Reply to: Has this Happend to anyone? What did you do?

[psychocandy]

First ever contract many moons ago. I was permie at the time and managed to get a contract which still allowed me to give notice and they'd wait.

So agent told me it was sorted - I handed in notice at permie job. Week later agent phoned me to say it looked like it had fallen through. shat myself. Was planning what to say to boss to see if he'd let me rescind the resignation.

Luckily, few days later it got sorted and started contract as planned.

[BrilloPad]

start looking again

put this down to experience, be p£$$ off but move on

HTH

[Old Hack]

I've been offered a gig, with all parties excited about the work moving forwards, then it got canned a few days before I was due to start due ot funding being removed at the very last moment. The chap, apparently, felt too embarrassed to answer the agents calls.

[oldgit]

You might get lucky yet

A few years ago I was coming to the end of a contract and, in a moment of madness, applied for a permie job. Three interviews including the COO later everything went quiet, which I wrote off as being due to Xmas, but was confident I had landed a top senior role in a blue chip company.

In the new year I phoned the agency who said "sorry, oldgit, it's a no." Their exact words (except oldgit is obviously just my street name).

I phoned up the person in the company who would have been my line manager, who I felt I had got on with very well during the recruitment process asking for some feedback. She apologised saying that a load of layoffs had been announced and all external recruitment put on hold at the end of the previous year.

I asked her if she needed a consultant because, as it had turned out, I didn't have a job at the time. I got my best ever rate, on my terms, and direct too.

Then, three months later, she left the organisation and was replaced by a right numpty who I could never have got on with and, feeling glad I'd never taken perm job even if it had been offerred, I took my wheelbarrow elsewhere ...

[strawberrysmoothie]

A few years ago I was spun out for about 9 weeks on a role that never materialised. Learned my lesson the hard way like yourself. I think it happens to everyone at least once

Yeah, its just one those things. Luckily, I figured it out after a week not nine

[darmstadt]

I had something not too dissimiliar recently. Went for an interview end of last year and didn't hear anything for a couple of weeks and was told that the budget still had to be signed off for the project. I was also up for another project there in the same department so I already knew about that one but apparently this one was different and eventually the company rang up and told me that it still had to go through management. They rang up just before christmas saying that they wanted me but in the meantime I had been offered another extension so took that, always play safe. Agent not happy and even upped my rate but still no go. Interestingly enough I got a mail today regarding the other project which they can't fill plus a call about the project I turned down which they can't fill and I'm still no.1 choice!

[rob s]

I've gone through something similar recently in another thread. No actual offer in interview but I thought it was pretty much mine. Then silence.

They could also have offered it to someone else and waiting to see if they'll take it, keeping you as reserve.

Plus, I never trust bankers. Especially wunches of them.

[GB9]

From experience

Based on lots of years contract experience, if someone wants you, they will contact you. If they don't then let it go.

I had more experience of this in the last couple of days. I was an exact match for the role, at the right rate, available immediately for interview and start. Needless to say, not even an enquiry from the agent. 10 years ago I would have been fretting over why I wasn't suitable and calling them up. Now, if it weren't for this thread, I would have forgotton about it.

If they want you, they will get hold of you, if not, don't waste your time.

[Torran]

guys,

Can I say a big thank you for all your responses (and for not flaming me).

After all these years in the business, and thinking I've pretty much 'seen it all'. Trust me I won't ever make this mistake ever again.

That situation was total tulip and not worth wasting another second of my time.

Cheers you're all a bunch of stars

A few years ago I was spun out for about 9 weeks on a role that never materialised. Learned my lesson the hard way like yourself. I think it happens to everyone at least once

[SimonMac]

Sometimes over Christmas etc you can let it go that dates may slip and they don't get back to you when you expect them too, but as we are now in the third week of the New Year I would stop chasing and focus my time on other opportunities, unless you were daft enough to stop looking after the verbal offer.....

[norrahe]

If its any consolation, a lot of people are interviewing for roles they haven't got sign off on. Its way too common these days. Managers take a punt in the hope that if they find someone it will get signed up.

There's a lot of red tape in banking, so keep looking and as they say "the opera aint over till the ink's dry on the contract".

[strawberrysmoothie]

guys,

Can I say a big thank you for all your responses (and for not flaming me).

After all these years in the business, and thinking I've pretty much 'seen it all'. Trust me I won't ever make this mistake ever again.

That situation was total tulip and not worth wasting another second of my time.

Cheers you're all a bunch of stars

[MyUserName]

If there was a role for you the agent would be chasing you. There could be a dozen different reasons as to why this has happened but regardless of which it is your response is going to be the same - carry on looking.

This has even happened to me in the permie world. Got told that they wanted me for the job but at the same time had had their budget cut so they could not afford me - although I found out later it was a luckily escape!

[Scrag Meister]

Welcome to contracting.

Don't hang around waiting for something that may not appear.

You are right to start looking again.

Presume it is a non-starter and never existed. Sorry but this is the way the contracting cooky crumbles sometimes.

GL

[BA to the Stars]

I had an interview, heard nothing, attended subsequent interviews with other clients and landed a role with one of those. A month or so later I get a call from the agent from the first interview stating that the client would like me to start the following Monday. Told them too late as I had subsequently landed a role.

It happens therefore as has been said previously never stop looking until you have a signed contract.