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    #11
    Originally posted by MaryPoppins View Post
    Noted, ta both. I won't wear knickers!
    Thinking outside the box, good girl.
    Originally posted by MaryPoppins
    I'd still not breastfeed a nazi
    Originally posted by vetran
    Urine is quite nourishing

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      #12
      Originally posted by MaryPoppins View Post
      I know. This is the first permy role I've seen that could be the one to take me out of contracting for good. It's just fairly senior, and I don't feel grown up enough.
      Why not? Seriously.

      I've near 24 years of contracting, and a permie job/interview would be a piece-of-pi55 compared to what I've had to deliver over the years (and the circumstances under which I'd have to do it.)

      Seriously, 99% of contractors I've met could pi55 all over all the permies I've ever met trying to do the same job. You are probably the best candidate they've got - by a mile. Just relax and take it in your stride. Think and deliver like a contractor in the interview: CONFIDENT AND WITH NO HINT OF FEAR. I AM THE BEST. FOOK YEAH.
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        #13
        Originally posted by nomadd View Post
        Why not? Seriously.

        I've near 24 years of contracting, and a permie job/interview would be a piece-of-pi55 compared to what I've had to deliver over the years (and the circumstances under which I'd have to do it.)

        Seriously, 99% of contractors I've met could pi55 all over all the permies I've ever met trying to do the same job. You are probably the best candidate they've got - by a mile. Just relax and take it in your stride. Think and delivery like a contractor in the interview: CONFIDENT AND WITH NO HINT OF FEAR.
        I don't know. I have read, and re-read the spec and I think I can do it. The salary and grading are what scare me, to be honest.

        I can do confident and articulate. I reckon. If I can get through it without dry retching I will be v proud.
        Practically perfect in every way....there's a time and (more importantly) a place for malarkey.
        +5 Xeno Cool Points

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          #14
          Originally posted by nomadd View Post
          Seriously, 99% of contractors I've met could pi55 all over all the permies I've ever met trying to do the same job.
          Yeah but the reason for that is being a permie sucks the will to live out of your soul.

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            #15
            They already know you. If they want to spend the time interviewing you, they must be pretty sure you're up to it. And you almost certainly are. There will be bits you don't know for sure - but you'll learn. The same is true for everyone.

            Go for it - and good luck

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              #16
              Originally posted by MaryPoppins View Post
              The salary and grading are what scare me, to be honest.
              The salary should only scare you by it's smallness. If it isn't small, there is nothing to fear. My best year as a contractor was £234k. No-one in there right mind would offer me that as a permie, but I wouldn't be scared if they did (well, actually, I'd be scared for them.)

              And grading? Like every other permie, you'll be bitching about how low your grade is come next years assessment.

              Anyway...

              About that "no knickers" thing you were mentioning: are you going for a thong instead?
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                #17
                Originally posted by nomadd View Post
                The salary should only scare you by it's smallness. If it isn't small, there is nothing to fear. My best year as a contractor was £234k. No-one in there right mind would offer me that as a permie, but I wouldn't be scared if they did (well, actually, I'd be scared for them.)

                And grading? Like every other permie, you'll be bitching about how low your grade is come next years assessment.

                Anyway...

                About that "no knickers" thing you were mentioning: are you going for a thong instead?
                A skirt could still feasibly get stuck in a thong. Maybe no skirt would be a safer bet?

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                  #18
                  Originally posted by mudskipper View Post
                  They already know you. If they want to spend the time interviewing you, they must be pretty sure you're up to it. And you almost certainly are. There will be bits you don't know for sure - but you'll learn. The same is true for everyone.

                  Go for it - and good luck
                  Yes. You're right by jove. Thanks lady.

                  Originally posted by nomadd View Post
                  The salary should only scare you by it's smallness. If it isn't small, there is nothing to fear. My best year as a contractor was £234k. No-one in there right mind would offer me that as a permie, but I wouldn't be scared if they did (well, actually, I'd be scared for them.)

                  And grading? Like every other permie, you'll be bitching about how low your grade is come next years assessment.

                  Anyway...

                  About that "no knickers" thing you were mentioning: are you going for a thong instead?
                  No they bloody wouldn't, you illiterate fool.
                  Practically perfect in every way....there's a time and (more importantly) a place for malarkey.
                  +5 Xeno Cool Points

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                    #19
                    Originally posted by MaryPoppins View Post
                    Noted, ta both. I won't wear knickers!
                    That should swing it
                    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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                      #20
                      Originally posted by mudskipper View Post
                      A skirt could still feasibly get stuck in a thong. Maybe no skirt would be a safer bet?
                      I assume you mean trousers instead.
                      Practically perfect in every way....there's a time and (more importantly) a place for malarkey.
                      +5 Xeno Cool Points

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