Bench period in CV..??

[thunderlizard]

If you are operating as a limited company then you do not have a gap on your CV.

It depends how the CV is laid out. Lots of consultants lay it out in terms of projects rather than employments, and specify project dates. So a keen eyed CV-reader might see a big gap between the start of one project and the end of another, and wonder if there had been a project so embarassingly unsuccessful that it's been omitted; or one conducted under the supervision of HMPS.

[DimPrawn]

I wonder what my plumber was doing between Aug 2006 and Nov 2006?

[Cyberman]

I wonder what my plumber was doing between Aug 2006 and Nov 2006?

[thunderlizard]

I wonder what my plumber was doing between Aug 2006 and Nov 2006?

probably php.

[Tingles]

I wonder what my plumber was doing between Aug 2006 and Nov 2006?

Working in Poland?

[Darren_Test]

Not in the current recession, that shouldn´t be a big stumbling block,if you have the right skill set. If things pick up you´ll be off the bench pretty quickly. Does look like things are beginning to improve. Still no harm in massaging the figures to look a bit less.

But long bench means either you are non-compromising (on rate) or Not as good as people already in contract..?? I think pimps will think that way.

[Darren_Test]

You can always use the phrase 'Aug 2008 to Date' then you only have to name the 'date' if someone asks you. Often or not they wont.

Try doing some IT related work for a charity to fill your bench time and gaps in your CV. Many client co's like to see this kind of thing on your CV as it gives the impression that you are reliable and have moral substance (this may not be true in everyone's case. but how cares if it gets you an interview??).


PZZ

Issue with "to Date" is that pimps will think you are still in a role so may not be available now, so will not even bother to call you.

Charity IT - like.?? where I can get some info around that..?

[Darren_Test]

If you are operating as a limited company then you do not have a gap on your CV. I could expand, but of you don't understand that sentence there is little point.

Yes...But not all will put Ltd company names in CV..It might work in Linkedin.

[s2budd]

But long bench means either you are non-compromising (on rate) or Not as good as people already in contract..?? I think pimps will think that way.

or just nothing on the market at the moment above £25 per hour away from home.

[Brussels Slumdog]

No Unlucky

But long bench means either you are non-compromising (on rate) or Not as good as people already in contract..?? I think pimps will think that way.

Its about timing and not about not being as good as people already in contract.
The fact that you are on the bench means that your last contract ended
during the economic downturn.
If you had signed a year contract last october before the crash you will not be on the bench until September . If your contract ended between December and now then there is a good chance that you are on the bench.