Reply to: Is contracting scene in Midlands dead?

[scooterscot]

Never had a contract north of er... what's that place to the North of Bath..... oh yeh Bristol. urrgh. (Although out of the UK I've been further north.)

[BrowneIssue]

a decent pint of Tetley

Sadly, there is no correction.

[KentPhilip]

Hello,

I've been on the bench since xmas and there seems to be nothing on the horizon and the only leads I seem to be getting are permy jobs.

Problem is that you're being a nice guy Eddie.
Clients are like women - treat em mean - keep em keen.

[TykeMerc]

Snap. I failed one of their permy personality tests as well.

Woo hoo.

I impressively failed one for Provident Financial too, I suspect that we long term contractors just don't fit the permy corporate mould.

[Gonzo]

Seriously : where is the midlands? Is this north of Watford?

It can't be. Watford is in the North.

I think the midlands is somewhere like Harrow or Hendon.


hth

[threaded]

I had one of those once. They advised me to see a shrink!

When faced with such tests I use the clock on the wall as a random number generator.

If one's got a female interviewing you I rate how well I've done on how many of her co-workers she brings back with her.

[BrilloPad]

Snap. I failed one of their permy personality tests as well.

Woo hoo.

I had one of those once. They advised me to see a shrink!

[Sockpuppet]

Probably - I haven't bothered with Capital One after I spectacularly failed a personality test with them when I was a permie in a job interview...

Snap. I failed one of their permy personality tests as well.

Woo hoo.

[cojak]

[NickFitz]

Probably - I haven't bothered with Capital One after I spectacularly failed a personality test with them when I was a permie...

Was that because you had one?

[cojak]

Probably - I haven't bothered with Capital One after I spectacularly failed a personality test with them when I was a permie in a job interview...

[zara_backdog]

I live in the East Midlands area.

I did manage a 3 month contract that let me travel to Leeds every day. But if I waited for one to appear close to home I'd have starved to death by now.


Have you considered going for a permie job?

Have all the roles at Capital One dried up?

[cojak]

I live in the East Midlands area.

I did manage a 3 month contract that let me travel to Leeds every day. But if I waited for one to appear close to home I'd have starved to death by now.


Have you considered going for a permie job?

[NickFitz]

I've just got off the bench, although I'm having to travel from the East Midlands to oop North. Still, I should be able to get a decent pint of Tetley

There's definitely stuff turning up around Birmingham and Nottingham at the moment (just not in my field). Things have picked up noticeably over the past couple of weeks.

[zara_backdog]

Being on the bench since christmas isnt that long. There is after all a credit crunch on which means companies just arent committing to IT Projects.

I think anyone who isnt in a contract atm needs to batten down the hatches be patient and be constantly on the lookout..

Wise Words.