Good morning lovely people! I only found this forum a few days ago and have so far been impressed (and sometimes amused) by the wealth of experience here, and the apparent camaraderie.
So that's the brown-nosing out of the way, so here's a little about me...
My current gig ends next Friday so I'm trawling the job boards like I'm sure we all do. What started as a 3-month contract has turned into 19 months, after multiple extensions, so I must be doing something right. They've now appointed a permie and I'll be disappointed to leave, but that's the nature of this business.
I'm fairly new to contracting; this was my first after being made redundant in December 11. I was offered this a week after I actually left my permie job, so I landed lucky. I contracted for a year between 08-09, but at the end of that I couldn't find another gig quickly enough, panicked and ended up in a permie job that I hated.
I haven't yet got fully into the contractor mentality of building a warchest... I have a very expensive wife, 3 grown-up kids and a toddler! It hasn't helped that I've had to buy 3 cars in the last 12 months. Two died and one was stolen.
In the 3 weeks since I found out that I would be gone at the end of this month, I've found the hunting really hard-going. My CV is everywhere, I've been applying for stuff that I don't really want, but I've come to realise that that's not the best when you're contracting. I need to stick to my specialty as that's what I'm best at. Downside is that there is so little about for us poor Problem Managers.
Anyway, I've realised that this has turned into quite a waffle - sorry about that! I look forward to learning from you lot.
So that's the brown-nosing out of the way, so here's a little about me...
My current gig ends next Friday so I'm trawling the job boards like I'm sure we all do. What started as a 3-month contract has turned into 19 months, after multiple extensions, so I must be doing something right. They've now appointed a permie and I'll be disappointed to leave, but that's the nature of this business.
I'm fairly new to contracting; this was my first after being made redundant in December 11. I was offered this a week after I actually left my permie job, so I landed lucky. I contracted for a year between 08-09, but at the end of that I couldn't find another gig quickly enough, panicked and ended up in a permie job that I hated.
I haven't yet got fully into the contractor mentality of building a warchest... I have a very expensive wife, 3 grown-up kids and a toddler! It hasn't helped that I've had to buy 3 cars in the last 12 months. Two died and one was stolen.
In the 3 weeks since I found out that I would be gone at the end of this month, I've found the hunting really hard-going. My CV is everywhere, I've been applying for stuff that I don't really want, but I've come to realise that that's not the best when you're contracting. I need to stick to my specialty as that's what I'm best at. Downside is that there is so little about for us poor Problem Managers.
Anyway, I've realised that this has turned into quite a waffle - sorry about that! I look forward to learning from you lot.
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