..does anyone have irrelevant high level qualifications on their contractor CV!?
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Should I put my masters degree in Music on my CV?
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Originally posted by wackadu..does anyone have irrelevant high level qualifications on their contractor CV!?
I do put a little blurb on there that says "Cowboy Bob obtained a masters degree in computer science blah blah blah" but do not highlight the qualifications of the directors in they way that I would on a traditional CV. -
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Originally posted by Cowboy BobNo, because you're not advertising yourself, you are advertising your company. Does your company have a music masters?
I do put a little blurb on there that says "Cowboy Bob obtained a masters degree in computer science blah blah blah" but do not highlight the qualifications of the directors in they way that I would on a traditional CV.Comment
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Originally posted by toastSurely you ARE advertising yourself - the client doesn't care whether you work through a LTD/Umbrella/whatever, it's you as an individual they're interested in.Comment
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hmm, I'm not convinced that reflects the real world. Not that I'm using an IR35 argument either way but toast is right, it is you they want and it is you they interview. I suspect that no-one on this board presents the history of their company as part of their interview do they?
Older and ...well, just older!!Comment
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It may be the company, but it's a personal service company and it's reasonable for the client to want to know the qualifications of the person that'll be providing the services. Most doctor's surgeries have several people that see patients, so effectively you're dealing with a "company", but you still want to know that the individual person you see is qualified as a doctor.Will work inside IR35. Or for food.Comment
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Originally posted by VectraManIt may be the company, but it's a personal service company and it's reasonable for the client to want to know the qualifications of the person that'll be providing the services. Most doctor's surgeries have several people that see patients, so effectively you're dealing with a "company", but you still want to know that the individual person you see is qualified as a doctor.Comment
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When I was contracting I used to put:
Private Pilot's Licence (PPL/A) Multi IFR UK
purely for conversational reasons. 9 times out of 10 they asked about it as it was unusual and you have to very much talk about it enthusiastically as a hobby, rather than say something crass like "well, I'm loaded so I can afford to do this rich man's sport unlike you pitiful wage slaves that can just about to buy a trabant or fiat 127 and get a hard on".
Now I simply fly my clients to France for a jolly in a Seneca III just to "grease the wheels of business".If you think my attitude stinks, you should smell my fingers.Comment
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I hope not, as then my substitution clause is worthless... Seriously, every client I've had (bar the first one when I first started out and was naïve) has understood very clearly that they are employing my company and not me personally. This is important as otherwise if you get an IR35 investigation and they contact the client - you know the rest...Comment
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