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[SussexSeagull]

I don't think for a moment immigration over the last 14 years is an attempt to increase diversity. Foreign students more or less bankroll Higher Education now and anyone coming here to work has done so because business have given the impression they can't fill the role with anyone from this country...

[SussexSeagull]

You know, on balance, I think white males do quite well in society compared to others.

[SussexSeagull]

Received a contract extension until the end of May last week. Then got a phone call this week telling me they weren't extending me past the end of April. Asking why they gave me a contract until the end of May it turns out it was a mistake.

Got an e-mail today asking me to stay on until...

[SussexSeagull]

Oddly the longest I went without a contract was following my longest ever contract which lasted nearly two and a half years. With hindsight - plus Brexit happened - I had a not very exciting contract at the top of my CV and agents didn't get past it.

Some clients like that you can come...

[SussexSeagull]

As every other branch of government is creaking at the moment it is probably fair to imagine that the HMRC are the same....

[SussexSeagull]

Admittedly I tended not to look for a new contract until the old one finished to give me a break but I think that is a fairly typical experience now. I tend to find it ends when someone in my network approaches me with a suitable role and there isn't an awful lot you can do to hurry the process u...

[SussexSeagull]

Oddly my rate has been quite good over the last year and I would have had a quick turnaround between two contracts had sign off and Christmas not got in the way. In both instances the agent came to me though.

I will probably be out for six months next time out but maybe we are beginning...

[SussexSeagull]

I think we are in the process of a fairly major adjustment in the IT contracting industry. Once the City decided that inside IR35 was the way to go then the argument for remaining a contractor was weakened, although there is seemingly still enough contractors willing to do it.

Also the...

[SussexSeagull]

I would add that getting several hundred applications for a contract or job isn't a new thing. The difference might be a higher percentage are actually capable of doing the role at the moment.