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Originally posted by kaiser78 View PostWas speaking to an agent last week and had to explain that a contract at Lloyds Banking Group where I have been at, is a different company to Lloyds Of London, which is the role she is recruiting for. Checked out the Linkedin profile and she has 1 months professional experience following a degree in some fancy arts subject that girls tend to take...Comment
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Originally posted by LondonManc View PostCan you figure out a specialisation that you have and aim for it? Such as certain types of project, tight budget projects, tight timescale projects, etc.Comment
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Originally posted by missinggreenfields View Post"Agent acts like agent" - hold the front page for that news bombshell :/______________________
Don't get mad...get even...Comment
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Originally posted by kaiser78 View PostBe patient, something will turn up.Comment
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Was made redundant from my permie PM job during the financial crisis, just before Christmas so no chance to find something immediately. Found first contract in about 8 weeks, in FinanceComment
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Originally posted by kaiser78 View PostWas speaking to an agent last week and had to explain that a contract at Lloyds Banking Group where I have been at, is a different company to Lloyds Of London, which is the role she is recruiting for. Checked out the Linkedin profile and she has 1 months professional experience following a degree in some fancy arts subject that girls tend to take...
Lots of degrees have stupid titles. The aim is to make them more appealing to the 18/19 year old applying for the course."You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JRComment
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Originally posted by rjoe View PostYeah thanks, I'll have a go at that.
Get a job spec and then match it to whichever cv you think is appropriate.
I've got a master cv that's six pages long but never gets issued. It simply gets trimmed when there are more niche than normal roles advertised, should my standard cv not be sufficient.The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world that he didn't existComment
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All good advise you're getting. One more thing to add around specialisations is that you can still be a specialist if you're a generalist.
For example..,,, I'm a generalist infrastructure architect/tech lead. Hard to find roles as I do most infrastructure. But if I push myself as a migration specialist I have found gigs a lot easier to get. I know enough old stuff, and enoug new stuff to be a good fit for a client moving from old infra to new infra. And isn't that pretty much every client?See You Next TuesdayComment
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Originally posted by tomtomagain View PostYou'll need to drop any self-imposed limitations. For example if there's a contact 100 miles from home you should still think about applying for it. If there is a role for a "Project Manager" and you view yourself as a "Programme Manager" then apply for it.
Do you think clients would view that on your CV negatively? Or is it a legitimate way to get XP...Comment
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