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[TheDude]

Whenever I search for specific keywords in LinkedIn job search I seem to get hundreds of irrelevant hits.

Worse than that I am getting adverts for tacky jewellery and oven cleaning products in my feed.

I can understand the tacky jewellery because I live in Essex but why would...

[TheDude]

I made that mistake in my last 'fat' contract. I didn't really notice the volume of recruiter calls dropping off over the two years I was there and assumed I would walk straight into another contract at a similar rate as I had always done in the past.

Keep an eye on the market and be prepared....

[TheDude]

I bet ex-pats in Dubai were congratulating themselves on sky high rates as well before the missile strikes started.

If conscription was introduced in the UK the last thing I would be thinking about is contract rates and legroom on the train.

[TheDude]

Just been told I can ignore the billable days limit in my contract and work all days in March rather than be forced to take 12 days off.

Not sure if that is a good thing......

[TheDude]

Me too.

It is hopelessly outdated now....

[TheDude]

I know that larger firms run CVs through AI.

I know that firms are swamped with CVs

I am wondering if AI rejects CVs because a candidate mat be too experience and as a consequence expect significantly more than the role pays?

[TheDude]

Stealth? Mercator?...

[TheDude]

I left school in 1989, college in 1991 and university in 1998.

When I left school/college it was perfectly possible to find a job in the city. When I left University it was possible for 24 year olds who had dossed around a bit to find jobs in the city - usually word of mouth from those...

[TheDude]

That is what University is for plus it shifts the cost onto the student/parent...

[TheDude]

Fixing/maintaining crappy systems is the contractors bread and butter....

[TheDude]

My first cultural fit rejection was whilst I was working as a perm at the worlds favourite US Investment Bank. At the time I was was working 12 hour days writing/fixing code whilst sitting on the trading desk. It was really stressful and I hated it. Doing something new in a completely different sector...