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[max]

yep your right their. I am lookingfopr permanent positions as well as contract the moment. I did have offer for £25 a hour to start few weeks back but i was in employment and had to give in 4 weeks notice. So i am just hoping i get offer somehwere along that region again.

Good work on getting the £10/hr contract!

Once you've started contracting you will probably find that getting further contracts is easier.

My advise..don't consider permi, in 2 weeks start looking for your next gig. When the agent asks what rate you're on, say £20/hr.

Contract to permi roles can also be an interesting proposition. The client thinks they're getting try before they buy...but it works both ways. This got me my first gig in banking 10 years ago. Never looked back("considered permi")

[checkmate]

yep your right their. I am lookingfopr permanent positions as well as contract the moment. I did have offer for £25 a hour to start few weeks back but i was in employment and had to give in 4 weeks notice. So i am just hoping i get offer somehwere along that region again.

[XperTest]

Checkmate, congratulations on your first contract and good luck in contracting. At 10 pounds an hour for a month I doubt you will earn some quick money mind. At those sort of rates you are probably much better off finding yourself a permanent position in which you will get experience and training, which will in turn make you more valuable on the (contractor) market place in the long run. I don't think short term contracts at that sort of rate are a sustainable way of living in the long run..

[checkmate]

sorry for the late reply guys...beeen busy...

you lot have given me realy realy excellant advice their.

i will definately take all that in note and work through them.

I have my first contract job btw..its £10 a hour but only 1 month...its realy good.

My reason to go into contracting is money...my last 2 jobs have been very very low paid and have not saved a single penny!

Hence want to go into contracting earn quick money then get out into permanent job.

Btw them questions i didnt know most of them ops:

I just knew the first 2 questions. Im still newbieeee lol

but thanks to all with the feedback and suggestions you have given me...

[AZZIK]

Hi all

I am new to contracting looking to setup my own limited company. If you guys have contract opportunites please let me know..i im going to paste some extracts of my Cv to you guys to see.

I am only 23 and very eager to learn new stuffs

SKILLS AND ACTIVITIES (Gained whilst working and training)
• Operating systems – All Desktop MS Windows Versions from 3.1 to VISTA | Servers – NT4/2000/2003
• Server software – MS Sql 2005 (administration), Veritas Backup – version 9-11d, MS Exchange 2000/2003, Norton Antivirus Corporate Edition 9.x
• Applications – MS Office Suite(4.2 – 2007), Dreamweaver MX, WP Office suite, Dameware, Snag IT, Lotus notes 6.5, Exposure to ITIL
• Hardware – HP Servers, HP, Compaq and Dell Desktops, HP and 3com Switches, Linkysys and Cisco routers, Hp and Epson Printers, Hp and Intel print servers, HP, IBM, Toshiba and Fujitsu Siemens Laptops
• Network Skills – LAN’s, Active Directory, Group policy, EFS, DFS, VPN’s, DHCP, DNS, WINS, TCP/IP, IIS, ISA Servers, Ethernet Technology, RIS, Sysprep, Raid configurations, Certificate services, Printer maintenance.
• Hobbies | Interests – Play badminton, cricket, golf, football, snooker, surfing the internet, listening to music, visit the local gym, can fluently speak gujrati, Hindi bit of German
• General skills – organisational, Team worker, excellent attendance and punctuality excellent problem solving skills gained from my current job.

hope to hear from you guys soon

I live in london, but if their is few jobs out of london like couple of days or weekend jobs i wouldnt mind traveling

thanks in advance

Firstly, you will have to improve on your grammar and spelling, because the first thing an employer will see is your CV (regardless of contract or permie role). I know someone who works at an agency, and most CV's go in the bin within minutes! If you submitted the one above, or even that extract, consider it being in the bin! I'm not being nasty, just telling you how it is. Secondly, like a lot have already said, you need to choose a niche area - you cannot simply put down every single IT skill, and hope that someone will offer you a contract. Also, bending the truth slightly is ok, as long as you can answer their questions - so be prepared.

It's a good idea to get a permanent role (preferably more than £13k!) to pick up some more/new skills and maybe do some exams (MCP, CCA etc). Most good companies will pay for these courses and exams. If the "temporary" permanent role is not what you are looking for, then try and get some kind of contract helpdesk role (loads around), and slowly move into 2nd line. By this time you will know your stuff, especially if you are doing courses/exams on the side to gain extra qualifications.

Create a few CV's depending on the type of job, and remember, playing badminton, surfing the internet and listening to music is a definite NO NO - this kind of stuff doesn't even exist on permie CV's anymore, and it will not land you your 1st contract!

Good luck

[EqualOpportunities]

Was that when you still had to pay for your apprenticeship.

Yep - and when it was all fields 'round here.

[weboo]

I think you have pipped me at the post. Obviously for 19ph you'd need a good sense of you humour....and as my answers are correct, no one likes a smart arse jobserve here I come

[oraclesmith]

How is the Domain Admins group different than the Administrators group ?
Different names.

What is the difference between secondary and primary dns zones ?
Different names again. Blimey, this is easy.

What is FTP isolation mode ?
It's when the FTP is isolated.

What is the difference between ISA 2000 and proxy 2.0 ?
An ISA 2000 is a very early tax free savings account whereas a proxy 2.0 is the second version of proxy, which is a type of vote.

How do you install "The cat" under win 3.1 ?
Give it a saucer of milk


Do I get the job ?

[weboo]

Its all gone quiet...can I answer please?

How is the Domain Admins group different than the Administrators group ?
DA - is a domain wide group(global), administors is normally local

What is the difference between secondary and primary dns zones ?
One is primary connection, the other secondary - that right? cant be bothered to google

What is FTP isolation mode ?
Logging in and landing in user home dir

What is the difference between ISA 2000 and proxy 2.0 ?
ISA is basically a firewall with proxy ability, proxy is forward/reverse proxy only

How do you install "The cat" under win 3.1 ?
Got me on this one...although I probably know what you are on about, just never heard of that term.

[2uk]

Check mate,

I have a 19 bucks / hour job for if you can answer these:


How is the Domain Admins group different than the Administrators group ?

What is the difference between secondary and primary dns zones ?

What is FTP isolation mode ?

What is the difference between ISA 2000 and proxy 2.0 ?

How do you install "The cat" under win 3.1 ?

[weboo]

Its sounds to me like you are learning some good skills, but it doesnt sound too indepth, more like skimming little bits here and there. I rekon you should find a good medium sized company that is offering a 2nd line role with scope to move into 3rd. The bigger companies will take time to move upwards and where you wanna be...in fact the 1500 user place you are at now is probably the right level. Screw them for training, do some exams and get some stamps on your CV.

Then you will be ready. Most contracts will look for MSCE/CCNA stuff...you will have it. They will also look for proven experience...you will have it. What is going to get you the contracts before the next person, is that you will be able to do the job and MORE. Try and add some disaster recovery stuff if you can, this will mean you handle the tulip when things go seriously wrong!!

Having older stuff on your CV helps, windows3.11 eh...that does bring me back. 16it, 386 enhanced mode, sysedit, sysconfig, autoexec.bat and config.sys are STILL used today!! Do not mention it in role sections, add a skills matrix at the bottom of the your cv and section it into OS/ Network/ Applications etc...this will help when agents search your cv!!!(that one is free!)

Good luck

[Sockpuppet]

I went contracting at 20 (I think - it's been so long ago)

Was that when you still had to pay for your apprenticeship.

[Sausage Surprise]

1. Get a permie role.

2. Screw them for courses and qualifications as part of your career progression.

3. Leave and become a contractor.

[EqualOpportunities]

lol

sorry im just soo tensed at present, and very nervous in getting into contracting

Don't worry about it mate - I went contracting at 20 (I think - it's been so long ago) and furthermore, had I known then what I know now (I'm not talking about technical knowledge, more 'the way the whole thing works'), I'd have left school at 14, lied about my age, and got myself a helpdesk contract then.

As long as you know your stuff, and you're not a chancer, you'll be fine.

Good luck.

[Ardesco]

Agreed,

Remember if contracting prospective clients want to know what you have done before so that they can compare your previous experiance to the role they have available.

If they want to do a Vista rollout and have 2 CV's, one of a person who has performed 3 Vista rollouts and one with a person who wants to learn and has exposure to Vista who do you think they are going to hire?

You really need to just get rid of the chaff from your CV. I doubt anybody cares that you know a few German words, it's not going to enable you to work in environment where everybody speaks German (I know some minimal Gujrati and can pick up the gist of the odd conversation but I would not be able to work in an exclusivly Gujrati envirnoment).

Nobody is going to care if you have plugged an HP switch into a network (Hell who hasn't plugged in a switch). They are going to want to know if you can terminal into the switch and reconfigure it without having to check a manual however.

Also Support/Networks/System Admin is spreading yourself a bit thin. those are 3 separate areas you could specialise in, admittedly they are connected and while performing each role you will probably come into contact with others but people generally hire contractors to be experts in a particular field, not a jack of all trades who is able to do a bit of everything but is master of nothing.