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  • norrahe
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    Two words gladiators and radiators!

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  • Ketchup
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    Originally posted by jaketame View Post
    Update:

    Boomed
    FTFY

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  • jaketame
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    Update:

    Handed my notice in - 4 weeks however I have managed to get it down to 2 weeks including a week off. Last day 14th Sept and I shall be starting the contract on the 17th!

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  • farout117
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    Originally posted by jaketame View Post
    Puppies are hard to resist! If they are Labs then i may have to consider.... haha!
    You'll go very far son!

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  • jaketame
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    Originally posted by Wanderer View Post
    I don't have any rabbits but would you like to see some puppies?
    Puppies are hard to resist! If they are Labs then i may have to consider.... haha!

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  • Wanderer
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    Originally posted by jaketame View Post
    Thanks for the advice I shale be wary of rabit lovers!
    I don't have any rabbits but would you like to see some puppies?

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  • jaketame
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    Originally posted by BrilloPad View Post
    Be careful when visiting general then young man. Those offering sweets and take take you home to show you their rabbit are not all they seem.
    Thanks for the advice I shale be wary of rabit lovers!

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  • BrilloPad
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    Originally posted by jaketame View Post
    No way could I have saved enough money to cover a year out of work on a relative small income! Only 22!
    Be careful when visiting general then young man. Those offering sweets and take take you home to show you their rabbit are not all they seem.

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  • jaketame
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    Originally posted by Wanderer View Post
    Ahhh, you should have had that saved up before you started my lad.
    No way could I have saved enough money to cover a year out of work on a relative small income! Only 22!

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  • Wanderer
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    Originally posted by jaketame View Post
    All in all its going well so far! Now to save enough to be prepared to be out of work for 6 months!
    Ahhh, you should have had that saved up before you started my lad.

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  • jaketame
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    Originally posted by captainham View Post
    Plan for 12, in my opinion. Hopefully the extra earnings from a 12 month contract will give you this or thereabouts if you keep your spending at current levels.
    Thanks for the extra advice. I shale plan for 12 instead.

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  • captainham
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    Originally posted by jaketame View Post
    Now to save enough to be prepared to be out of work for 6 months!
    Plan for 12, in my opinion. Hopefully the extra earnings from a 12 month contract will give you this or thereabouts if you keep your spending at current levels.

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  • jaketame
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    Originally posted by insur View Post
    If one is in the top ten percent with regards to experience, skill set and academic record and shows a certain level of humility at the interview, the market is always strong.

    Else, it’s a roll of the dice...

    Welcome to the show
    Ooo, sounds great, altough I have no idea if im in the top ten percent!

    Originally posted by oracleslave View Post
    Is this the point that you discover there are far more experienced contractors out there and that the competition is cut-throat?
    Most likely their is however I still feel everyone has a fair chance!

    Originally posted by northernladuk View Post
    Have you read all the guides, aware of IR35, 24 month rule and about getting your contract checked if you get that far?
    Check, I have an accoutant that provides contract reviews plus ir35 reviews, aware of the 24 month rule as well.

    Now too the good news, thus company walked me out the office, I continued to walk to the tube, a light tap on the shoulder to advise that they would like to offer me the contract!

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    The agency is now drawing up the 12 month contract which I should have by friday.

    All in all its going well so far! Now to save enough to be prepared to be out of work for 6 months!

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  • northernladuk
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    Have you read all the guides, aware of IR35, 24 month rule and about getting your contract checked if you get that far?

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  • oracleslave
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    Originally posted by jaketame View Post
    I have an interview today in the city!

    The market doesn't seem too bad!
    Is this the point that you discover there are far more experienced contractors out there and that the competition is cut-throat?

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