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    Advice Please

    Dear all - I hope you can help...

    I've just this minute received a text message from a pimp. It reads:

    "Hi cojak, saw your CV on Jobserve. what is the minimum rate you want for a good contract job? Pls text rate to XXX..."

    How should I reply?
    "I can put any old tat in my sig, put quotes around it and attribute to someone of whom I've heard, to make it sound true."
    - Voltaire/Benjamin Franklin/Anne Frank...
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    Originally posted by cojak View Post
    Dear all - I hope you can help...

    I've just this minute received a text message from a pimp. It reads:

    "Hi cojak, saw your CV on Jobserve. what is the minimum rate you want for a good contract job? Pls text rate to XXX..."

    How should I reply?
    My minimum rate depends on the job?
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      #3
      Originally posted by cojak View Post
      Dear all - I hope you can help...

      I've just this minute received a text message from a pimp. It reads:

      "Hi cojak, saw your CV on Jobserve. what is the minimum rate you want for a good contract job? Pls text rate to XXX..."

      How should I reply?
      What skillset are you looking for? What Sector? Which location?

      If they are REALLY pushy on rate just say market.

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        #4
        I was hoping for more imaginative replies...

        Anyway - I went with 'it depends on the role'...

        Silence since then..

        So much for barrow boys wanting to know market rates...
        "I can put any old tat in my sig, put quotes around it and attribute to someone of whom I've heard, to make it sound true."
        - Voltaire/Benjamin Franklin/Anne Frank...

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          #5
          PS - this was a joke post btw...
          "I can put any old tat in my sig, put quotes around it and attribute to someone of whom I've heard, to make it sound true."
          - Voltaire/Benjamin Franklin/Anne Frank...

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            #6
            Originally posted by cojak View Post
            Dear all - I hope you can help...

            I've just this minute received a text message from a pimp. It reads:

            "Hi cojak, saw your CV on Jobserve. what is the minimum rate you want for a good contract job? Pls text rate to XXX..."

            How should I reply?
            You need to go into politician mode :-). i.e. don't answer the question. Lots of blah blah about quality of work, location, work pressure etc etc, and then quote a fairly wide range.
            I'm alright Jack

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              #7
              Originally posted by cojak View Post
              PS - this was a joke post btw...
              ...not the text, just the advice bit...
              "I can put any old tat in my sig, put quotes around it and attribute to someone of whom I've heard, to make it sound true."
              - Voltaire/Benjamin Franklin/Anne Frank...

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                #8
                Originally posted by cojak View Post
                Dear all - I hope you can help...

                I've just this minute received a text message from a pimp. It reads:

                "Hi cojak, saw your CV on Jobserve. what is the minimum rate you want for a good contract job? Pls text rate to XXX..."

                How should I reply?
                Well, do as he asks, text rate to XXX. I might be minded to put it in uppercase: RATE.

                HTH

                Insanity: repeating the same actions, but expecting different results.
                threadeds website, and here's my blog.

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                  #9
                  £1,000,000
                  Rule Number 1 - Assuming that you have a valid contract in place always try to get your poo onto your timesheet, provided that the timesheet is valid for your current contract and covers the period of time that you are billing for.

                  I preferred version 1!

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                    #10
                    im hpy to xpt rt >= .5k/d l8rz cjk

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