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Pet Hates in Contract Adverts
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So far, my current pet hate is people wanting way more experience with a product I specialise in than is reasonably possible. At first I figured I'd just ignore them, but they're so commonplace that I figure I'll just have to explain that I've only got 6 months experience with it in a production environment because it's only been production ready for 6 months... -
Originally posted by Stevie Wonder Boy View PostOk, Let's go for some .....
1. This is a really good place to work - usually tagged onto a Linkedin job post. How does the agent know? I always ignore these as its a bad indicator.
2. Market Rate - What this really means is that the agent is going to try and skim you for an extra 100 a day.
3. State your rate - Usually on a bob agents aproach, but standard on agent e-mails when they are fishing. Usually there is no information on where the role is and who the client is.
4. This company will look great on your CV - Will it? Really?Comment
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An Agent called me yesterday and said he had a permie role for me and when he told me the salary it was actually higher than what I'm getting as a contractor.Comment
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Originally posted by Manz View PostAn Agent called me yesterday and said he had a permie role for me and when he told me the salary it was actually higher than what I'm getting as a contractor.'CUK forum personality of 2011 - Winner - Yes really!!!!Comment
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'Six Months rolling contract'
It's not a ******* rolling contract you ****wit agent
Find out then definition of what a rolling contract actually is before you claim to be advertising one !When freedom comes along, don't PISH in the water supply.....Comment
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Jobs advertised as Project Manager which are not
My pet hate right now is the over use of the job "Project Manager".
When reading the role description it is clear it is not a PM they are looking for, in most cases it is "Team Leader", "Business Analyst", "Scrum Master" or "Project Co-ordinator".
From my daily job searches with the keyword "Project Manager" about 60% of all advertised roles I have to filter out manually because of this.This default font is sooooooooooooo boring and so are short usernamesComment
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Originally posted by MPwannadecentincome View PostMy pet hate right now is the over use of the job "Project Manager".
When reading the role description it is clear it is not a PM they are looking for, in most cases it is "Team Leader", "Business Analyst", "Scrum Master" or "Project Co-ordinator".
From my daily job searches with the keyword "Project Manager" about 60% of all advertised roles I have to filter out manually because of this.Comment
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Originally posted by MPwannadecentincome View PostMy pet hate right now is the over use of the job "Project Manager".
When reading the role description it is clear it is not a PM they are looking for, in most cases it is "Scape Goat", "Blame Hound", or "Whipping Boy".
From my daily job searches with the keyword "Project Manager" about 60% of all advertised roles I have to filter out manually because of this.Comment
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Originally posted by vwdan View PostIn fairness (And this is no slight on you personally) I've also noticed a gradual move to every single person who isn't technical calling themselves a "Project Manager".
Although at one place I worked at I could not figure out what a BA was, it seemed to be 'anyone who is not a developer, tester or manager but is on the team anyway'. Absolutely nothing seem to change as a result of anything they did.Comment
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