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Hello & 'junior' positions
Cheers; and yes, have plenty of experience with 'recruiters' from the other side at least, to know how they work (ie lying, begging and stealing to get contact details of someone that will have no desire at all to talk to them.) After I 'bought into' my first couple of positive responses...- deeb
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Hello & 'junior' positions
Ta, Sorry, 'client' :). And no degree or other stuff worth listing. If I end up back trying to aim for testing positions, will look to get an istqb or two done, as often is mentioned. (I know I'll breeze the first level at least.) Will an agent pass on a covering letter? I've been working...- deeb
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Hello & 'junior' positions
Been a bit busy and sadly not busy being offered jobs, cheers for the thoughts. Any suggestions with what to replace it with? I have gone for ...acclimatising to new infrastructure Oh and I should add that I'm neither a kid nor and old git - which is why I was thinking it might be good to let...- deeb
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Hello & 'junior' positions
Cheers - have now tweaked CV to reflect the thoughts. Any ideas of putting age (date of birth) on there? I haven't for ages, but wondering if 33 is about right for what employers are looking for or not? I've certainly heard people in other sectors moan about a lack of age on a CV, but would...- deeb
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Hello & 'junior' positions
Cheers, some interesting points. I've already been doing a similar position, however on my CV it seems I may need to modify how I present the concept of 'willingness to learn'. The agencies seemed happy with my responses - but that can mean nothing for various reasons of course (including that...- deeb
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Hello & 'junior' positions
New here and probably not too an unusual story overall. I've been considering doing contracting for many years, but now is the first point I'm seriously trying to get positions through agencies. I've got a good many years experience as a software tester, but just recently I've been doing some...- deeb
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