Reply to: i want to be a contractor

[seebol_star]

I have just been through the process of recruiting a new team & it amazed me the number of applicants that seemed quite proud to state on their C.V. that they held a Tier 1 visa.

...straight in the bin

mate... sounds like discrimination to me? if they're good enough..why does it matter where they come from?.

Leeds fan by any chance??

[Cowboy Bob]

The people arguing against what myself and Troll said have obviously never been in a hiring position. If they had they'd soon get a wake up call about the tulipe that gets sent through to them by both pimps and HR - and develop easy filtering techniques to get rid of most of the crap.

OK, some good ones may slip through the net, but faced with speaking to people on phone screening interviews who have an English vocabulary of about 50 words and missing a few good candidates, I know which I'd choose.

[vhadiant]

Only the people who haven't worked in this country before tend to put their visa status on the CV

You would see this on their working history, not the Visa status.

[vhadiant]

seemed quite proud to state on their C.V. that they held a Tier 1 visa.

...straight in the bin

Harsh ... and why would you say *proud*? Most people who put it there did so because they were asked too many times by the agencies about their Visa status. Not because they are proud to have one. Unless it's obvious on your CV that you're an EU citizen, it's perfectly normal for someone to state their working status. I don't see this as an advantage nor a disadvantage when I'm reviewing CVs.

Also like a previous poster said, could be the agent put it there. Binning a CV which simply state someone's work visa status is silly.

It's like judging a book by the space between the pound sign and the numbers on the RRP sign at the back of the book.

[schindler]

Only the people who haven't worked in this country before tend to put their visa status on the CV. Would you take a punt one someone who's worked in a body shop in Bangalore and never worked in the UK? Neither would I, I'm not paid to take gambles...

I do, and have hired a number of excellent people from the sub-continent though. You can tell from their CV straight away if you've seen enough of them.

Could be the agent asking for the candidate's visa status and adding onto their CVs before being sent to the client..

[Cowboy Bob]

Why?

Only the people who haven't worked in this country before tend to put their visa status on the CV. Would you take a punt one someone who's worked in a body shop in Bangalore and never worked in the UK? Neither would I, I'm not paid to take gambles...

I do, and have hired a number of excellent people from the sub-continent though. You can tell from their CV straight away if you've seen enough of them.

[pmeswani]

much cheapness
HTH

Thanks. So it's an equivelent to the Australian Green Pass (or whatever it is called) program. The younger you are and the more money you earn the better. Entry requirements into the UK seems to be a bit relaxed.

[NickFitz]

much cheapness
HTH

Interesting that the web site you link to claims to be "The world's most popular immigration advice site" and also to be celebrating its "20th Anniversary Year" - meaning it's older than the web itself. I wonder how they managed that

[bullseye]

I have just been through the process of recruiting a new team & it amazed me the number of applicants that seemed quite proud to state on their C.V. that they held a Tier 1 visa.

...straight in the bin

Why?

How do you decide whether a person is good at his job or not, just by looking at his/her visa?

[Ardesco]

Why?

I take it you haven't worked with many HSMP's.......

The most important criteria is being able to blag it to somebody who does not work in your field because as soon as you start dealing with people who do know your field it soon becomes apparent that you know feck all....

Well that is probably slightly harsh, I have worked with one guy who had an HSMP who was tulip hot and really knew his stuff, the other 30 odd have been complete wastes of space who are just looking to freeload however....

[Clippy]

I have just been through the process of recruiting a new team & it amazed me the number of applicants that seemed quite proud to state on their C.V. that they held a Tier 1 visa.

...straight in the bin

Why?

[Troll]

To the thick and dumb people like me... what's a Tier 1 visa?

much cheapness
HTH

[Sockpuppet]

I'd disagree with you there. If you're bright enough, smart enough and confident enough, you'll be able to blag it and deliver. That's a true contractor.

Damn straight. For my first contract I completley cuffed it from the start. Didn't have any "training" in what I was doing. But I was a bright lad and just thought that I could do it and just worked out.

ClientCo then built a 3million sq ft. warehouse where I told them to do it.

They asked me back a few months ago so they ust be happy

[pmeswani]

I have just been through the process of recruiting a new team & it amazed me the number of applicants that seemed quite proud to state on their C.V. that they held a Tier 1 visa.

...straight in the bin

To the thick and dumb people like me... what's a Tier 1 visa?

[Troll]

Work Permit?

(PS if you need one, our [Labour] government hand them out like sweeties at a Gary Glitter convention),

The new parliamentary think-tank on migration is expected to call on the Government to slash the number of non-EU migrants who are allowed to stay in the UK permanently after their work permits expire.

Led by Labour maverick Frank Field and Conservative former minister Nicholas Soames, the Migration Advisory Committee will call on ministers to balance immigrant numbers with emigrants to stabilise the population.

But Immigration Minister Liam Byrne ruled out putting caps and quotas on immigrant numbers.

He said: "Our tough new points system plus our plans for newcomers to earn their citizenship will reduce overall numbers of economic migrants coming to Britain, and the numbers awarded permanent settlement.

I have just been through the process of recruiting a new team & it amazed me the number of applicants that seemed quite proud to state on their C.V. that they held a Tier 1 visa.

...straight in the bin