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Recent content by yetanotherbob
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Recruitment agent being ghosted and throwing a hissy
Sometimes, recruiters often "reach out" for reasons other than a legitimate opportunity: Intelligence gathering on behalf of competitors, even current clients etc. Gathering Data / Information / Contacts That said, a courteous reply to a hello does no harm. I keep current client details...- yetanotherbob
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- Forum: General
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Discrimination
The whole bodyshop business model* is ripe for disruption if only talented IT professionals could present a proper business model to the right stakeholders. At the moment, it's very hard to reach C-suite executives (they probably know it, but choose not to listen or are benefitting from the...- yetanotherbob
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- Forum: General
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Motives
“….Indian spies were kicked out of Australia after being caught trying to steal secrets about sensitive defence projects and airport security, as well as classified information on Australia's trade relationships….”...- yetanotherbob
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Conflict of interest -
I thought it was lockdown. Doesn’t social distancing apply here?? On a serious note, I agree though, haven’t kept up as it got repetitive after a few years. I was working hard and studying harder. It’s a shame I won’t continue in this profession - gave it my best but guessing it wasn’t good enough- yetanotherbob
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- Forum: General
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Hope and joy
I wish all of you a very happy new year and hope you had a good Christmas. It has been a pleasure ‘knowing’ some of you through your posts - I joined this forum shortly after I started contracting. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and support over the years. I hope good things happen to...- yetanotherbob
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Conflict of interest -
I run my company because I will not be directed by mediocre sweatshop taskmasters. It has been a losing battle for a long time now - but I’m surprised why no one has caught the obvious conflict of interest situation here: From a previous Guardian report, it so happens that a Mr Sunak’s close...- yetanotherbob
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What's a "D* Clearance"?
Something I want to add here is that despite the conclusions of that research I shared, I am personally very grateful for the opportunities I got in Britain and just the opportunity to live here in a relatively stable, peaceful, advanced, kind, welcoming, and high-trust society. Every now and...- yetanotherbob
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- Forum: Business / Contracts
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What's a "D* Clearance"?
Sure. Their site's ranking (or lack of it) is their responsibility. If they find reason to improve it, they could seek expertise for that. My goal was to access and share the public material with an acceptable level of security. No, because I specifically linked to a specific page where I...- yetanotherbob
- Post #13
- Forum: Business / Contracts
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What's a "D* Clearance"?
No good apparently - I DID apply for a delivery job and got rejected! Some psychometric test filtered me out- yetanotherbob
- Post #11
- Forum: Business / Contracts
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What's a "D* Clearance"?
Doesn't matter as there's no private information or credentials being exchanged! It would be if I asked someone to register/pay/login on it. For public read-only information it hardly matters if its not httpS Accessing the http link is "acceptable risk" in this usecase- yetanotherbob
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- Forum: Business / Contracts
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What's a "D* Clearance"?
Does this read like a genuine requirement? What is a D* Clearance? Ironically, the skill set listed is EXACTLY what I do, but seems like they somehow want to filter me out with some absurd criteria I'm in a situation where I wonder if they're filtering me out because my name doesn't sound...- yetanotherbob
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- Forum: Business / Contracts
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CUK Book Club: Currently reading...
The Plague, Albert Camus Describes events from the 1940s, offers good insights for the present- yetanotherbob
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- Forum: General
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Lockdown in India is forcing the corporate world to rethink outsourced jobs
Broadband is reliable, pervasive, and very cheap (compared to western prices) https://www.jio.com/fiber/en-in/plans- yetanotherbob
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- Forum: General
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e-Residency for estonia (ability to work in EU post no-deal Brexit)
I wonder who you socialise with. Are you even serious? Here is something on indian media to start with: India | RSF The level of discourse on indian TV is pedestrian - mostly loud propaganda, overt intimidation of minority/dissenting groups, and jingoism barring a few. Its not about quantity...- yetanotherbob
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- Forum: General
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Brexit: Customs checks to be simplified in no-deal situation
Would it be any worse than it is now? Don't lorries do go through checks now to detect human trafficking?- yetanotherbob
- Post #7
- Forum: Brexit
