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Would agents fair better if they actually read your CV?

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    Would agents fair better if they actually read your CV?

    Keep getting calls for .Net roles. It's nice to be getting calls but seeing as I haven't done a coding role since 2009 I'm not exactly sharp at C# at the moment.

    So the conversation goes thus :

    Pimp: Are you in the market for contact work?
    Suity: You bet your sweet bippy

    Pimp: Perfect, and how is Slough as a location for you?
    Suity: Commutable by car

    Pimp: Perfect, well I have a C# .Net role, interested?
    Suity: Sure, would make a refreshing change. (Tongue in cheek)

    Pimp: Waddya mean?
    Suity: Haven't done any coding in about 4 years.

    Pimp: Ah ok, but ....
    Suity: Do you have my CV in front of you?

    Pimp: Yes.
    Suity: And what was my last role?

    Pimp: I see.
    Suity: And the role before that?

    Pimp: Sure, ok I see. Well what are you looking for?
    Suity: Same as my last 6 roles really.

    Knock first as I might be balancing my chakras.

    #2
    fare

    Vote Corbyn ! Save this country !

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      #3
      Originally posted by fullyautomatix View Post
      fare

      fare point
      Knock first as I might be balancing my chakras.

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        #4
        Originally posted by suityou01 View Post
        Suity: You bet your sweet bippy
        Come on, be honest, they hung up at that point, didn't they? The rest was just you trying to fill up your day.

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          #5
          Originally posted by suityou01 View Post
          Keep getting calls for .Net roles. It's nice to be getting calls but seeing as I haven't done a coding role since 2009 I'm not exactly sharp at C# at the moment.

          So the conversation goes thus :

          Pimp: Are you in the market for contact work?
          Suity: You bet your sweet bippy

          Pimp: Perfect, and how is Slough as a location for you?
          Suity: Commutable by car

          Pimp: Perfect, well I have a C# .Net role, interested?
          Suity: Sure, would make a refreshing change. (Tongue in cheek)

          Pimp: Waddya mean?
          Suity: Haven't done any coding in about 4 years.

          Pimp: Ah ok, but ....
          Suity: Do you have my CV in front of you?

          Pimp: Yes.
          Suity: And what was my last role?

          Pimp: I see.
          Suity: And the role before that?

          Pimp: Sure, ok I see. Well what are you looking for?
          Suity: Same as my last 6 roles really.

          Fired?
          What happens in General, stays in General.
          You know what they say about assumptions!

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            #6
            Originally posted by MarillionFan View Post
            Fired?
            Hi

            Fired from your own gig yet?
            Knock first as I might be balancing my chakras.

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              #7
              They would fare better if they could read at all. That would be a step on the road to thinking. The next step would be getting a proper job.
              While you're waiting, read the free novel we sent you. It's a Spanish story about a guy named 'Manual.'

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                #8
                Funny I thought you were hired as a dev less than 12 months ago

                http://forums.contractoruk.com/gener...ml#post1550647

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by FiveTimes View Post
                  Funny I thought you were hired as a dev less than 12 months ago

                  http://forums.contractoruk.com/gener...ml#post1550647
                  Are you an agent?
                  With those reading skills you should be

                  In answer to this I was hired as a dev, with the sniff of BA. I then joined and the dev had been off-shored so I was just BA.
                  In fact after that I got moved into the team lead role as nobody else wanted it, bit of a poisoned chalice. I jumped at the chance and we successfully delivered the project on time and on budget. Something I am very proud of.
                  Knock first as I might be balancing my chakras.

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by suityou01 View Post
                    Hi

                    Fired from your own gig yet?
                    Getting closer to jack it each day. The thought '**** this for a game of soldiers' at 6.30am Saturday morning as I got up to do a couple of hours was a particular driver.
                    What happens in General, stays in General.
                    You know what they say about assumptions!

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