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quackhandle replied

3 April 2017, 15:49
Originally posted by Acolos View Post

Happened to me last month - on a contract September last year and they had an intern on a 12 month contract there. He was intrigued with contracting as he was asking me lots of questions about it and I obviously educated him on it. Last month he got in touch via LinkedIn and confessed that he has left the 12 month contract and wants to start contracting properly, asking me he's looking for a 6 month contract and where can he go to get it....?!

Hahaha, FFS! I can well believe this happening.

qh
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LondonManc replied

3 April 2017, 14:49
Originally posted by quackhandle View Post

Was at conference around 18 months ago and I was talking to a chap who said he was considering going contracting.

He gets in touch the other day and said he's finally just made the leap and resigned from his permie job () and asks me how the contracting market is?

qh

Has he got a radiator key and/or a gladius?
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SueEllen replied

3 April 2017, 14:37
Originally posted by Acolos View Post

Happened to me last month - on a contract September last year and they had an intern on a 12 month contract there. He was intrigued with contracting as he was asking me lots of questions about it and I obviously educated him on it. Last month he got in touch via LinkedIn and confessed that he has left the 12 month contract and wants to start contracting properly, asking me he's looking for a 6 month contract and where can he go to get it....?!

You didn't "educate" him sufficiently.
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Acolos replied

3 April 2017, 12:54
Happened to me last month - on a contract September last year and they had an intern on a 12 month contract there. He was intrigued with contracting as he was asking me lots of questions about it and I obviously educated him on it. Last month he got in touch via LinkedIn and confessed that he has left the 12 month contract and wants to start contracting properly, asking me he's looking for a 6 month contract and where can he go to get it....?!
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northernladyuk replied

2 April 2017, 21:52
Originally posted by quackhandle View Post

Was at conference around 18 months ago and I was talking to a chap who said he was considering going contracting.

He gets in touch the other day and said he's finally just made the leap and resigned from his permie job () and asks me how the contracting market is?

qh

He needs to work on his dependency mapping.
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squarepeg replied

2 April 2017, 09:32
Originally posted by quackhandle View Post

Was at conference around 18 months ago and I was talking to a chap who said he was considering going contracting.

He gets in touch the other day and said he's finally just made the leap and resigned from his permie job () and asks me how the contracting market is?

qh

I'd you ask him if you can have his job? ;-)
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jamesbrown replied

2 April 2017, 09:32
Poor bugger is quadrospazzed on a life-glug.
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quackhandle started a topic And another one...

2 April 2017, 09:07
And another one...

Was at conference around 18 months ago and I was talking to a chap who said he was considering going contracting.

He gets in touch the other day and said he's finally just made the leap and resigned from his permie job () and asks me how the contracting market is?

qh
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