Get rid of permie offers

[edison]

Or perhaps you can make it work positively for you and add some of these agents into your existing list of contacts and network? One day you may want to go back to being a permie. Or this agent may move to recruiting contractors rather than permies.

I am approached regularly for permie roles and always politely reply that I might be interested but it would need something really special to tempt me.

[Contreras]

When I have uploaded my CV to the job boards it results in a higher rate of calls which at a guess I'd say are 50% for permie roles, until at some point presumably I drop off the search results. In between actively seeking roles I still get calls but these are more often well targeted and usually for contract work.

I think the answer is to just grin and bear with it. If you can, establish who the employerpotential direct client is, before making it clear you're contract only. So you have an idea who is recruiting and for what, and maybe you can get the agent to pass your CV to their pal at the next desk who deals with contractors only.

[SueEllen]

I am 64 and have never had a permanent job in my life. Before I became an IT consultant I was always a temporary accountant. If some agent wishes to convince a client that I have finally decided to settle down I will pay the commission. I receive on average of 2 permanent job offers per week.

Have you suggested that to a couple of agents?

[Brussels Slumdog]

I am 64 and have never had a permanent job in my life. Before I became an IT consultant I was always a temporary accountant. If some agent wishes to convince a client that I have finally decided to settle down I will pay the commission. I receive on average of 2 permanent job offers per week.

[CheeseSlice]

AFAIK there is no way to remove the permie job calls. Some of them dont even read your CV, they just pick you out of a search of CVs with keyword matches and call the number or email address at the top of your CV.

One of these days I'm going to try removing my firstname/lastname from my CV and replace it with 'Cheeseslice LTD'.

[jmo21]

Currently looking for new contract myself and found that while my CV being uploaded to the job sites has attracted a lot of calls for permie roles, a larger number of these calls than usual the agent has almost straight away said along the lines of "I realise you're a contractor but would you consider permie?" almost straight away saving quite a bit of time

[kaiser78]

Hi,

It is stated that my last work experience was a contracting job, but i guess this is not enough.

Why would that be enough to suggest your next role should also be a contract role ?

[gabox01]

Right at the top in bold.

*** Spontaneous order CV ***
Java Consultant (I can't remember what I called myself)
Looking for contract roles in London / East Anglia

Spontaneous is super awsome, and handsome enough to spontaneously combust mentally irregular Daily Mail columnists, etc etc.....

Skills & technologies:
Java - Mediocre
Tolerating clientCo who genuinely don't regard themselves as hackers - Barely passable
Peripheral vision while spamming CUK / LinkedIn at work - Awsome

Nice!
I did just that. Hope it will work.

[SpontaneousOrder]

And in which section did you mention that? Did you mention preffered daily rate as well?

Right at the top in bold.

*** Spontaneous order CV ***
Java Consultant (I can't remember what I called myself)
Looking for contract roles in London / East Anglia

Spontaneous is super awsome, and handsome enough to spontaneously combust mentally irregular Daily Mail columnists, etc etc.....

Skills & technologies:
Java - Mediocre
Tolerating clientCo who genuinely don't regard themselves as hackers - Barely passable
Peripheral vision while spamming CUK / LinkedIn at work - Awsome

[gabox01]

My CV says contracts only, and what geographical areas I'm interested in.
Got a few trying to convince me to take a permie role. But not too many.

And in which section did you mention that? Did you mention preffered daily rate as well?

[SpontaneousOrder]

My CV says contracts only, and what geographical areas I'm interested in.
Got a few trying to convince me to take a permie role. But not too many.

[captainham]

Shall i expecitly state it somewhere to get rid of these useless calls?

Either this, or perhaps just send out thought waves and expect the agent to pick it up via psychic link.

But even if you state it explicitly, at best it will only reduce (not stop) these calls; these are agents we're talking about after all.

[gabox01]

Hi,

I've uploaded my CV to a number of places, and already tired of agents calling me to offer permanent positions.
I guess i should make it clear in my CV, that i'm looking for contracting only. What is the best way to do that? Shall i expecitly state it somewhere to get rid of these useless calls?

It is stated that my last work experience was a contracting job, but i guess this is not enough.