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    Worst contract opportunity of the day competition

    My entry

    Content Editor

    Salary: £70 - £90 per day
    Location: Leeds, West Yorkshire
    Job Reference: CWJobs/TS-CE
    Job type: Contract
    Date posted: 26/04/2009 13:33:04


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    Content Editor - Leeds - 5 week contract

    Our client require a Content Editor for a short term contract to upload content onto a newly designed website............
    Guy Fawkes - "The last man to enter Parliament with honourable intentions."

    #2
    It gets much worse than that:

    My Creative Media client based in Stoke-on-Trent is currently searching for an ambitious graduate who has ideally had 12 months commercial experience in PHP development.

    You must have a related degree, and be competent and up to date in PHP development, using PHP4/5, to current Web standards.

    If you have a portfolio of work you have completed that will go to your advantage.

    This role will be a rolling contract initially for 9-12 months.

    You will have the opportunity to work alongside experienced developers, and some training will be provided.

    They are willing to pay between £7-£9 per hour

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      #3
      Stoke-on-Trent
      Guy Fawkes - "The last man to enter Parliament with honourable intentions."

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        #4
        Sounds about right for data entry.
        Cats are evil.

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          #5
          Location: Dorset
          Salary: 7-9 Per Hour
          Company: Venn Group
          Job type: Contract
          Date posted: 24/04/2009 18:02:59

          A prestigious organisation in Dorset is looking to appoint an Audio Visual Technician to join their team for a 12 month period.

          Your responsibilities will include installing and maintaining multimedia and audio-visual equipment, providing 1st line support, repairing hardware and software and maintaining records on equipment use.

          To be successful in this role you will have proven experience in at IT service or helpdesk environment, excellent working knowledge of Windows and Microsoft Office and have good communication skills, both written and verbal. Experience in programming and video editing would be highly advantageous

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            #6
            Originally posted by chicane View Post
            My Creative Media client based in Stoke-on-Trent is currently searching for an ambitious graduate who has ideally had 12 months commercial experience in PHP development.

            You must have a related degree, and be competent and up to date in PHP development, using PHP4/5, to current Web standards.

            If you have a portfolio of work you have completed that will go to your advantage.

            This role will be a rolling contract initially for 9-12 months.

            You will have the opportunity to work alongside experienced developers, and some training will be provided.

            They are willing to pay between £7-£9 per hour
            Those rates for php entry/mid level are not that outrageous to be honest, seen those kind of offers for years (5 plus) which was main reason I stopped doing php work 5/6 years ago, does not even appear on my CV anymore due to amount of calls I got from agents offering stupid contracts like that.

            Basically kids/graduates and Indian offshore co companies gutted the low/mid teirs of the php market and dragged the higher end down as well

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              #7
              £70-90 a day for data entry isn't bad.....

              this is bad:
              http://www.jobserve.com/FastTrackJob...780&src=EB672E

              Job Details
              .NET Developer Contract
              A start up business is looking for a developer to join the team. You should have experience of c#, Visual Studio .NET, SQL server, HTML, CSS and ideally be passionate about mobile. You will be given an opportunity to work in an agile environment and potentially there could be a permanent job at the end of this. To confirm, as this is a start up the day rate is circa £100 per day. GCS is acting as a recruitment business in relation to this vacancy.

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                #8
                Originally posted by jmo21 View Post
                £70-90 a day for data entry isn't bad.....

                this is bad:
                http://www.jobserve.com/FastTrackJob...780&src=EB672E

                Job Details
                .NET Developer Contract
                A start up business is looking for a developer to join the team. You should have experience of c#, Visual Studio .NET, SQL server, HTML, CSS and ideally be passionate about mobile. You will be given an opportunity to work in an agile environment and potentially there could be a permanent job at the end of this. To confirm, as this is a start up the day rate is circa £100 per day. GCS is acting as a recruitment business in relation to this vacancy.
                But - there could be a perm job at the end of it.

                Yum !

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by j[QUOTE
                  To confirm, as this is a start up the day rate is circa £100 per day. GCS is acting as a recruitment business in relation to this vacancy.
                  I love the way they use their startup status to justify the rate. Cr*p pay and no stability - what more could the aspiring contractor want?

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