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Take it slowly and use plenty of lubricant.... Of you mean contracting, I suppose the same advice goes when dealing with agentsOriginally posted by Stevie Wonder BoyI can't see any way to do it can you please advise?
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I'd stay inside a perm role and look for access toward programme management. That shouldn't take more than 5 to 10 years to get good at it. There always seems to be too many PM's on the contract market and as a result the rates suffer. While rates for programme management roles tend to be in the high £700'sComment
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Originally posted by firstimer View Posthi - i'm an IT PM just come off an Oracle R12 in a perm role and thinking of going into IT contracting. Im not being made redundant but looking for a next step. I'm nervous i don't have enough experience....6 years as a PM and 3 in IT (with 2 in Oracle implementation). As a young'un am i going to find myself being laughed out of the market with my lack of experience?? I have a great CV but am very nervous about my marketability! Any advice guys??Let us not forget EU open doors immigration benefits IT contractors more than anyoneComment
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Originally posted by firstimer View Posthi - i'm an IT PM just come off an Oracle R12 in a perm role and thinking of going into IT contracting. Im not being made redundant but looking for a next step. I'm nervous i don't have enough experience....6 years as a PM and 3 in IT (with 2 in Oracle implementation). As a young'un am i going to find myself being laughed out of the market with my lack of experience?? I have a great CV but am very nervous about my marketability! Any advice guys??Let us not forget EU open doors immigration benefits IT contractors more than anyoneComment
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Originally posted by DodgyAgent View PostIf you are that good and you are that ambitious you need to sell yourself. If you cannot influence and persuade then you cannot be very good. If you are any good you would understand the concept of influence and building networks - and therefore marketing yourself would not be a problem. I am afraid coming on to a forum like this as a "little nervous lost boy" suggests that this is the type of Project manager you are... not very goodComment
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Originally posted by DodgyAgent View PostIf you are that good and you are that ambitious you need to sell yourself. If you cannot influence and persuade then you cannot be very good. If you are any good you would understand the concept of influence and building networks - and therefore marketing yourself would not be a problem. I am afraid coming on to a forum like this as a "little nervous lost boy" suggests that this is the type of Project manager you are... not very good"You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JRComment
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Originally posted by bobspud View PostHas someone pissed on your cornflakes this morning?Let us not forget EU open doors immigration benefits IT contractors more than anyoneComment
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Originally posted by SueEllen View PostWhy are you being nice today?Originally posted by Stevie Wonder BoyI can't see any way to do it can you please advise?
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It's probably a good idea to read each forums description before deciding which to post in. But you're here now, so I hope you can take it.Down with racism. Long live miscegenation!Comment
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