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[cojak]

People turning permie.... how far into setting your quarterly goals and signing up to the company's "Mission statement and values" declaration did you get before you died a little bit inside?

Not if you're with the right company...

[PCTNN]

People turning permie.... how far into setting your quarterly goals and signing up to the company's "Mission statement and values" declaration did you get before you died a little bit inside?

Just reading and remembering it has made me die inside a little

Thank god I'm not dealing with that anymore. For now

[Mephisto]

Shirley they were never contractors to begin with

[PerfectStorm]

People turning permie.... how far into setting your quarterly goals and signing up to the company's "Mission statement and values" declaration did you get before you died a little bit inside?

[Old Greg]

My interpretation of Old Greg's comment (I'm sure I'll be corrected if wrong) is to do whatever you need to do to earn a living. If there are no contracts, go perm. If contracting is still an option and you can find contracts then stick with it.

We have a winner!

[ShandyDrinker]

meaning?

My interpretation of Old Greg's comment (I'm sure I'll be corrected if wrong) is to do whatever you need to do to earn a living. If there are no contracts, go perm. If contracting is still an option and you can find contracts then stick with it.

[hungry_hog]

... if at all? Has anyone caved and gone back to perm ?

It's not as simple as that

Everyone on here seems to assume perm jobs are a shoe in as a back up

Reality is hiring managers see a contract CV and will pigeonhole
They ask questions about why the candidate is returning to perm
They may suspect the candidate will return to contract when the market picks up

Especially the may the market is at the moment, perm jobs are not guaranteed

[hgllgh]

Best of luck. Do what you have to do.

meaning?

[BigJohn]

End of week four:
In that time I’ve had one unsuccessful face to face interview and currently have a few leads, awaiting client response


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[Old Greg]

... if at all? Has anyone caved and gone back to perm ?

Best of luck. Do what you have to do.

[GhostofTarbera]

Got a friend who is into his 13th month looking


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[Peoplesoft bloke]

In 3rd week - verbal offer of a contract (only 3 months) and a permie gig. Nothing in writing yet. 10000 pimps for every gig - many Pimps with zero gigs - must be lean times for them.

[hgllgh]

We've already got a thread running for this topic.

Have a look at the State of the Market thread.

Those longer running threads tend to split into sub threads and then its harder to get clear engagement though.

[PerfectStorm]

2 months of looking. Highest has been 3 months. Turned down a couple in that time.

Usually about 2 weeks.

[northernladuk]

We've already got a thread running for this topic.

Have a look at the State of the Market thread.