Would you do a crap contract short-term if needs be?

[No2politics]

Thats the £64,000 question though I suppose. Gap on CV or crap gig on CV?

I'm thinking of putting it on there to be honest.

I put mine on cv for what it's worth. Also how you lay your cv out is important. I don't have a chronological cv, with my last role at the top. Instead I have a case study cv, where I put case studies most relevant to the role. Google matt craven cv- will show u how to do this

[MPwannadecentincome]

Not having a big enough warchest and with a mortgage and rent to pay and lawyer fees (for divorce) and it getting closer to Xmas means that I am now having to consider applying for "crap" contracts just to keep money flowing in.

As a PM I noticed a buoyant market in Aug/Sep but now it seems to be dying down.

Rather than let all the agents know my rate can plummet my approach initially will be to go back to previous direct clients and tell them I am available for a short time only at specially reduced rates and see if that turns up any leads.

If nothing turns up I think I will apply for lower level roles on monster/jobserve in preference to telling my "top" agents that my rate has dropped - not sure how good a strategy this is but I've not been in this position before.

[DirtyDog]

2. I get my SC back. (Good for future roles)

How does that work for a short-term gig?

[DirtyDog]

If you're earning, and you aren't spending more than you earn, you're not eating into your war-chest.

FTFY

[psychocandy]

How does that work for a short-term gig?

In this case, client has managed to talk previous employer (2 years plus ago) into transferring my SC to them. (Its valid until 2015 but had lapsed since I'd not used it). Helped by the fact that work for client would be on site of previous employer - so they're going to be helpful.

I could be wrong but now I'm SC again and surely, if I leave this client, I've got another 12 months of SC?

[strawberrysmoothie]

I would take it to be honest.

There seems to be more gains in long term. Worth the slight financial hit in the short term.

Its only a few weeks. And 'easier to find a job when in a job'.

[psychocandy]

Starts Nov 4th. Managed to drag out signing the contract to see if something better comes up but to no avail.

MArket seems to be getting quieter is preparation for Xmas so it looks like I might have to take. Pays the bills I guess (but thats about it).

[NorthWestPerm2Contr]

Starts Nov 4th. Managed to drag out signing the contract to see if something better comes up but to no avail.

MArket seems to be getting quieter is preparation for Xmas so it looks like I might have to take. Pays the bills I guess (but thats about it).

Yep Market very quiet at the moment....

[northernladuk]

Starts Nov 4th. Managed to drag out signing the contract to see if something better comes up but to no avail.

MArket seems to be getting quieter is preparation for Xmas so it looks like I might have to take. Pays the bills I guess (but thats about it).

Great.. You moan enough about gigs you actually wanted so god knows what is going to happen when you are on a crappy gig you don't want

[SimonMac]

Starts Nov 4th. Managed to drag out signing the contract to see if something better comes up but to no avail.

MArket seems to be getting quieter is preparation for Xmas so it looks like I might have to take. Pays the bills I guess (but thats about it).

If you are required to get a crappy paid contract to pay the day to day bills you are doing something wrong!