Reply to: When do you stop looking

[Grinder]

Keep looking actively right up until your bum is in the seat, and proactively keep in touch with your favourite pimp/s throughout the contract because if they know you are in contract they will know you are worthy of their attention.

[Cheshire Cat]

I tend to agree with the "always looking" group.
I'm never completely assured that my contract is secure, although when I'm very busy in a contract I probably only check the job sites once per week and don't actively apply.

[BlasterBates]

Continue actively looking until you sign a contract.

Between a verbal offer and signing a bit of paper there isn't usually more than a day, simply because they want you to commit. If not it isn't really a cert.

[Not So Wise]

Generally stop looking about week after the contract starts, as by then I should know for sure if contract will last, and more importantly if I will last in the contract without going "postal"

[FarmerPalmer]

These days I check my job emails/rss feeds every day, whether in contract or not.

WHS

[Turion]

I have not yet been shafted, kept hanging on for weeks while the client buggers about, only to be told the budget isn't approved / the project is cancelled / they filled it internally / it all went quiet

I was kept hanging on from early December '07 to mid January '08 by a consultancy for a job that they never had approval for.

You don't let that happen twice.

WHS+ it's better to shaft than be shafted

[BrowneIssue]

I guess seeing as Im not an insecure person, I stop looking when I've been told I've got the role.

I have not yet been shafted, kept hanging on for weeks while the client buggers about, only to be told the budget isn't approved / the project is cancelled / they filled it internally / it all went quiet




I was kept hanging on from early December '07 to mid January '08 by a consultancy for a job that they never had approval for.

You don't let that happen twice.

[BolshieBastard]

I guess seeing as Im not an insecure person, I stop looking when I've been told I've got the role. If it falls through, I'll start looking again.

Once Im in a role, I start looking again coming up to renewal time unless the client gives me an early indication they want me to stay.

[Moscow Mule]

I'm always looking.

[BrowneIssue]

When do you stop looking for new gigs?

The day I start the new contract.

I do find it hard to find the motivation to keep looking once I have had an interview offer.

[Gonzo]

You can't be 100% sure that the contract is going to start until you are through the client's door on the first day.

I am sure we all know someone who has been told by the agent on the day a contract is supposed to start "Sorry mate, the job's gone!"

I would not stop looking before you get to that point, at the least.

[jmo21]

These days I check my job emails/rss feeds every day, whether in contract or not.

[Drewster]

WTS - and then I start looking again.

[spoons]

I'd carry on looking until i'll have my first day at clientCo. Then i'll analyse the situation (in first week) and that would give me some idea about how long it may last....

There have been some incidents where people have been told on the day (when they supose to start) that role is no longer available or business needs have changed...something like that...always keep on your toes....

Agreed, I am always looking to a point. Just depends on how proactively

[denver2k]

I'd carry on looking until i'll have my first day at clientCo. Then i'll analyse the situation (in first week) and that would give me some idea about how long it may last....

There have been some incidents where people have been told on the day (when they supose to start) that role is no longer available or business needs have changed...something like that...always keep on your toes....