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RE: OT: Becoming an IT Contractor


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  • Subject: RE: OT: Becoming an IT Contractor
  • From: "Graham Howe" <graham@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 16:58:15 +0100
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In my experience massive highs and lows. I have earned a lot of money over the past 5 years and thoroughly enjoyed being my own boss. But I have now not had a contract since the end of January and it is really starting to hurt. What would be your area of expertise. have you had a look at www.jobserve.com to see what demand there is for your skills. If your CV is up to date then try applying for a few contracts, you can always say no at the end of the day and it will let you test the water. And before anyone moans about wasting agency and client time, they frequently waste contractors time and they make a lot of money off our backs so I don't care. At the end of the day you will be judged on your own abilities, there is no big company to hide behind and not job security, but the rewards are good (not just financial) and it is the most challenging work I have ever done. For the record I did 5 years as a permie at Unilever, then 18 months as a Senior Consultant at PriceWaterhouse before finally going independent.
 
Regards
 
Graham

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