Reply to: wanted: Data Analyst

[Stan.goodvibes]

Apologies to those who contacted me, I genuinely thought they'd continue to staff it with a contractor or two. Outsourcing to IBM is a terrible idea but the decision has been made to pay 50% more for half the service and now I need to smile and invoice.

Well that's a shame. Agree RE service vs cost ratio, and that's on a good day for IBM!

[Olly]

Rough chance of someone (doing pretty well in the remaining two months) getting extended???

Absolutely (or at least there would have been)..........but there's a problem...a big problem actually.

They've decided they'd like to outsource it to IBM and plan to get someone in within a fortnight for me to handover to.

Apologies to those who contacted me, I genuinely thought they'd continue to staff it with a contractor or two. Outsourcing to IBM is a terrible idea but the decision has been made to pay 50% more for half the service and now I need to smile and invoice.

[Stan.goodvibes]

£400 is a fair rate for where it is and the type of person required.

Whilst Access and Excel are the only technical skills, pro-active problem solving, organisation skills and common sense are key. I've interviewed people for this role before about 6 months ago and the agencies couldn't come up with anyone.

Just clearing it all with client co at the mo.

Rough chance of someone (doing pretty well in the remaining two months) getting extended???

[Stan.goodvibes]

Or the fact that the lucky ones were the ones he dumped in the bin?

LOL. Been a couple of times I wish that had been my CV!

[MyUserName]

Or the fact that the lucky ones were the ones he dumped in the bin?

[aoxomoxoa]

The risk with that approach is what happens if they used their last piece of luck staying out of the bin.

Or if you're the unlucky one and you've just dumped the best CVs

[eek]

I'm not bitter either, it's just the way the world works. I actually like the method Dave Brent uses.

Get a pile of CVs and chuck half of them in the bin. The reasoning being that he doesn't want people working for them who aren't lucky!

The risk with that approach is what happens if they used their last piece of luck staying out of the bin.

[Olly]

£400 is a fair rate for where it is and the type of person required.

Whilst Access and Excel are the only technical skills, pro-active problem solving, organisation skills and common sense are key. I've interviewed people for this role before about 6 months ago and the agencies couldn't come up with anyone.

Just clearing it all with client co at the mo.

[Stan.goodvibes]

Avoid employing unlucky people - throw half of the pile of CVs in the bin without reading them

One of my favorite David Brentisms!

Have to say upwards of 400 quid a day for Access/Excel seems quite a bit. Tempted to send you my details (Excel/Access/SQL Server/Banking/City etc since Excel and Access were invented)! Just a short flight away from Sydney...

[Antman]

I'm not bitter either, it's just the way the world works. I actually like the method Dave Brent uses.

Get a pile of CVs and chuck half of them in the bin. The reasoning being that he doesn't want people working for them who aren't lucky!

[MyUserName]

Good luck with the move and I've a question. I'm supposing that Canary Wharf location means that it's a finance company, so what on earth are those ads on jobserve with finance exp. reqd and a long list of other "essential" skills all about?

Kind of fits in nicely with the other thread about somebody blagging it. At the end of the day there are jobs out there and there are lots of people after them, some way of narrowing it down to a short-list is necessary.

Investment banks often list business knowledge etc that are required but you rarely need to know it once you are in (I'm not bitter btw - I have been in investment banking for several years).

[Olly]

What type of data analysis? I may be interested end of the month.

Data cleansing mostly, PM'd you details.
Latest start date 25th May.

[Olly]

Good luck with the move and I've a question. I'm supposing that Canary Wharf location means that it's a finance company.

Thanks. No it's not. FMCG

[MarillionFan]

What type of data analysis? I may be interested end of the month.

[Antman]

Good luck with the move and I've a question. I'm supposing that Canary Wharf location means that it's a finance company, so what on earth are those ads on jobserve with finance exp. reqd and a long list of other "essential" skills all about?

Kind of fits in nicely with the other thread about somebody blagging it. At the end of the day there are jobs out there and there are lots of people after them, some way of narrowing it down to a short-list is necessary.