Hi All,
I've never had any problems getting phone calls when looking for permie work, and to be fair, things aren't going too badly now I'm looking for contracts but there are a few queries I have after reading comments on the forums. I'm going to upload a new version of my CV soon, and I want it to be spot on for contracting. I appreciate that these are very basic questions, but I'm happy with my overall CV so I'm just looking to really tweak it up.
1) Should I include my address? I've always been taught to do so, but there was a recent thread where a few people said they didn't. The few [non-contracting] people I've mentioned this to said that they would see this as a red flag, but I can also see the counter argument that it's normal for contractors to apply further afield and the address may put me at a disadvantage. I will be applying for contracts nationwide, so this is relevant to me.
2) Should I use my personal e-mail address or my new companies e-mail address (I.e. firstname@mydomain.co.uk vs firstname@mycompaniesdomain.co.uk). I doubt this matters too much, but I'm trying to wrap my head around acting as a company (Which is how I intend to conduct myself) vs fitting in with what people want from their contractors. IMHO, a real Business to Business deal would never have a CV involved anyway, but ho hum.
3) Should I add my future agreed end date from my current permie job. When looking for permanent work, you'd generally put "[Date Started] - Present" for your current job, because everybody all but expects you to be working. But I've seen another school of thought mentioned which is that people like to know you're available. I'm available starting in March, so should I put "Feb" as the end date for my current job, even though I've not quite left?
And is there anything else that should differ between a CV of a permie worker and that of a contractor?
I've never had any problems getting phone calls when looking for permie work, and to be fair, things aren't going too badly now I'm looking for contracts but there are a few queries I have after reading comments on the forums. I'm going to upload a new version of my CV soon, and I want it to be spot on for contracting. I appreciate that these are very basic questions, but I'm happy with my overall CV so I'm just looking to really tweak it up.
1) Should I include my address? I've always been taught to do so, but there was a recent thread where a few people said they didn't. The few [non-contracting] people I've mentioned this to said that they would see this as a red flag, but I can also see the counter argument that it's normal for contractors to apply further afield and the address may put me at a disadvantage. I will be applying for contracts nationwide, so this is relevant to me.
2) Should I use my personal e-mail address or my new companies e-mail address (I.e. firstname@mydomain.co.uk vs firstname@mycompaniesdomain.co.uk). I doubt this matters too much, but I'm trying to wrap my head around acting as a company (Which is how I intend to conduct myself) vs fitting in with what people want from their contractors. IMHO, a real Business to Business deal would never have a CV involved anyway, but ho hum.
3) Should I add my future agreed end date from my current permie job. When looking for permanent work, you'd generally put "[Date Started] - Present" for your current job, because everybody all but expects you to be working. But I've seen another school of thought mentioned which is that people like to know you're available. I'm available starting in March, so should I put "Feb" as the end date for my current job, even though I've not quite left?
And is there anything else that should differ between a CV of a permie worker and that of a contractor?
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