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When did they tell you this? I did have this problem with Hays last year. In fact, it resulted in an offer of a contract from one of their clients not going through because of it.
However, I spoke to Hays again just recently and they now have a much much bigger list of umbrella companies with...
Market is very depressed
Market is very depressed
My contract finished in September of last year (after 3 solid years with the client) and I took a month off to go abroad on holiday. Came back into the middle of the banking crisis/credit crunch and have been on the bench since - despite my...
I was working for a city investment bank until recently and everyone (employees and contractors alike) were required to complete an online training thing for insider and ethical trading. I think the pass mark was also 7/10 so it might be this is the same thing. Everyone was told they had to do...
Australian job boards
Australian job boards
For Australia, try the following:
http://www.jobsjobsjobs.com.au
http://www.career.com.au
http://www.seek.com.au
- CDM
What people need to understand is that, so long as there is a notice period clause in the contract, the contract is effectively never really longer than that notice period.
If you sign a contract for 6 months but there's a 2-week notice period, you're never really more than 2 weeks away from...