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    #31
    Originally posted by NorthWestPerm2Contr View Post
    Contractor/Ex-Contractors aside.
    Graduate recruitment at my uni.
    "You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JR

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      #32
      Originally posted by NorthWestPerm2Contr View Post
      Sounds like you work at Thales - that's the only place I have ever worked at that absolutely nobody (including recruiters) has ever heard of.
      Serco

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        #33
        Originally posted by BigTime View Post
        Serco
        I worked (permie) for them, once. I believe they have quite a few IT people at the ECB...
        Brexit is having a wee in the middle of the room at a house party because nobody is talking to you, and then complaining about the smell.

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          #34
          Originally posted by speling bee View Post
          Build a good LinkedIn profile. Link with your old colleagues, bosses, suppliers, clients. Let them all know what you are looking for, what you can offer and what your timescales are. See if there is flexibility in your end date with your current job and save your leave days to facilitate a quick bunk.
          Don't forget to stay on good terms with your employer and in touch, so that when the offshore people stuff it up you are ready to swoop in as a consultant.

          Originally posted by darmstadt View Post
          I worked (permie) for them, once. I believe they have quite a few IT people at the ECB...
          Me too.
          Originally posted by MaryPoppins
          I'd still not breastfeed a nazi
          Originally posted by vetran
          Urine is quite nourishing

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            #35
            Originally posted by d000hg View Post
            Don't forget to stay on good terms with your employer and in touch, so that when the offshore people stuff it up you are ready to swoop in as a consultant.

            Me too.
            That is sooooooo likely to happen.

            Amazing how many places are now willing to pay the big bucks cos they want things don't correctly in the first place. The guys that are outsourcing will no doubt have it come back and bite them in the ass.

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              #36
              Originally posted by darmstadt View Post
              I worked (permie) for them, once. I believe they have quite a few IT people at the ECB...
              Originally posted by d000hg View Post
              Me too.
              See it's not unheard of. You need to create some sockies so when the tulip gets real you've got some backup.

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                #37
                Originally posted by BigTime View Post
                See it's not unheard of. You need to create some sockies so when the tulip gets real you've got some backup.
                Serco are hardly unheard of. They manage loads of security stuff as well as several other areas and you see Serco logos on vans quite often as well as (I think) some speed cameras.
                Originally posted by MaryPoppins
                I'd still not breastfeed a nazi
                Originally posted by vetran
                Urine is quite nourishing

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                  #38
                  Originally posted by d000hg View Post
                  Serco are hardly unheard of. They manage loads of security stuff as well as several other areas and you see Serco logos on vans quite often as well as (I think) some speed cameras.
                  Bearing in mind Serco is all over the news this week as they are to be investigated for fraud and there are calls to ban them from applying for Govt contracts I wouldn't say they are unknown at this moment in time
                  'CUK forum personality of 2011 - Winner - Yes really!!!!

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