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Interviewers that don't understand contractors

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    #21
    Originally posted by Pondlife View Post
    The correct answer is "Well, it could do with some work I think."
    And quote them for the work.

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      #22
      Originally posted by amcdonald View Post
      It's usually why do want to work for us

      When you know they don't want you to be honest and say I'm not a permie I don't want a career with you I just want your money
      I just say, "I like the name of your company on my CV, when I am looking for new contracts, and that's the only reason I am taking a rate cut. Usually i would not touch this kind of role, but it's just one of cases."

      HTH.

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        #23
        I've told clients their website is tulipe and still got the contract
        Doing the needful since 1827

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          #24
          Originally posted by Churchill View Post
          Hopefully by then I will have completed your project and a couple of others and be either sunning myself on a beach somewhere or I'll be lying used and abused on a bed in an expensive hotel somewhere surrounded by white powder and high-class hookers.
          Instantly marking yourself out as unimaginative and lacking ambition, not to mention lacking in self confidence and only in it for the money.
          While you're waiting, read the free novel we sent you. It's a Spanish story about a guy named 'Manual.'

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            #25
            Originally posted by doodab View Post
            Instantly marking yourself out as unimaginative and lacking ambition, not to mention lacking in self confidence and only in it for the money.
            So the correct answer is I could tell you but I don't have a nice Chianti or any fava beans to hand
            Doing the needful since 1827

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              #26
              Originally posted by doodab View Post
              Instantly marking yourself out as unimaginative and lacking ambition, not to mention lacking in self confidence and only in it for the money.
              Bless.


              We're all in it for the money. Anyone who says different is lying. HTH.
              Knock first as I might be balancing my chakras.

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                #27
                Originally posted by suityou01 View Post
                We're all in it for the money. Anyone who says different is lying.
                Oh don't get me wrong, I love the money, and I've no qualms about taking money for old rope when required, but if my heart isn't in something it becomes hard to motivate myself to go the extra mile, which ultimately impacts the quality of the end product and starts to get me down.

                Ergo, If I'm hiring I want to see a bit more than dollar signs flashing in someone's eyes.
                While you're waiting, read the free novel we sent you. It's a Spanish story about a guy named 'Manual.'

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                  #28
                  Originally posted by doodab View Post
                  Ergo, If I'm hiring I want to see a bit more than dollar signs flashing in someone's eyes.
                  Phew thank goodness it's sterling signs flashing
                  Doing the needful since 1827

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                    #29
                    Originally posted by doodab View Post
                    Ergo, If I'm hiring I want to see a bit more than dollar signs flashing in someone's eyes.
                    ostendo mihi viaticus

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                      #30
                      Originally posted by doodab View Post
                      Oh don't get me wrong, I love the money, and I've no qualms about taking money for old rope when required, but if my heart isn't in something it becomes hard to motivate myself to go the extra mile, which ultimately impacts the quality of the end product and starts to get me down.

                      Ergo, If I'm hiring I want to see a bit more than dollar signs flashing in someone's eyes.
                      Do you ask the same of your plumber, tailor, motor insurance broker?

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