Hiya,
I've been lurking on the boards for a couple of days. I thought it might be prudent to come on here and see what potential pitfalls there are, get some insider info etc, from people who have been contracting a while.
I've been permie for 5 years and am considering contracting. Although after dealing with some agency half-wits this week I beginning to wonder what I'm getting myself into!
Only after chatting to a few contractor mates and looking on here, have I discovered the 'fake job' blag, the fishing phonecalls, and the 'i've sent your CV to the client' - yeah 'course you have mate. Unfortunately this is all after I got suspicious of a couple of agencies and went trawling for info.
So, in your experience, what agencies are OK (as far as agencies can be) and who should I avoid like the plague?
Oh and since my CV has been searchable I got a phonecall from 'Sunday', I can only assume they got my number off my CV on one of the job boards. I've read some disturbing stuff about them on here too.
Oh joy!
I've been lurking on the boards for a couple of days. I thought it might be prudent to come on here and see what potential pitfalls there are, get some insider info etc, from people who have been contracting a while.
I've been permie for 5 years and am considering contracting. Although after dealing with some agency half-wits this week I beginning to wonder what I'm getting myself into!
Only after chatting to a few contractor mates and looking on here, have I discovered the 'fake job' blag, the fishing phonecalls, and the 'i've sent your CV to the client' - yeah 'course you have mate. Unfortunately this is all after I got suspicious of a couple of agencies and went trawling for info.
So, in your experience, what agencies are OK (as far as agencies can be) and who should I avoid like the plague?
Oh and since my CV has been searchable I got a phonecall from 'Sunday', I can only assume they got my number off my CV on one of the job boards. I've read some disturbing stuff about them on here too.
Oh joy!
