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Good luck.
With reports elsewhere on here of hundreds applying for each role I too am thinking money is no longer a driver, and quality of life is. Time to do something else.
So thinking of setting up an agency website full of fake job and contract opportunities and charge the applicants a fiver to jump the queue. Only new plazzy fivers with those serial numbers that mugs will pay hundreds for on ebay of course.
I won't even require 2 references to get ahead of the competition.
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Originally posted by Hobosapien View PostJust do what others do where they undersell themselves by tailoring the CV for the specific role. If your skill set covers it then it's not really lying.
I'm actually hoping to get this gig, which pays £225 per day less than another I'm forward for, but one is 20 minutes away versus a minimum 3 hour per day round trip in London & loads of managing people.
Money no longer a driver.
MF in 'breaking the cardinal role of contracting' mode.
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Originally posted by jamesbrown View PostIn summary, you're on a park bench, easing yourself off, but a squirrel is causing performance anxiety. Am I right?
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Originally posted by MarillionFan View Postanxiety attacks
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Originally posted by MarillionFan View Post...another which I am way overqualified for but is just down the road & I like the idea of something easy & local. I think my previous role is going to stop me from getting something bog standard...
Just do what others do where they undersell themselves by tailoring the CV for the specific role. If your skill set covers it then it's not really lying.
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Originally posted by vetran View PostIf only it were just one flight of stairs?
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