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How long before your contract end date do you start looking?

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    How long before your contract end date do you start looking?

    Just wondering. My renewal date is on the 2nd week of May. Already been offered a two month extension, but though I might start applying if I can be bothered to look.

    When do most members start looking? 1 week, 2 weeks, month, all of the time?

    MF
    44
    I wait until I'm finished then I start looking
    29.55%
    13
    With a week to go I panic and start looking
    4.55%
    2
    1-2 Weeks - Cooly does it
    11.36%
    5
    Upto a month - Nice and calm
    27.27%
    12
    All the time - Always looking to make the jump
    18.18%
    8
    I am AndyW!
    9.09%
    4
    What happens in General, stays in General.
    You know what they say about assumptions!

    #2
    If onlt there were some form of poll technology......
    And the lord said unto John; "come forth and receive eternal life." But John came fifth and won a toaster.

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      #3
      Originally posted by b0redom View Post
      If onlt there were some form of poll technology......
      What? Like a choosy option kinda thingy? Have a word with Admin see if he/she can rustle something up...

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        #4
        Originally posted by MarillionFan View Post
        Just wondering. My renewal date is on the 2nd week of May. Already been offered a two month extension, but though I might start applying if I can be bothered to look.

        When do most members start looking? 1 week, 2 weeks, month, all of the time?

        MF
        I look 2 months in advance, to calm my OH's nerves because she is convinced that I will never work again and at the end of the current contract I will be unemployed, soon to be on the street.

        Naturally there is nothing with a 2-month lead time, only a choice betweed PDQ and yesterday. But at least I am able to tell her that there is work out there.

        (then 1 month 3 weeks later I look again and there's bugger all).

        HTH

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          #5
          IMHO, in the current climate, as soon as you can.

          My current gig ends at the end of May, been here 3 years then. I am already looking and interviewing.

          Some clients want immediate starts but most long term contract clients 6 month+ are reasonably understanding of a months notice or so.

          If you can secure a 12 monther and leave a month early, surely the maths add up unlesss you are expecting a lot of repeat business in the future from your current client, and dont want to upset them.
          Never has a man been heard to say on his death bed that he wishes he'd spent more time in the office.

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            #6
            Originally posted by b0redom View Post
            If onlt there were some form of poll technology......
            All right. ALL RIGHT!!!

            Bloody pedants.
            What happens in General, stays in General.
            You know what they say about assumptions!

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              #7
              WOW! Really! 1/3 of posters wait until they have finished their contracts!!!
              What happens in General, stays in General.
              You know what they say about assumptions!

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                #8
                Originally posted by MarillionFan View Post
                WOW! Really! 1/3 of posters wait until they have finished their contracts!!!
                Used to. I normally get extensions so the end of a contract is time for hols or working on Plan B.

                It's frustrating to look too far ahead.
                Behold the warranty -- the bold print giveth and the fine print taketh away.

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by MarillionFan View Post
                  Just wondering. My renewal date is on the 2nd week of May. Already been offered a two month extension, but though I might start applying if I can be bothered to look.

                  When do most members start looking? 1 week, 2 weeks, month, all of the time?

                  MF
                  Sorry for the delay, still recovering from the fact that someone hired you.
                  Knock first as I might be balancing my chakras.

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                    #10
                    What do you mean, start looking?
                    Originally posted by MaryPoppins
                    I'd still not breastfeed a nazi
                    Originally posted by vetran
                    Urine is quite nourishing

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