend over? Give him the boot
walk away silently, ghost him
Tut loudly
play a violin
hire a hitman
ask my accountant
send a substitute
send my lawyer
Sign on
Other?

I'd be asking why the client agreed to interview you at a rate they couldn't afford and whether the agent thinks you were born yesterday.

[rocktronAMP]

I'd be asking why the client agreed to interview you at a rate they couldn't afford and whether the agent thinks you were born yesterday.

Shouldn't this be in the other thread Slippery Agent Behaviours? The agent lady / gentleman has clearly been chancing their arm, so bin them.

[GJABS]

SQL Server developer and DBA roles seem to have taken a dive in the last few weeks, both in terms of rate and numbers of roles.
e.g. today:
https://www.jobserve.com/gb/en/searc...CEA58C50ECABA/
£225 - 275 per Day (albeit outside IR35).

Things seem to have moved to the cloud, of which I have a couple of years of Databricks Spark SQL experience, but no python. Will need to learn python and start blagging experience in it I guess

[SussexSeagull]

Agent calls me about a gig. Sounds good, rate good. I respond to his email with right to represent at the given rate we agreed on the phone call. I clearly write this figure in my right to represent.

Smashed the interview.

Agent now asks if I’d take a lower rate as he’s not sure they can afford it. Wants to book 2nd interview. Can I shave a bit off?

What shall I do?

bend over…Give in
ask him to bend over? Give him the boot
walk away silently, ghost him
Tut loudly
play a violin
hire a hitman
ask my accountant
send a substitute
send my lawyer
Sign on
Other?

Depends how much you need the contract and what you think you are worth.