Im still looking for my first contract and had 3 or 4 agents put my CV forward last week but not heard back, how long does it take for them to get back? I also have to give 4 weeks notice which most agents dont like, what am I meant to do?
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Do what I did. Work your notice and then look for a contract. It's amazing what "I can start tomorrow" does for you.
Also keep working on your CV. If you are not getting interviews, I suspect your CV is not doing the business.
If an agent is serious about you being the prime candidate you'll be on a telephone interview with client in hours or a few days. Otherwise you ain't going anywhere. -
In a word - Jump...
If you haven't heard back in one or two days, forget it, it ain't going to happen (and if it does, then it's a nice surprise). Agents are too focused/busy/arrogant/lazy (delete as applicable) to talk to you if you aren't going to earn them money.
And if you're dead set on going freelance, put three months money in the bank and go for it. It is unusual to be able to walk straight from permie to contract wihtout a gap, and as you have found, unless you are something special, you're at the end of the queue.Blog? What blog...?
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Yep, there's something scary and exhilarating about handing in your notice with no job to go to.
Something turned up before my savings ran out..."I can put any old tat in my sig, put quotes around it and attribute to someone of whom I've heard, to make it sound true."
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I have a mortgage and family so theres no way I would give up my job before securing a contract. Ill be patient and wait for the right role.Comment
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Yep, you'll definitely need a lot of patience then."I can put any old tat in my sig, put quotes around it and attribute to someone of whom I've heard, to make it sound true."
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I have lots, I think my supreme skills will limit the need to test it though. I will give it 6 months, then renounce contracting and all its works.Comment
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What, and I didn't??Originally posted by Diestl
Look, it really is dead simple. If you make it as a contractor you will make roughly 50% more net income. Trouble is, you have to work for it and you have to take risks; obviously you don't get that kind of money for free. If the attitude is to wait until something happens, you'll be a permie forever. So either have the courage of your convictions and jump, or stop pissing around and stay permie. Or put back 3 months living money and go for it.
I've said it before, this is not a game - once you're in, it's hard to get out again, so be very certain it's what you want to do. From here, I don't think it is, you're just looking for a pay rise without any risk. Sorry, but it don't work like that.Blog? What blog...?Comment
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Well said, Malvolio.
I resigned from my (shudders at memory) permie job without having a contract to go to, but got one two days later. This was late '97, mind.
My last pay-rise as a permie was £60 a month, my first rate-increase as a contractor was £60 a day. You do the math.We must strike at the lies that have spread like disease through our mindsComment
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