Permie > Contractor

[oscarose]

Lol gonna spill or point me in a direction?

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[northernladuk]

lol gonna spill or point me in a direction?

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hth

[DanielSQL]

Lol gonna spill or point me in a direction?

[oscarose]

Is there a particular recruitment agent that you all use?

Yep

[DanielSQL]

That is exactly what I meant

Is there a particular recruitment agent that you all use?

[SimonMac]

Permie is greater than contractor?? You are going to be popular on here!

I thought he meant contractors eat permies?

[MarillionFan]

Permie is greater than contractor?? You are going to be popular on here!

He's right you know.

[eek]

Thanks for the posts.

Have another question. How difficult (or easy) was it for you to secure your first contract?

Also, are you alone in what you do or have you formed a partnership with others?

Both times for me it was easy. First because no one knew how the internet worked and I did....

Second time because they needed someone who knew both .net and java... And I did...

As many continually say its actually not the first contract you need to worry about but the second one. And never take a contract for money take it based on where it will leave you at the end of that contract. No point taking a contract using old skills if it means you won't have any skills to get any contract this time next year...

[DanielSQL]

Thanks for the posts.

Have another question. How difficult (or easy) was it for you to secure your first contract?

Also, are you alone in what you do or have you formed a partnership with others?

[PerfectStorm]

I'd been thinking about contracting for some time, but didn't have the financial reserves. Got lucky enough to have the opportunity to volunteer for redundancy, which gave me the buffer I needed.

Did the same. Much as I like to think I was being brave setting out on my own, it was the redundo that was the primary deciding factor

Fair play to people who leave and do it of their own accord - I went through a lot of permie rejection before even interviewing for contracting... think if I'd still been in a job I would've gone back with my tail between my legs and stayed in it