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Originally posted by oracleslave View PostThe OP is a permie. Therefore I'd say that experience will be a significant factor in what rate he might get. Contracting experience = 0 years often means agent shafts you on your first gig.The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world that he didn't existComment
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I do think contractor rates for PM is being driven down purely by the number of candidates out there....it's particularly bad for infrastructure....
many permies are more then happy to take £300 a day and it's definitely dragging the rate down....
now if you're a PM in niche areas such as financial regulatory projects, ERPs that has to be that particular favor and nothing else, etc....rates are much better....
I wish I had gone into ERP years ago...they run for years and years and rates are pretty good....Comment
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Originally posted by LondonManc View PostFTFY'CUK forum personality of 2011 - Winner - Yes really!!!!Comment
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My last contract - Deffo!
I recently was looking for PM roles for nigh-on 6 months. Previously I was on £650 but I got increasingly price-elastic (or desparate, which ever way you look at it).
I applied for roles going down to under £365. I went all the way to Lloyds in Glasgow (£364.50) after a successful telephone interview only to be mysteriously dumped when they saw me F2F.
Curiously I subsequently reeled in a very pleasant £500 role in the City, up against 7 other people. That was however some 130 leads and 9 interviews.
I truly don't know what is going on, but I would persuade you that a lot of what appears on eg Jobserve is dross. LBG are not going to get anyone by phone calls.They have to go out looking for the down-and-outs like me.
If you keep plugging away you will get something matching your skills. It's however very tough at the moment."Don't part with your illusions; when they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live" Mark TwainComment
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Originally posted by Cirrus View Postmysteriously dumped when they saw me F2F.
Or possibly.....
That said looking like that you could have passed as a local.'CUK forum personality of 2011 - Winner - Yes really!!!!Comment
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Originally posted by Cirrus View Post
Curiously I subsequently reeled in a very pleasant £500 role in the City, up against 7 other people. That was however some 130 leads and 9 interviews.Comment
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As my FTFY alluded to, take the 400; consider it a "First Gig Agency Shaft Tax" and then don't discuss previous/current rates with your next gig's agent. Simply aim for 500.The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world that he didn't existComment
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Originally posted by LondonManc View PostAs my FTFY alluded to, take the 400; consider it a "First Gig Agency Shaft Tax" and then don't discuss previous/current rates with your next gig's agent. Simply aim for 500.
Also, I don't get this idea that 0 years experience as a contractor is a negative, you either have x years experience in your chosen field\role or you don't.Comment
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