Originally posted by milanbenes
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yeah ... ye olde MSCD for VS6 and 2/5ths for .net -
ten + 8 + 3 + 1.5 + 1 = 23.5 yrs solid VB experienceOriginally posted by madhippyComment
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7 years, but 1 year away from the market is too long. The client needs someone who will hit the ground running, not have someone who needs time to get up to speed.Originally posted by madhippy
I had exactly this conversation with an agent over VB6.Comment
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let's think about this from a different perspective lads,
let's imagine you are employee of X Consulting Company
let's imagine your current project is coming to an end, it's time to update
the internal cv and your resource manager has approached you about a project coming in requiring somebody with solid VB experience
he has asked you to update your cv accordingly
you know what this means
now the question...
what does it now say on your cv about your VB/.Net experience ?
apply the above to your contracting career and you won't go far wrong
as a professional always be able to carry everything off
here endeth the Benes gem
Milan.Comment
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Thanks Milan, I just added 5 years SAP experience to the CV and now the phone won't stop ringing!Originally posted by milanbeneshe has asked you to update your cv accordingly
you know what this means
Milan.Comment
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nice to dream innit Gregor
Milan.Comment
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Not a sensible question.Originally posted by madhippy
Imagine the scene. Me to prospective plumber: how many years of blowlamp do you have? Plumber: Leave it out, mate (or words to that effect).Comment
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but it's what the satanic little $hit$ (agents) ask all the time ... more usually something slightly more esoteric ... "how many years SQL do you have?" etc... I mean - how do you total that one up ?Originally posted by expatComment
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You don't, you pick a number that looks about right and adjust your CV accordingly.Originally posted by madhippy"Being nice costs nothing and sometimes gets you extra bacon" - Pondlife.Comment
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Ah, taking a leaf out of Gordon Brown's book. I like it!Originally posted by DimPrawn
Imagine your pay is £10,000 a year but you have already received a promise of a £2,000 a year increase in each of the next two years. A new boss comes along and says he likes your work so much that he will continue to increase it by £2,000 each year, from 2008-09, until it reaches £20,000 by 2010-11.
Now, how would you describe the pay rise you have just been promised?
I think I would go home and say I had just been given a pay increase of £8,000 over five years, in other words the rise from the £12,000 a year I had already been promised to the £20,000 I will eventually earn.
The Chancellor, by contrast, would go home and tell his family he was getting an extra £80,000.
This would be made up of his total accumulated pay: £12,000 in 2006-07, £14,000 in 2007-08, £16,000 in 2008-09, £18,000 in 2009-10, and £20,000 in 2010-11.
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