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Originally posted by BlasterBates View PostYou hit the nail on the head, you put in for a high rate and risk losing the gig. That's the decision you have to take.
If the agent has already seen your CV, has some idea of who you are, what you've done and what skills you possess, then never underestimate the agent's desire to flex his salesman's muscle and try to coax you down from your lofty position. Even more so if he thinks that the client would also be impressed by your credentials.
It's all part of the game, and the agent will often see it as a challenge to try to get you to take a lower rate than the one you first quote, even though the rate you end up on might well be a very good rate anyway (if you'd cockily high-balled it in the first place).
Doesn't always work of course and YMMV, but doesn't always fail either.Comment
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Sometimes winning a gig for a little bit less than the ideal is better than going in too high, getting nothing, and spending 6 months looking.
Eventually charging days at a lesser rate earns you more than holding out for big ones, as every day lost is a day you could've earned⭐️ Gold Star ContractorComment
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If I'm contacted by an agent who knows me, they will know roughly how much I'm on and won't even bother contacting me if they don't think it's worth my time.
If I'm contacted by an agent who doesn't know me, I'll tell them the top end of my rate card. If they baulk at that, I'll ask them what they think they'd get for me, and that will tell me how well they know my market.
But if I'm contacting an agent I don't know about a role that has been advertised, the first thing I do is try to work out who the client is, then contact one of my agents to see why they didn't think it was suitable for me.…Maybe we ain’t that young anymoreComment
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Just place ‘Terraform expert’ on your CV and voila, no need to get out of bed for less than £800pd.Comment
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Originally posted by Bluenose View PostJust place ‘Terraform expert’ on your CV and voila, no need to get out of bed for less than £800pd.'CUK forum personality of 2011 - Winner - Yes really!!!!Comment
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