I thought there was a recession on??

[oracleslave]

Interviewed 5 contractors this week and they were RUBBISH! Seems like the recession has resulted in all the decent resource going to ground or staying put in their existing contracts a lot longer than they would previously. At this rate I'll be doing change management, data conversion, PM and functional consultant on my own

[moggy]

Isn't that always the way.. loads of roles and no decent contractors.. loads of decent contractors and no roles!

[SimonMac]

Ooooh I know a change manager thats coming on the market

[darrenb]

Interviewed 5 contractors this week and they were RUBBISH! Seems like the recession has resulted in all the decent resource going to ground or staying put in their existing contracts

... or going overseas due to rate fixing on their home turf.

[Troll]

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

[norrahe]

... or going overseas due to rate fixing on their home turf.

Or going back to blighty cos they don't speaky de lingo

[darrenb]

Or going back to blighty cos they don't speaky de lingo

You mean Australian? It's a tough nut to crack.

But actually, I think wherever people go, they rarely come back. What is there to come back to? An intimate one-on-one with George Osborne?

[GB9]

Interviewed 5 contractors this week and they were RUBBISH! Seems like the recession has resulted in all the decent resource going to ground or staying put in their existing contracts a lot longer than they would previously. At this rate I'll be doing change management, data conversion, PM and functional consultant on my own

Out of curiosity, what rate are you paying?

[CoolCat]

I'll do it

[oracleslave]

Out of curiosity, what rate are you paying?

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