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Recent content by jdedev

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    Parents encouraged to use large 4x4's by the government

    I have two kids under 20 months and we need as much space as we can possibly get... Two large car seats, either a double buggy or two singles, plus bags full of food and nappies etc... We have an X5 which is pretty big and it's usually jammed full when we all go out... The new X5 has 7 seats...
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    Had Enough of Agencies??

    ...the client will typically pay 20% fees to the agent, resulting in a day rate of £360 for contractor B. So it's hard to say how much the client would invest in self sourcing to avoid heavy agency fees of 20%+ Anyway, I don't think it's as clean cut as that, I think it comes down to the...
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    Had Enough of Agencies??

    I might be missing something here but they appear to not charge clients anything... at all!! I know my clients deal with a lot of sh!t off agents, and if it were the choice between having a fancy lunch or sourcing direct at zero cost, I know what the answer would be... Personally I think £300...
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    Had Enough of Agencies??

    Hi All Another contractor working with me on my current job has just referred this to me: www.cynanto.com I've not yet had chance to look into the finer details of their terms etc, but at first glance it looks like a new site that's finally bridging the gap between us contractors and our...
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    Agencies getting out of hand?

    Totally agree... IMHO that jobserve post is just the epitome of the entire recruitment industry. I don't think I've ever had a good experience with an agency. They advertise false jobs to get you in their database then when a real job actually comes up they are useless!! Makes you feel you...

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