Have you ever got a gig from sending a spec CV direct?

[VectraMan]

There was a website somewhere that was promising to put clients directly in touch with contractors and cut out those evil middlemen (you know the ones). I'm sure this was promoted by Parasol, and looked quite professionally done (which doesn't mean anything I know).

Does anyone know what I'm talking about, because I can't find it again.

[Chappo]

think like a business - sell your services not your CV

also works better for IR35 that way

[VectraMan]

You mean the site that gets punters who want 30k lines of code for £77.27?

The Yanks have a wonderful site called "Rent A Coder" that does much the same sort of thing.

No not that, this was for proper UK contractors. I've seen those Rent a Coder types and usually they want 3 months work for $400.

[threaded]

I've even had an email from a client asking me to come in for an interview and as a PS they asked me to send my CV again in another format as they couldn't read that version of word...

[ladymuck]

This?

http://www.freelancers.net/

That site is dire, came across it a couple of years ago. I'm not convinced that half the 'projects' posted up there are legit or maybe the posters just live in cloud cookoo land.

[VectraMan]

This is what I was thinking of:

http://www.it-consultants-direct.co.uk/

Not as good as I remembered.