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    First contract: opting in or opting out from Employment Agencies Act

    Hi all i just got my first contract for a big bank. Agency asked me to choose to opt in or opt out from Employment Agencies Act.... i have done some quick research and it seems that opting out is better if you want to work outside IR35 Is that true? What do IT contractor choose normally...
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    contractor and mortages

    HI all i was about to move from permie to contractor as i have just been offered a contract from a bank. the only thing which i am thinking about is mortage, as my wife and i are planning to buy a house during this year. I have been offered a 6 months contract, and i was wondering what are the...
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    Company CV

    hello all, somewhere on this site i reckon someone mentioning that contrractoruk provides templates on how to write a company CV.. but i cannot find the link.. could anyone help? thanks and regards Marco
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    Banking contracts, how much experience needed?

    Hi Sockpuppet, thanks for your reply... no i don't plan to leave my current job.. but thing is that , as i have realized when i left my prev job, for contracts they want you to be ready yesterday... and having a month notice to give will cut me out of many possibilites.. thanks for your...
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    Banking contracts, how much experience needed?

    hi all, pls dont flame me just cos i am not (yet) a contractor.. few months ago i resigned to my permie job because i wanted to go contracting... got some offers, and then came along a bank with a permie job.. as i don't have financial experience, i thought that landing a job with a bank...
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    agency paying last friday of the month

    hi all, i have been offered a contract.... i had a go before submitting it to B&C and found out htat they are going to pay me the last friday of the month.. is that normal for an agency? do all of you get paid last xx day of the month? can it mean that something can go wrong or is just how...
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    Lets play catch the dodgy advert

    Hi, 'hello this is Chloe from xxrecruit, i have seen your CV for this position.. you seem a perfect fit for it. just before we get into that, who is your manager? i just want to have a picture of the team etc...' needless to say, the phone call lasted just few minutes and i didnt say name of...
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    Lets play catch the dodgy advert

    Hi, no... i had plan B... i was not planning to rely on those.. i got immediate feeling it was a fake but i got a better one.. actually i believe this is an oldie here.. got a call from an agent 'I got a contract for you, it matches exactly your skills. Only problem, you need to give me...
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    What am I doing wrong?

    cool! is there anything similar that developer can use ? :)
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    Lets play catch the dodgy advert

    Hi,, i like this I m looking for contracts J2EE/Java London/South East there have been at least 5 positions, all of them including the same agent, with start date immediate.. with similar job titles ..all of them were out inJanuary I called agent before handing notice, beginning of January...
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    What am I doing wrong?

    sorry to let you down guys. i thought too that this Word matching thingy is done only by JobHUnters.... until today.. got a phone interview with a financial institution today.. 'It's a fire and reply round.. we ask you questions and we want a concise reply. Your words will be checked against...
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    Help / Need advice

    hi all, i believe some of you contractors have been in the same situation before.... I resigned my permie position with a plan to do contracting And i found some long ones... 300/day contract. Then came a bank offering 55 K for a permie position and a betting company offering 58K again for...
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    12 month contract.. 9 to 5, on client site

    Hi Malvolio, i take it that the requirement (from the client) to be dressing smart won't give me any troubles......... thanks marco
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    12 month contract.. 9 to 5, on client site

    Thanx Malvolio..... Even though ,after reading various posts here and guides, what matters is actually how the work is carried out.... having seen length/location i was hopeless..... thanx for giving me little hope :) regards Marco
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    12 month contract.. 9 to 5, on client site

    hi all, hope nobody will flame me for this i have been reading many posts about IR35, contracts etc, what matters and what does not matter.... but i still need advices (also to see if anyone else is in the same situation..) I m not at advanced stages (missing is the phone interview.. nobody...
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