Please only apply if you live in a commutable distance

[Mr Crosby]

Where I work it's only the contractors there most days, everyone else seems to WFH....

[Turion]

I've just had an agent refuse to put me forward because I'm overqualified - even though I was ok with the lower rate and the long commute and it was only a short contract.

1) Because I did not supply 2 references
2) an agent phishing for leads

[darmstadt]

The only times I've ever been turned down is when applying for contracts in the UK and they suddenly realise I live in Germany. I don't know why UK agents bother contacting me about roles in the UK. Other countries in the EU have no problems with me commuting from another country, Germany quite likes people me as Germans are not that willing to travel. Oh, and the rates in the UK tend to be piffle anyway so I tend to turn them down halfway through talking to an agent

[expat]

Agent I spoke with a few weeks ago told me "the client want someone local and NOT from London, they've had their fingers burnt in the past because they know as soon as another gig comes up closer to home they'll p*ss off".

Well if they're smart enough to predict the friggin' future then they already know who they'll get.

Sheesh. More and more I find myself thinking, I don't actually want that job, I just thank F I won't be working with those arseholes.

[rootsnall]

I think they are just different polite(ish) rejection methods used by the agent or client. In the good times you fire off a CV and forget about it unless the agent comes back to you. At the moment the agents are getting loads of CVs and then loads of people following up the application. The reason given is probably just a random one plucked from the agents head. Don't try and analyse it too much !

[BoredBloke]

I've just had an agent refuse to put me forward because I'm overqualified - even though I was ok with the lower rate and the long commute and it was only a short contract.

[Durbs]

Have seen this on one or two job specs lately.

Since when has that affected my ability to do the job? I'd only be commuting Sunday/Monday and late Friday and living there during the week

"sloping off early Fri afternoon to miss the traffic"

[NotAllThere]

It's all to do with global warming.

[rootsnall]

I guess different clients look at it differently. Some places with a contractor workforce will actually look at it as an advantage if you're staying in a hotel during the week and will be happy to work late during the main workdays to make up your hours. Let's face it, plenty of permies nip off on Friday. It's not called POETS day for nothing.

do your personal admin etc etc

[dang65]

I guess different clients look at it differently. Some places with a contractor workforce will actually look at it as an advantage if you're staying in a hotel during the week and will be happy to work late during the main workdays to make up your hours. Let's face it, plenty of permies nip off on Friday. It's not called POETS day for nothing.

Other places hate the scenario you mentioned. Tired contractor on a Monday (sometimes completely exhausted if they've driven one end of the country to the other overnight, as one guy I knew used to do) and shooting off at lunchtime on a Friday.

[chris79]

Agent I spoke with a few weeks ago told me "the client want someone local and NOT from London, they've had their fingers burnt in the past because they know as soon as another gig comes up closer to home they'll p*ss off".

[DaveB]

Reading between the lines I suspect the role will involve a fair amount of weekend work and "overtime". Hence wanting someone who isnt going to feck off to the other end of the country every Friday.

[rootsnall]

Have seen this on one or two job specs lately.

Since when has that affected my ability to do the job? I'd only be commuting Sunday/Monday and late Friday and living there during the week

I'd apply the same rule if I was a permie manager. You are knackered and late in on Mondays and fed up and looking to escape early on Fridays. I think this goes on unofficially with a lot of roles.

[Sausage Surprise]

Have seen this on one or two job specs lately.

Since when has that affected my ability to do the job? I'd only be commuting Sunday/Monday and late Friday and living there during the week