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    Interviews come along like buses

    Started applying several weeks ago to test the market, no interviews then suddenly 3 phone interviews in one day + request for extension + another team asking for my services.

    What to do?

    #2
    Originally posted by NorthWestPerm2Contr View Post
    Started applying several weeks ago to test the market, no interviews then suddenly 3 phone interviews in one day + request for extension + another team asking for my services.

    What to do?
    Up yer rate.... simples!
    How fortunate for governments that the people they administer don't think

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      #3
      Originally posted by Troll View Post
      Up yer rate.... simples!
      Can't argue with that.
      Speaking gibberish on internet talkboards since last Michaelmas. Plus here on Twitter

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        #4
        The trick with several offers on the table is to go in at different higher rates on the ones you fancy least, this will let you test what the market will stand and whether you are underselling yourself.
        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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          #5
          Weigh it up against how having a longer stint at the current gig looks on your cv too. Sometimes, it looks better to have multiple renewals, than to keep moving around every 3/6 months.

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            #6
            Originally posted by Old Hack View Post
            Weigh it up against how having a longer stint at the current gig looks on your cv too. Sometimes, it looks better to have multiple renewals, than to keep moving around every 3/6 months.
            Been at current gig for 11 months....... Where is NLUK now?

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              #7
              Originally posted by NorthWestPerm2Contr View Post
              Been at current gig for 11 months....... Where is NLUK now?
              Doesn't seem that long, to be honest. Is that 2 extensions?

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                #8
                Originally posted by Old Hack View Post
                Doesn't seem that long, to be honest. Is that 2 extensions?
                Depends how you define "that long". I was responding to your original 3/6 month comparison......

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by NorthWestPerm2Contr View Post
                  Started applying several weeks ago to test the market, no interviews then suddenly 3 phone interviews in one day + request for extension + another team asking for my services.

                  What to do?
                  Take them all and sub-contract them out

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