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    The post went to/the client is considering an internal candidate

    After 12 years, I know this all too well. My point is, I guess, to simply tell the truth! If the expenditure/budget was pulled, just say so! As I say, I'm a big boy, I can take it.
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    IPhone eighth most important invention - is it ?

    All you need to know about the intelligence level of the correspondents is that they cannot use a dictionary, since they think the iPhone is an invention. It isn't. It's a progression of a kind of invention. Personally, I have doubts about whether the mobile phone itself is an invention, being...
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    Boiler Room Scams

    For many years now, I've been using my elder brother's technique for dealing with nuisance callers (well, thse that et passed my TPS status). You leave a pause of J U S T long enough, then say in your best serial killer voice: "Do you want to be my friend?" (Another pause) "I haven't got any...
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    Contractors to get sick pay, holiday pay etc

    I would strongly advise against that, unless you already have an offer of a long-term contract on the table for a skill which is in very strong demand.
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    what is it with HR???

    You got an interview with the Beeb? Which one of your relatives swung that?
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    The post went to/the client is considering an internal candidate

    Whilst waiting to hear whether or not I have been successful in securing a contract, I'm being told that the client is considering an internal candidate. Late last year, I was told that I'd missed out on another role as an internal candidate had been appointed. Now, this *has* to be a euphemism...

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