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Recent content by greg_canada

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    Overseas contracts - where can I find a list of job boards/agents?

    " ~~attract in OZ/CAN, I'm sure these countries must have their own specific job boards " Can't speak of OZ, but for CA..... try monster.ca OR workopolis.com BUT remember, when looking in CA - a) there are work permit req's ( unless you're a Canuck, of course ) b) CA is like the US ie a...
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    Overseas contracts / Date of birth

    I can see all the lawyers rubbing their hands at the trillions they'll make in age discrimination cases :yay:
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    Fake jobs

    "so they will go through their current list of candidates and look for a match." Have serious doubts about that ! Personally get a ton of emails that have no / zip / zero relevance to either the "profile" or even the itself Cv., i.e. they ( the agents ) have NOT read it or even categorized my...
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    Agency Blacklisting

    What a tangled web we ( they, S3 ) do weave.......... Have this list : E. & O.E. of course All the Jobs Banking People Computer Futures Conexus Recruitment Huxley Associates Huxley Associates Finance IR Solutions IT Jobboard JP Gray Madison Black MG Resourcing New Wave...
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    Contracting in the UK from Ireland

    As I said ".. the money never seems to be in the right account.." In my case have had to deal in three currencies .... GBP / Eur / $ Even with accounts in the respective countries, it's not rocket science but messy at best. Exchange losses are a legit expense, therefore, deductible. The trick is...
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    Contracting in the UK from Ireland

    Have a similar situation - live and contract ex-EU, using a ltd. co. registered in the same country AND contract in UK / RoI using separate ltd. co. in the UK. BTW: Never have had any problems using a UK ltd in the RoI. There MAY be advantages / disadvantages to having one co. as a...
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    iprofile???

    iprofile garbles everytime iprofile garbles everytime No idea why but each time I check my "iprofile" it's garbled .... employment history has duplicate or missing entries .... dates change throughout .... employment summary also duplicate or missing .... any details bleed into the adjacent...

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