Employing Other Contractors

[1yearlater]

Cheers Guys,

All of your views have been great so far.

I certainly like the idea of dealing with the client direct, obviously theres more cash to be made there aswel!

I have done some training contracts recently. Training MOD bods who are ust about to leave to go into the real world, do you think it would be worth working as an inbetween type of guy and offering them to another agent.

These guys have worked in IT and Comms while being in the MOD. The course I was deleivering them was an MCSA/MCSE. On average each have took and passed 2 exams with a view to doing the rest over the next year.

Do you think theres any mileage in this? in theory i could have anything between 6-12 Security cleared engineers at the readies every month.

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[DodgyAgent]

Cheers Guys,

All of your views have been great so far.

I certainly like the idea of dealing with the client direct, obviously theres more cash to be made there aswel!

I have done some training contracts recently. Training MOD bods who are ust about to leave to go into the real world, do you think it would be worth working as an inbetween type of guy and offering them to another agent.

These guys have worked in IT and Comms while being in the MOD. The course I was deleivering them was an MCSA/MCSE. On average each have took and passed 2 exams with a view to doing the rest over the next year.

Do you think theres any mileage in this? in theory i could have anything between 6-12 Security cleared engineers at the readies every month.

?

try computacentre and similar businesses

[errorista]

Cheers Guys,

Do you think theres any mileage in this? in theory i could have anything between 6-12 Security cleared engineers at the readies every month.

?

Hmm, I think that 6-12 defence tenders a month would advance the idea far more quickly.



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[Mordac]

Best bet might be just to set up an agency, possibly a specialist one.

Initially, you'd be better off working closely with a trusted agency. I have such a relationship with an agency, such that they have passed some short requirements through to me directly, and I have recommended them (successfully) to other contacts of mine. I have considered doing the sort of thing 1YearLater suggests, although the opportunity to jump in with both feet has yet to present itself.
The key thing is to start small, get a foot in the door with a few clients and gain credibility slowly - it's way too easy to take on a big project with great potential and then fall down because you don't have the resources in place to manage it properly.

I can discuss this off-board if you wish, just PM me.

[DodgyAgent]

Initially, you'd be better off working closely with a trusted agency. I have such a relationship with an agency, such that they have passed some short requirements through to me directly, and I have recommended them (successfully) to other contacts of mine. I have considered doing the sort of thing 1YearLater suggests, although the opportunity to jump in with both feet has yet to present itself.
The key thing is to start small, get a foot in the door with a few clients and gain credibility slowly - it's way too easy to take on a big project with great potential and then fall down because you don't have the resources in place to manage it properly.

I can discuss this off-board if you wish, just PM me.

Mordac is dodgyagent and I claim my fiver

[thunderlizard]

It's how Logica CMG got started.

And yes, forget about agencies unless you can really find a special one because they are simple folk and CAN'T COPE as soon as you want to do anything but have ONE PERSON per contract and BILL BY THE HOUR/DAY. Because that would actually mean the poor souls would be CARRYING SOME RISK FOR THEIR MONEY rather than just having a simple regular flow of cash through their books and taking their % for DOING KNACK ALL.