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Agents exaggerating?
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Now they’re a bunch of tossers if ever there was one. When they call, their agents always say ‘Hi Mich, good to talk to you, how are you doing mate?’ as if I know them personally and spend my evenings in the pub with them. I don’t like this fake chumminess.And what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014 -
I've not seen many PM contract roles on monster.Originally posted by chris79 View PostThat's interesting info, thanks for that. I'll get on there today! I always thought Monster was just a low-level/junior version of jobserve for university leavers.This default font is sooooooooooooo boring and so are short usernamesComment
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Insanity: repeating the same actions, but expecting different results.
threadeds website, and here's my blog.
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I've actually put my rate up by €10 per hour and everyone has said fine ,we can cover that. Obviously I wasn't charging enough before (actually I was as a lot of agents, well only UK ones, said that was too much.)“Brexit is having a wee in the middle of the room at a house party because nobody is talking to you, and then complaining about the smell.”Comment
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well in Jan I had 5 calls off itOriginally posted by chris79 View PostThat's interesting info, thanks for that. I'll get on there today! I always thought Monster was just a low-level/junior version of jobserve for university leavers.
3 from India wanting to place me in London
1 from the company I am with now
1 from a Water Board in Essex paying a decent rate for 8 months.
All these were obv direct - and it means I dont need to deal with Agents.Comment
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