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Previously on "Are things normally this quiet? (first timer in north-west...)"
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Originally posted by DiscoStu View PostDon't know what it is that you do but the Testing market's really quite dead at the moment. You're also at the disadvantage of being a first-time contractor.
If you don't think you can manage to arrange a B&B for weekdays if you work away do you think you're really think you're cut out for this contracting lark?
Plan B's are various posters' schemes for making cash, e.g. buy-to-let, providing other services on the side, etc.
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Originally posted by Sausage Surprise View PostEh?
Type in "Test" into Jobserve for UK contracts over the last 7 days.
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Originally posted by DiscoStu View PostDon't know what it is that you do but the Testing market's really quite dead at the moment. You're also at the disadvantage of being a first-time contractor.
If you don't think you can manage to arrange a B&B for weekdays if you work away do you think you're really think you're cut out for this contracting lark?
Plan B's are various posters' schemes for making cash, e.g. buy-to-let, providing other services on the side, etc.
Type in "Test" into Jobserve for UK contracts over the last 7 days.
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Originally posted by The Lone Gunman View PostI am from Lancaster. I have been contract for 10 years. I have worked no days in Lancashire in that time.
Go where the work is, make sure the rate covers your costs. Commuting is easier by plane to the mainland than train to the South and offers a better lifestyle.
Plan B is your getting out of IT plan.
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In my experience of contracting - which has all been in the North so far - theres plenty of work around in between the Sheffield / Leeds / Manchester triangle.
Admitedly thats a wide area but I've never had trouble picking up good rates. Although I suppose it helps that I tend to work with one particularly big Telecom company.
A lot of the north west based contractors in the office also seem to cycle around between the various banks / telcos but they never seem to be out of work. Maybe you need a foot in the door first
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Originally posted by unixpro View PostPS.. don't you think it's kinda perverse that we work in a field that enabled most things to be done remotely - yet we still have people commuting 140+ miles a day. Ridiculous.
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I moved back to lovely Lancs and I have been in constant work for over 4 years now all within an hours commute, 5 different contracts. A bit flukey I think but there is quite a bit of work in and around the M6/M62/M56 between Manchester and Liverpool. Quite a few Co's have moved their IT stuff to lovely ( cheap ! ) industrial estate locations up here from the Sth East. Once you get past Preston you are making your commute quite a nasty one. The M6/62 junction is a joy to behold !
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Thanks everyone for your opinions.
I'm quite (well very) flexible - I don't mind staying away from home etc - I'm single anyhow so dont have to worry about stuff like that.
I will start looking further afield hence forth
Many thanks,
Pete.
PS.. don't you think it's kinda perverse that we work in a field that enabled most things to be done remotely - yet we still have people commuting 140+ miles a day. Ridiculous.
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Originally posted by The Lone Gunman View PostI am from Lancaster. I have been contract for 10 years. I have worked no days in Lancashire in that time.
Go where the work is, make sure the rate covers your costs. Commuting is easier by plane to the mainland than train to the South and offers a better lifestyle.
Plan B is your getting out of IT plan.
I spent the last 15 months living in Lytham which while nice does tend to wear a bit thin after a while.
I generally don't take contracts that are out of sensible commuting range, but I have the luxury of having some skills that are in relatively high demand, plus I dumped IT technical work more than 5 years back. I don't even consider London based projects unless they're really interesting to me.
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I am from Lancaster. I have been contract for 10 years. I have worked no days in Lancashire in that time.
Go where the work is, make sure the rate covers your costs. Commuting is easier by plane to the mainland than train to the South and offers a better lifestyle.
Plan B is your getting out of IT plan.
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Originally posted by NickFitz View Post
I got a call this morning - I haven't put out an updated CV in just over three years...
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