Reply to: READ the resume!

[Scrag Meister]

If they read my cv they would know that I am hardcore Excel VBA contractor, with a little c# on the side.

So why TF do they ring up asking me if I am interested in a perm .NET team lead role!!!

[The Spartan]

Yeah there's no such thing as a secure job anymore

[Mephisto]

I think this is pretty normal considering that so many more permie jobs appear to be available on ratio to contracts. I have a tendency to entertain the position providing it meets a minimum annual salary, decent client (sorry employer) and isn't further than a few feet from my door.

Most permie roles are at risk anyway for the first 12 months I reckon, so treat it as an opportunity to gain experience with a good company (if it meets the above criteria) and ruthlessly exploit them for all the free training they have, before leaving them in the s*** for your shiny new contract

[The Spartan]

I'll take that into consideration when I decide to incorporate it in April, thank you both for your advice

[northernladuk]

As it happens I am pedantic, but it honestly it is very useful to keep in mind always the complete distinction between you and a company you may happen to own.

Totally WHS. This ever so slight change in thinking can make a huge difference to your understanding of your situation and finances. Many of the questions on here wouldn't be asked if people could grasp this.

[Ignis Fatuus]

Call it relative inexperience and no I wouldn't call you pedantic, I'd rather say thanks for clearing that up for me

As it happens I am pedantic, but it honestly it is very useful to keep in mind always the complete distinction between you and a company you may happen to own.

[The Spartan]

Actually you're not Ltd. A Ltd Co (that you presumably own) is Ltd. That has nothing whatever to do with your taking a job.

You may call that pedantic but if you had kept that in mind, you wouldn't even have thought of asking the question in the first place.

Call it relative inexperience and no I wouldn't call you pedantic, I'd rather say thanks for clearing that up for me

[Ignis Fatuus]

Some contractors I've known have taken permie roles when nothing has been available just in the interim to tide them over I'm not sure how that works when you're LTD

Actually you're not Ltd. A Ltd Co (that you presumably own) is Ltd. That has nothing whatever to do with your taking a job.

You may call that pedantic but if you had kept that in mind, you wouldn't even have thought of asking the question in the first place.

[TestMangler]

Wow, I'm in with the mods now! Watch it, NLUK, you're on a warning isn't he Cojak, we've both warned him, in a double-teamed scenario due to me in with the warders. Of course I meant mods, not warders....

FTFY

[The Spartan]

Some contractors I've known have taken permie roles when nothing has been available just in the interim to tide them over I'm not sure how that works when you're LTD

[stek]

LOL!

I've been contracting for over 14 years and still get emails and calls about permie roles.

You'll get this irrespective of whether you have a lot of long contracts on your cv (as I have) or not. You just cant win with agents.

I've been contracting since 1992 with the odd permie break and I still get 'fantastic opportunities" for a "PHP developer" despite the fact I'm not a developer for a "Buoyant Enterprise Company" in "London" (where's that?) for 18k a year, basically not far more than I invoice a month now. In the North...

[BolshieBastard]

Been contracting for over 4 years, this is the first time i've been consistently called for perm roles. There seems to be a lot more perm roles atm compared to contracts on job boards as well....

LOL!

I've been contracting for over 14 years and still get emails and calls about permie roles.

You'll get this irrespective of whether you have a lot of long contracts on your cv (as I have) or not. You just cant win with agents.

[northernladuk]

Wow, I'm in with the mods now! Watch it, NLUK, you're on a warning isn't he Cojak, we've both warned him, in a team warning-type scenario due to me in with the warders. Of course I meant mods, not warders....

Oiiiii Crawly bumlick turncoat!! He called me an inbred, why do I get the warning.. Doh.. life is just not far.. <stamps feet>

[stek]

WHS.

Wow, I'm in with the mods now! Watch it, NLUK, you're on a warning isn't he Cojak, we've both warned him, in a team warning-type scenario due to me in with the warders. Of course I meant mods, not warders....

[billybiro]

I have had calls about permie positions when I was looking for my first contract role, it's still quite lucrative for them to place people in permie roles otherwise they wouldn't bother trying to persuade people to take them up.

I appreciate this, but surely it's an incredible waste of a pimp's time trying to persuade a bunch of contractors to take a permie role when they could (with only a tiny amount more effort) specifically target job-seekers who are actively seeking permie roles.

I would imagine that most contractors will tell the pimp to sod off, especially those with the temerity to put "CONTRACT ROLES ONLY" in bloody big bold letters at the top of their CV!