Vaughan Vandenberg - It Contractor

[cojak]

I bet he's out of work...

Waht odds that it doesn't add anything to our usual (free!) recommendations for required reading?

I thought it might mean the parting of cash, I never bothered going onto the next page.

Still, it's a way to make money. If people are lazy enough to pay him that's not his fault.

[Joe Black]

OK, come on, own up...which of you is Vaughan Vandenberg eh?

http://www.itcontractorguide.com/

Supposedly this is him: http://www.ukimmigrate.co.uk/Vandenbergs.jpg

Busy chap it seems...

"The IT Contractor Guide"
"How to arrive and thrive in the UK"
"How to arrive and thrive in Ireland"
"How to Impress for Success at Job Interviews"

...while working his way from "When I arrived in the UK in April 1996 I was on a Working Holiday Visa. I was 24 years old, only having ever worked for a local authority as a clerk" to "a freelance computer consultant to global banks" in the space of just a year or two.

http://www.ukimmigrate.co.uk/The author's story.htm

[autodial]

well, has anyone acutally baught the guide?

[Mordac]

We should edit it first. Start with something like:

The UK IT market can sometimes seem like a very strange place when you encounter it for the first time. We in the UK have all sorts of bizarre and unusual customs which can be really confusing for the first-timer. No-one likes to hire a subordinate who knows more than them, so best practice is to pretend you know absolutely nothing about IT. This will virtually guarantee you a job. Even if you know the answers to technical questions, it's best to say nothing. The best response to an easy question is "I'm sorry I grew up in a small village in India and I've never seen a computer before in my life. Wipro (or name of agency as appropriate) just sent me here because I am cheap." They will try and kid you into thinking you have lost the job, and may even have you thrown out of the building in a jocular fashion, but rest assured you will have made a very strong impression on the interviewer. Email all your friends and tell them you have mastered the art of interviewing for a contract job in the UK, and share your secrets with them. They will thank you for it, for you surely are the master of your craft.

[premiere]

How about we all meet up in groups, at various ports/points of entry around the UK, and flog Vaughan's tome to all the incoming foriegn workers...and then split the rather sizeable proceeds?

[Churchill]

Sounds like an American Airforce base to me...

Very pretty when viewed from space. As you should know ZG. For the lesser beings amongst us try Google Earth.

[Francko]

OK, come on, own up...which of you is Vaughan Vandenberg eh?

http://www.itcontractorguide.com/

I'll tell you for a moderate fee of 50 pounds. Please, send your CC details to my email inbox.

[DanTheMan]

"Don't know how I would ever have been able to do this without your help. I have no doubt that I'm going to be so much better off because of it." - Chris McD. from Glasgow

After I almost broke my mouse wheel to get down to the testimonials I found this one. Before there were random names from England but he threw himself a curve ball and entered Glasgow. "Quick, get the Mc's!"

[malvolio]

I bet he's out of work...

Waht odds that it doesn't add anything to our usual (free!) recommendations for required reading?

[premiere]

Vaughan Vandenberg - IT Contractor...

Sounds like it should be a TV show

[Churchill]

I'm a lizard wearing a dog costume.

[DimPrawn]

It can't be me, I'm Spartacus.

[premiere]

OK, come on, own up...which of you is Vaughan Vandenberg eh?

http://www.itcontractorguide.com/