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What to learn for the next upturn

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    #11
    How about - invade a county on a pack of lies then earn yourself a fortune in the USA doing after dinner speeches to assorted sadists ?
    Last edited by AlfredJPruffock; 12 March 2009, 15:52.

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      #12
      Learn one of the following:

      1) shoe-shining

      2) Fries facilitation in a McDs

      3) Escort duties.
      Speaking gibberish on internet talkboards since last Michaelmas. Plus here on Twitter

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        #13
        Originally posted by pmeswani View Post
        It's either me or the market is dead at the moment unless you are already in this space.
        It's deader than a very dead thing even if you are already working there.

        You have to fight to get most companies to take security seriously to begin with, right now they just see it as an expensive overhead that can be sorted out when things pick up.
        "Being nice costs nothing and sometimes gets you extra bacon" - Pondlife.

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          #14
          Disable SIDD broadcast on the wifi - that's me secure -
          "Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience". Mark Twain

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            #15
            Originally posted by scooterscot View Post
            Disable SIDD broadcast on the wifi - that's me secure -
            Or SSID?

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              #16
              Info security

              I've been trying for an info sec role since November and still out of work.
              If my SC hadn't lapsed things would be different, but in the commerial sector its deader and than a dead thing.

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                #17
                Disable SIDD broadcast on the wifi - that's me secure -
                Originally posted by TykeMerc View Post
                Or SSID?
                Doubly secure, fortress TykeMerc

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                  #18
                  Originally posted by DaveB View Post
                  It's deader than a very dead thing even if you are already working there.

                  You have to fight to get most companies to take security seriously to begin with, right now they just see it as an expensive overhead that can be sorted out when things pick up.
                  Tell me about it. Am having to get a begging bowl out and beg agencies for work. Have even told an agency to consider me for a trainee forensics role paying a salary half of what I am on now. I almost feel sick.
                  If your company is the best place to work in, for a mere £500 p/d, you can advertise here.

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                    #19
                    Originally posted by pmeswani View Post
                    Tell me about it. Am having to get a begging bowl out and beg agencies for work. Have even told an agency to consider me for a trainee forensics role paying a salary half of what I am on now. I almost feel sick.
                    I'm about to be benched. After reading all this, I'm not looking forward to it.

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                      #20
                      Upping your rate on a regular basis - does not make you a money grubbing contractor but actually a sound and professional business.
                      "All around me I see chaos and confusion, my work here is done...."

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