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Previously on "Interviewing mid-contract"

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  • NorthWestPerm2Contr
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    Originally posted by eek View Post
    Reputation goes before you. The only advantage you have is that we can't attach a name to your username (yet)...
    I know it's all thanks to NLUK (and now SimonMac). Cheers guys!
    Last edited by NorthWestPerm2Contr; 7 October 2013, 14:46.

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  • NorthWestPerm2Contr
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    Originally posted by mickey View Post
    Do you interview mid-contract to stay current with what's out there in terms of rates and roles?

    So there's a role spec that feels right, but your renewal is still a few months away. Is talking to the hiring manager early improves or reduces your chances that in a few months time your name will spring to his mind?

    Cheers.
    It's something I used to do when I had concerns about finding my next contract. Don't do it anymore as it will piss of agents and clientco (as others pointed out in this thread).

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  • eek
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    Originally posted by NorthWestPerm2Contr View Post
    Reputation goes before you. The only advantage you have is that we can't attach a name to your username (yet)...

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  • SimonMac
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    Originally posted by NorthWestPerm2Contr View Post

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  • NorthWestPerm2Contr
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    Originally posted by SimonMac View Post
    No unless you are NorthWestPerm2Contractor

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  • EternalOptimist
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    no

    gaps between contracts are holidays.

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  • SimonMac
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    Originally posted by fullyautomatix View Post
    Unless, you want to take the mickey...
    I assume there is a lot of piss taking around this

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  • fullyautomatix
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    Originally posted by SimonMac View Post
    I'm not gonna waste my time, and my money interviewing for a job I'm not gonna take, and as for getting in good with the hiring manager a few months down the line a) they probably won't remember you and b) they want someone now not later

    Unless, you want to take the mickey...

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  • DirtyDog
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    Originally posted by mickey View Post
    Do you interview mid-contract to stay current with what's out there in terms of rates and roles?
    No. Ridiculous waste of my time and theirs.

    Originally posted by mickey View Post
    So there's a role spec that feels right, but your renewal is still a few months away. Is talking to the hiring manager early improves or reduces your chances that in a few months time your name will spring to his mind?
    The only way that the agent might remember you is as that annoying twat who wasted their time and mine, trying to get a role that I needed to start straight away and couldn't start for a few months.

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  • SimonMac
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    I'm not gonna waste my time, and my money interviewing for a job I'm not gonna take, and as for getting in good with the hiring manager a few months down the line a) they probably won't remember you and b) they want someone now not later

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  • SimonMac
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    Originally posted by mickey View Post
    Care to elaborate? ))
    No

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  • mickey
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    Originally posted by SimonMac View Post
    No unless you are NorthWestPerm2Contractor
    Care to elaborate? ))

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  • SimonMac
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    No unless you are NorthWestPerm2Contractor

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  • mickey
    started a topic Interviewing mid-contract

    Interviewing mid-contract

    Do you interview mid-contract to stay current with what's out there in terms of rates and roles?

    So there's a role spec that feels right, but your renewal is still a few months away. Is talking to the hiring manager early improves or reduces your chances that in a few months time your name will spring to his mind?

    Cheers.

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