stubbsy05
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Found out last week that the company I work for on a 1 year FTC are offshoring loads of it to India! I've only been with the company for 3 fcuking weeks Gotta wait till end of the month to see if I will still have a job!
Loads of contractors at work rave about how its the ways forward, so I may look in to it.
Do many people do it and how stable is it? Only reason I ask is I have a a mortgage to cover each month!
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a_j_mair
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Contractor? any more vague?
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James
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Contractor in what field?
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stubbsy05
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Sorry I meant IT contractor. Working for companies on contract e.g. 3 months, 6 months e.t.c.
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James
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Yeh Im on a contract at the moment.
You need a lot of experience in a particular field.
Qualifications mean shit in contracting, you need experience.
And it's only stable if you are good enough to get offered contracts, or extensions to current contracts.
If you struggle to get your first contract, that means you will struggle to get your second and third etc therefore not being stable.
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James
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its good money though.
What do you do in IT?
Networking, development etc?
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Tommy
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Im an IT contractor, not v stable i must admit, but the money is great, im on London money but ten mins from my house. I would prefer a stable job for less £££ though.
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James
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Alex tell me how much experience you have in technologies that you would like to work with and I will tell you if I think you will be able to get a contract easily or not.
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Tommy
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Only prob is if the company have to make cuts the contractors are generally the first to go
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James
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quote:
Originally posted by LoudandLow
Only prob is if the company have to make cuts the contractors are generally the first to go
Not always true, company im at the mo got rid of a lot of permies and brought in a load of contractors 
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Brett
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I'm a contractor, got my contract extended along with a raise recently 
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stubbsy05
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James I have:
4 years experience as a IT Support Analyst
3 months experiece as a Data Management Technical Analyst
Experience in 95/NT/2000/XP and all MS office suites, windows server 2003, Microsoft AD, TSN, Lotus Notes & Domino Server, TCP/IP addressing, windows networking, TSM, logon scripts, DFS. Northern Quota Server, remote access, anti virus software.
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Tommy
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quote:
Originally posted by James
quote:
Originally posted by LoudandLow
Only prob is if the company have to make cuts the contractors are generally the first to go
Not always true, company im at the mo got rid of a lot of permies and brought in a load of contractors
Not in my expieriance they dont, if a company needs to make price cuts there not gonna get rid of perms (having to pay them off) and then bring in more expensive contractores.
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James
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quote:
Originally posted by Alex.S
James I have:
4 years experience as a IT Support Analyst
3 months experiece as a Data Management Technical Analyst
Experience in 95/NT/2000/XP and all MS office suites, windows server 2003, Microsoft AD, TSN, Lotus Notes & Domino Server, TCP/IP addressing, windows networking, TSM, logon scripts, DFS. Northern Quota Server, remote access, anti virus software.
Ok you shouldnt have any trouble getting a contract, you will also have more chance getting a longer term contract because developers like myself only really get bought in for projects that are a few months long.
Have a look on http://www.jobserve.com
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Tommy
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www.reed.co.uk is also v good
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James
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quote:
Originally posted by LoudandLow
www.reed.co.uk is also v good
Yep, and http://www.cwjobs.co.uk
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Tommy
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 Me and James obviously go on the same job sites.
Jobserve is based in little old Tiptree where i live.
[Edited on 04-10-2006 by LoudandLow]
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