Not on contract? How very dare you!

[MicrosoftBob]

So we are all familiar with the red tape nightmare that has become the process of "onboarding" as our friends in the recruitment industry like to call it. I understand the need to apply a certain amount of scrutiny to protect against fraudulent applicants but really it is getting beyond a joke now.

The bit that gets me most agitated is the "Why were you not working from July 2002 to August 2003" type questions, along with a new requirement that is even more annoying that some professional individual verifies the reason you give for this despicable crime. Seriously, what if any reason you would supply along the lines of "Not in Contract" would have any reasonable bearing on the process?

Every time I start a new contract it gets worse, I actually think there will come a day when I'm asked to give references from my nursery school year.

Waiting till you have to be security vetted to live with your girlfriend,if you fail she either has to dump you or she loses her job....

[d000hg]

So we are all familiar with the red tape nightmare that has become the process of "onboarding" as our friends in the recruitment industry like to call it.

I've never heard the word "onboarding" in my life.

[MicrosoftBob]

Some clients and agents simply don't understand the concept of 'contracting'.

That's because to them we're just a well paid temp

[Mich the Tester]

That's because to them we're just a well paid temp

There are actually only two words in that sentence which really matter to me. Can you guess what they are?

[Ticktock]

"That" and "temp"?

[Contractoid]

What were you doing from July 2002 to August 2003?

Answer honestly, your CUK badge depends on it.

Actually I was off to my favorite nudist colony holiday location, I offered to supply references and photographic evidence but curiously they declined the offer.

[norrahe]

ftfy

I'm in Euroland and I haven't experienced a lot of this cack.

Same here, agents expect you have have gaps it's the UK pimps who get nervous about it.

[doodab]

There are actually only two words in that sentence which really matter to me. Can you guess what they are?

I'm going with well and paid.

[nomadd]

Gap on your c.v.?

No problem.

I will personally vouch for any of you guys. *

* Please note that a non-refundable "administration fee" applies.

[MicrosoftBob]

There are actually only two words in that sentence which really matter to me. Can you guess what they are?

None of them involve norks or naked birds, so your sentence does not compute