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    #21
    Originally posted by Doggy Styles View Post
    I found that post moving GJ.

    But contractors are a resourceful bunch, compared to most permies. Think of it this way - marketing yourself and punting for work is actually part of the job.

    I'm sure it won't be too long before you are complaining about your next client.
    Yeah I know you're right, most permies in this situation would be panicking but I'm confident I'll getting something pretty quick as my expectations are very low.

    My problem is lack of funds as the last 2 contracts were both breadline money, things can only get better™.
    Science isn't about why, it's about why not. You ask: why is so much of our science dangerous? I say: why not marry safe science if you love it so much. In fact, why not invent a special safety door that won't hit you in the butt on the way out, because you are fired. - Cave Johnson

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      #22
      Originally posted by norrahe View Post
      Budge up lads and lasses...
      If you think you can just turn up and pinch someone else's pre-heated bit, you can think again!

      There's plenty of space at the far end, where the varnish is peeling (although you cannot see that because of the frost).

      Originally posted by NickFitz View Post
      I'll be along on Wednesday - keep a space warm for me
      There's a hot water bottle under a rug on the bit under the shelter, right by the spare beer warmer. Just move the sign that says "Reserved for Menelaus". (As a decoy, that works a treat.)




      norrahe, you just need to know how to ask...
      My all-time favourite Dilbert cartoon, this is: BTW, a Dumpster is a brand of skip, I think.

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        #23
        Originally posted by RichardCranium View Post
        If you think you can just turn up and pinch someone else's pre-heated bit, you can think again!

        There's plenty of space at the far end, where the varnish is peeling (although you cannot see that because of the frost).

        There's a hot water bottle under a rug on the bit under the shelter, right by the spare beer warmer. Just move the sign that says "Reserved for Menelaus". (As a decoy, that works a treat.)




        norrahe, you just need to know how to ask...
        budge up, pretty please
        "Ask not what you can do for your country. Ask what's for lunch." - Orson Welles

        Norrahe's blog

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          #24
          Originally posted by norrahe View Post
          budge up, pretty please
          I'd let you have my space on the bench (4 months and counting) but as I've just mucked up a phone interview for the easiest job going, I reckon I'll need the space a while longer.

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            #25
            Originally posted by bellymonster View Post
            I've just mucked up a phone interview
            for getting an interview and for getting the opportunity to practise your telephone interview technique on a noddy gig in readiness for your perfect gig.
            My all-time favourite Dilbert cartoon, this is: BTW, a Dumpster is a brand of skip, I think.

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              #26
              Originally posted by RichardCranium View Post
              for getting an interview and for getting the opportunity to practise your telephone interview technique on a noddy gig in readiness for your perfect gig.
              It was a noddy gig with a noddy daily rate, but it was localish and I could do with the dosh.

              Guess I just need to forget about work until after Christmas.

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                #27
                Originally posted by bellymonster View Post
                I'd let you have my space on the bench (4 months and counting) but as I've just mucked up a phone interview for the easiest job going, I reckon I'll need the space a while longer.
                Phone interview?? That's a sure sign things are on the up, clients have been conducting face to face interviews with 10x candidates for a single 5 week support role.

                It'll be 'phone call Friday start Monday' before we know it... Boomed!!
                Science isn't about why, it's about why not. You ask: why is so much of our science dangerous? I say: why not marry safe science if you love it so much. In fact, why not invent a special safety door that won't hit you in the butt on the way out, because you are fired. - Cave Johnson

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                  #28
                  Jobserve has gone a bit quiet - ah well.

                  I feel an urge to bake.

                  More mince pies anyone?
                  "I can put any old tat in my sig, put quotes around it and attribute to someone of whom I've heard, to make it sound true."
                  - Voltaire/Benjamin Franklin/Anne Frank...

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                    #29
                    Good luck to you benchmen and women. Thought I would be there with you after xmas but have managed to wring a few more drips out of current one.

                    Do you think there is any mileage in having a CUK barter system wherby we can exchange skills and 'do each others washing' instead of paying tradesman? I am betting us IT folk have plenty of alternative skills - decorating, plastering, simple DIY etc that we could trade with each other when on the bench.

                    I for one have a stack of DIY that I can't get near cos of work and refuse to pay outrageous rates charged by light builders round our way when I know one day I could do it myself if I have the time. Not fully thought out plan as yet but might have some potential, what do you reckon?

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                      #30
                      Originally posted by bellymonster View Post
                      Guess I just need to forget about work until after Christmas.
                      Nooo! I fired off a CV this morning for a gig and the agent called me back ... get your searching & applications done now while everyone else is shopping / eating / getting drunk.
                      My all-time favourite Dilbert cartoon, this is: BTW, a Dumpster is a brand of skip, I think.

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