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#11

28 February 2013, 20:23

Originally posted by Troll View Post

When I hire I usually find the agencies send in the rubbish first i.e.the ones that they have the biggest margins on
A robust conversation with the agent usually puts them right

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#12

28 February 2013, 20:50

Originally posted by oracleslave View Post

They vary across the roles. None are less than £500 a day

If you need a PM who can WFH full time ( in cloggers) count me in laugh

I think you find when there is a recession, all the people who have been made redundant decide that contracting is the best option.

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#13

28 February 2013, 21:34

Originally posted by oracleslave View Post

They vary across the roles. None are less than £500 a day

If you need a Perl dev, PM me

Contracting: more of the money, less of the sh1t
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#14

28 February 2013, 21:55

I thought there was a recession on??

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Why, do you a good one ?
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#15

1 March 2013, 06:10

Originally posted by oracleslave View Post

They vary across the roles. None are less than £500 a day

You mean you are paying the goon £500-£600, and he is paying them £200-£300. And telling you he is paying them £400-£500, giving you plausible deniability. You're not the first in this position to show surprise. "Why are all the engineers in the world so rubbish? I can't understand it!"

Why not do some digging of your own as bobspud says. Wait, let me guess. It's because you don't "have the time" to do all the wonderfully useful filtering that the agents do. You would rather spend the time interviewing the next five bobs they send you. How enjoyable.

Der going over der to get der der's.
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#16

1 March 2013, 07:09

Originally posted by darrenb View Post

Wait, let me guess.

I'd recommend you stop doing that thicko as it keeps going horribly wrong.

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#17

1 March 2013, 07:33

I've managed to get 3 offers out in the last two days. Two contractors and one permie. And I have another perm starting next week!

Three more left to go...

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1 March 2013, 08:58

Originally posted by MarillionFan View Post

I've managed to get 3 offers out in the last two days. Two contractors and one permie. And I have another perm starting next week!

Three more left to go...

Lets hope they all pass the drugs test

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#19

1 March 2013, 09:05

Originally posted by kingcook View Post

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WKC said

Originally posted by stek View Post

Why, do you a good one ?

I'm good, I'll live away as long as the £££ is right
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#20

1 March 2013, 09:12

Suity is on the bench....
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