Please Advise - im new to contracting!

[SantaClaus]

Now is not the time to go contracting.

Sorry to say, you have joined the party and the last guest has left. There's a half eaten plate of canapes on the table and a quarter of a glass of champagne.

[BrilloPad]

Now is not the time to go contracting.

Sorry to say, you have joined the party and the last guest has left. There's a half eaten plate of canapes on the table and a quarter of a glass of champagne.

bill to be paid

HTH

[d000hg]

Your figures are based on the assumption that the contractor is able to work almost every day of the year available to them. I'd imagine (especially in this climate) that many contractors will be working more like 180 days every year. The reality in terms of pay is therefore likely to be around halfway between the two extremes cited by pmeswani and yourself - somewhere in the 45k mark for a £250pd contractor.

Good point, I suppose if it's a company that tends to hold to short-term contracts (3-12 months) or do indefinite extensions rather than ever hire people.

[newtothis]

If we could stay on track please guys

Good evening folks.


to those of you who have taken me seriously, and sympathised with me - Thankyou for your advice.

For those of you who were bored, and had nothing better to do, and tried to be comedians.........go grab a spoon! (if you cannot finish the line, the jokes on you)

Anyway. would anyone care to share some stories of how they got into contracting, and what they advise? i know a few of you have, but looking for a more in depth explanation, if anyone would be so kind enough to do so.

And also if you could recommend any good recruitment agency's you've got work from, that would be much appreciated.

P.S if you spot any spelling mistake's

oh well, lifes a bitch, and you married one!

[DiscoStu]

Good evening folks.


to those of you who have taken me seriously, and sympathised with me - Thankyou for your advice.

For those of you who were bored, and had nothing better to do, and tried to be comedians.........go grab a spoon! (if you cannot finish the line, the jokes on you)

Anyway. would anyone care to share some stories of how they got into contracting, and what they advise? i know a few of you have, but looking for a more in depth explanation, if anyone would be so kind enough to do so.

And also if you could recommend any good recruitment agency's you've got work from, that would be much appreciated.

P.S if you spot any spelling mistake's

oh well, lifes a bitch, and you married one!

Cocky little f**ker aren't you?

You'll fit right in

[oracleslave]

to those of you who have taken me seriously, and sympathised with me -

For those reasons.....i'm out.

[BrowneIssue]

P.S if you spot any spelling mistake's

oh well, lifes a bitch, and you married one!

The needle on my sympathy gauge has whizzed round to 'F' and doesn't stand for 'Full'.

[EternalOptimist]

Good evening folks.


to those of you who have taken me seriously, and sympathised with me - Thankyou for your advice.

For those of you who were bored, and had nothing better to do, and tried to be comedians.........go grab a spoon! (if you cannot finish the line, the jokes on you)

Anyway. would anyone care to share some stories of how they got into contracting, and what they advise? i know a few of you have, but looking for a more in depth explanation, if anyone would be so kind enough to do so.

And also if you could recommend any good recruitment agency's you've got work from, that would be much appreciated.

P.S if you spot any spelling mistake's

oh well, lifes a bitch, and you married one!

I got into this malarky by pure chance. It's a dicey game, the old contracting, and if you bear with me you will understand why.

I was brought up on a farm, and when I was young, times were very hard. One day my dad died and my mum says, 'EO junior, you are now head of the household. Take our one and only cow into town and sell it for some stella For thy old man was a twat, and would never buy me any.'

So I took daisy, and, after that, I took the cow, buttercup, onto the road to town. On the way into town I met a pieman, and he says to me 'my name be threaded, beware , there are crooks and theives waiting to waylay you. Soon I was set upon by a dodgy agent. He persuaded me to exchange buttercup for three magic beans and a quarter pound of blackcurrant-licorice magic musgrooms.
deal.

When I got back, mother beat me with a rolling pin, calling me a jibber jabber and total ****wit. She threw the magic beans out of the window.

Next morning I awoke, I could hear mothers headboard banging on the wall and the bed springs boinging away. 'Ok dodgy, it's a deal. Three cases of stella. You get his soul, and he gets a handful of beans every week.deal'

and that, believe it or not, is how I came to sell my soul and become a contractor.

[PM-Junkie]

...I am still struggling with this "sympathy gauge" thing.

Can someone explain? "Sympathy"??? Wossat then???

[BrowneIssue]

...I am still struggling with this "sympathy gauge" thing.

Can someone explain? "Sympathy"??? Wossat then???

It's a tool I use to get permies to work harder and feel good about it. It came free with a soft skills course. It helps me give the impression I'm sincere.