It depends on how 'professionally' you are looking to monetise this. Would you be willing to do this on a full-time/part-time basis (i.e. in an office), or is it something you want to continue doing from home? If the former then IT Consultancy companies in the UK are a possible employer - especially Indian consultancies that (due to cultural gaps) would always appreciate having a native (i.e. British) person on board their recruiting/new business teams.
The work you've done (in finding your husband contracts) can be made to sound fairly professional and pitched to consultancy firms - if indeed you're interested in going down that route.
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Could you explain in sufficient detail what your husband does / has done, experiences, situations faced etc in looking at leads for him if you had to speak to agents ?
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Originally posted by JoannaE View PostHi,
My question is would Contract Project Managers find it useful to have someone searching for a new job for them before their current contract finishes?
I am a graduate who worked for over 15 years in technical sales/customer service but have been a stay at home mum for the past few years. I would like to start earning some pin money and was wondering if this would be a way to make a small wage.
Would this be a service people would be willing to pay for?
Any feedback or suggestions you have would be great.
Many thanks.
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Originally posted by JoannaE View PostHi,
My question is would Contract Project Managers find it useful to have someone searching for a new job for them before their current contract finishes?
I am the wife of a contract IT Project Manager in the UK and for past 4 years have been responsible for finding his contracts. Due to the amount of work required in finding a new contract it would be almost impossible for my husband to do this whilst still working, resulting in a delay in getting his next position and hence loss of revenue.
I am a graduate who worked for over 15 years in technical sales/customer service but have been a stay at home mum for the past few years. I would like to start earning some pin money and was wondering if this would be a way to make a small wage.
Would this be a service people would be willing to pay for?
Any feedback or suggestions you have would be great.
Many thanks.
These are just ideas that I blurted out. Keep thinking about it, you may find a business niche. If you can market for one guy, I am sure you can do it for more...
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Originally posted by JoannaE View PostHi,
My question is would Contract Project Managers find it useful to have someone searching for a new job for them before their current contract finishes?
I am the wife of a contract IT Project Manager in the UK and for past 4 years have been responsible for finding his contracts. Due to the amount of work required in finding a new contract it would be almost impossible for my husband to do this whilst still working, resulting in a delay in getting his next position and hence loss of revenue.
I am a graduate who worked for over 15 years in technical sales/customer service but have been a stay at home mum for the past few years. I would like to start earning some pin money and was wondering if this would be a way to make a small wage.
Would this be a service people would be willing to pay for?
Any feedback or suggestions you have would be great.
Many thanks.
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but just someone doing the leg work getting in first with the CV, impossible to do if you are still working.
I also know it can be demoralising getting lots of rejections and having to constantly scan the job sites.
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And just as importantly, how much are you expecting to charge for this 'service'?
Last thing I want is an extra layer to go with the agency and end client.
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Originally posted by JoannaE View PostNot acting as a recruiter but just someone doing the leg work getting in first with the CV, impossible to do if you are still working. I also know it can be demoralising getting lots of rejections and having to constantly scan the job sites.
What can you offer which is not something we already do ourselves?
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Originally posted by JoannaE View PostNot acting as a recruiter but just someone doing the leg work getting in first with the CV, impossible to do if you are still working. I also know it can be demoralising getting lots of rejections and having to constantly scan the job sites.
If you can't take the demoralisation (that affects salespeople, small companies looking for business and permie job hunters) then you need to grow some. It's life.
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Originally posted by JoannaE View PostI can understand what you are saying but from the experience I have had there is an awful lot of work required in finding the next contract which is not easy to do if you are still working. I suppose it all depends on how much down time you want between contracts - I like my husband to have as little as possible!
Or I spend 15 minutes on jobswerve, attach CV to application then go-to follow-up chat.
Unless you're covering a large geographic area I can't see how you could step in to step 2 - as if a recruiter wanted to ask about experience etc you wouldn't be able to answer this. Maybe your husbands skills are very niche or doesn't get much follow-up from chasing roles?
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Not acting as a recruiter but just someone doing the leg work getting in first with the CV, impossible to do if you are still working. I also know it can be demoralising getting lots of rejections and having to constantly scan the job sites.
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I can understand what you are saying but from the experience I have had there is an awful lot of work required in finding the next contract which is not easy to do if you are still working. I suppose it all depends on how much down time you want between contracts - I like my husband to have as little as possible!
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Most agencies will pay a referrers fee, so there maybe a possible win-win in that you could offer your services and the candidate who would like the initial search / rate discussion taken care of and only be ready to present themselves for interview could use your service but for free.
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I kind of agree with the others i.e. not sure how much you can add to the actual getting a contract bit.
What you could do to add value (and hubby's co can pay you for this) is research markets and emerging new business opportunities, technologies (with a view to geting on training courses), how best to market his cv, cv refreshes etc. Maybe you know other people who would pay you for this service?
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Originally posted by JoannaE View PostHi,
My question is would Contract Project Managers find it useful to have someone searching for a new job for them before their current contract finishes?
I am the wife of a contract IT Project Manager in the UK and for past 4 years have been responsible for finding his contracts. Due to the amount of work required in finding a new contract it would be almost impossible for my husband to do this whilst still working, resulting in a delay in getting his next position and hence loss of revenue.
I am a graduate who worked for over 15 years in technical sales/customer service but have been a stay at home mum for the past few years. I would like to start earning some pin money and was wondering if this would be a way to make a small wage.
Would this be a service people would be willing to pay for?
Any feedback or suggestions you have would be great.
Many thanks.
Might be a problem in a bad gig but it isn't generally an issue.
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