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I have been out of work for a year..

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    #41
    Originally posted by ThisIsALow
    I have lost the will to carry on..
    weren't you on Big Brother?
    McCoy: "Medical men are trained in logic."
    Spock: "Trained? Judging from you, I would have guessed it was trial and error."

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      #42
      Explain your joke, I don't watch Big Brother.

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        #43
        I have been out of work for that long also. Quite depressed about the whole situation.

        Agents are now treating my CV like a doormat (if they bother to notice it at all).

        I have come to the conclusion to lower my rate to a fiver and take whatever crap gets hurdled into my inbox, or get a security guard job, or suicide.

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          #44
          How on earth can you be out of work for that long. IT is obviously not your thing. Maccy D's is always hiring!
          What happens in General, stays in General.
          You know what they say about assumptions!

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            #45
            Maccy D's is always hiring

            Suicide it is then.

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              #46
              what's your skillset

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                #47
                Originally posted by Eric Thwaite
                I have been out of work for that long also. Quite depressed about the whole situation.

                Agents are now treating my CV like a doormat (if they bother to notice it at all).

                I have come to the conclusion to lower my rate to a fiver and take whatever crap gets hurdled into my inbox, or get a security guard job, or suicide.
                You've either got a crap CV or a crap skillset. No half-decent contractor should be having problems securing a contract in the current climate. I'm getting a dozen calls a week (at least) and the longest gap I've had in the last 18 months has been 3 weeks (and that was around Christmas last year). Your CV is merely a marketing document, and has one purpose - to get you an interview. If you don't get an interview roughly 25% of the time, there's something wrong with it.
                His heart is in the right place - shame we can't say the same about his brain...

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                  #48
                  Originally posted by Mordac
                  You've either got a crap CV or a crap skillset. No half-decent contractor should be having problems securing a contract in the current climate. I'm getting a dozen calls a week (at least) and the longest gap I've had in the last 18 months has been 3 weeks (and that was around Christmas last year). Your CV is merely a marketing document, and has one purpose - to get you an interview. If you don't get an interview roughly 25% of the time, there's something wrong with it.
                  Surely now that depends on your skillset and the current level of demand for it.

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                    #49
                    So what is it then ?
                    It's my opinion and I'm entitled to it. www.areyoupopular.mobi

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                      #50
                      "Suicide it is then."

                      Ok great. If you succeed let us know.
                      What happens in General, stays in General.
                      You know what they say about assumptions!

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