That cheeky chappy Cockney milk man's son from The Apprentice

[TheBigYinJames]

Imagine a pimp putting fibs on his CV - I guess he learnt something of us contractors afterall

He probably thought nobody checks references, now he knows that's just agents who don't.

[PRC1964]

He probably thought nobody checks references, now he knows that's just agents who don't.

Very few people do. I certainly never bothered when I was interviwing in my permie days.

[TheBigYinJames]

Very few people do. I certainly never bothered when I was interviwing in my permie days.

I'll tell you who does.. HM Govt when they're doing security checks! They wanted a written reference off all my previous employers for the last 5 years. Being a contractor, that was quite a long list.

[DimPrawn]

I'll tell you who does.. HM Govt when they're doing security checks! They wanted a written reference off all my previous employers for the last 5 years. Being a contractor, that was quite a long list.

For me that would be one company. MyCo ltd

HTH

[TheBigYinJames]

For me that would be one company. MyCo ltd
HTH

That wouldn't do them, they'd want all your previous clients.

[Hemingfield]

I actually have to dumb-down my CV so as not to scare prospective employers. I mean, who in the right mind would knowingly recruit someone who not only could do their job - but do it in half the time and twice as good?

Most companies/pimps seem to stick to the key-word search approach to CVs anyway. Anyone else tired of pimps approaching you about team-lead positions on projects in languages you may have read a paragraph about at high-school as opposed to the decade or two of relevant experience you have in a main-stream language?

Hem

[TheBigYinJames]

Most companies/pimps seem to stick to the key-word search approach to CVs anyway. Anyone else tired of pimps approaching you about team-lead positions on projects in languages you may have read a paragraph about at high-school as opposed to the decade or two of relevant experience you have in a main-stream language?
Hem

Yup. I've taken Symbian, Java, C++ etc off my CV because of such keyword searches. Sure, I've done them in the past, but that doesn't mean I can suddently do a role requiring Embedded C++ job on Symbian with java preferred.

[dude69]

He had common sense, plenty of intelligent people have little of that.

well yes but there are plenty of intelligent people with common sense as well. It would be nice if you are in a meeting with a supplier and they say that it will cost £10m for 500,000, to know that that means £20 per item, or to be able to give a better presentation than the debate team at a sink comprehensive.

[Lucy]

well yes but there are plenty of intelligent people with common sense as well. It would be nice if you are in a meeting with a supplier and they say that it will cost £10m for 500,000, to know that that means £20 per item, or to be able to give a better presentation than the debate team at a sink comprehensive.

And again in english?

[Bagpuss]

I noticed in the Apprentice you hired they had last year's winner in the audience. He didn't look too happy, in fact he looked like he'd had the stuffing knocked out of him.