> Perhaps we should try to advertise the jobs.perl.org mailing list
> more aggressively to companies that use perl as the best way of
> advertising perl jobs without agencies. I think the list does a great
> job, but there are usually many job ads only available via agencies
> and "job-sites" (som
Perhaps we should try to advertise the jobs.perl.org mailing list
more aggressively to companies that use perl as the best way of
advertising perl jobs without agencies. I think the list does a great
job, but there are usually many job ads only available via agencies
and "job-sites" (some
> > Now down to £150/day.
>
> Ah, no. My mistake. It was always £150.
>
Talk it up lads, talk it UP!
--
Richard Foley
Ciao - shorter than aufwiedersehen
http://www.rfi.net/
On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 07:26:44PM +, Avleen Vig wrote:
> I spoke to a friend who is a recruiter a few mins ago, and they're in
> quite a panic. Not because there isn't work (there's quite a bit
> around apparently). Just that there are so few good candidates on the
> market.
Fear not,
On Mar 10, 2009, at 17:07, Dirk Koopman wrote:
Jonathan Stowe wrote:
It's the recruiter doing it - the poor sap candidates are probably
getting 300 or less and will have been told that is the most that the
client is going to pay. The recruiter doesn't care, they might start
introducing a diff
On 10 Mar 2009, at 18:15, Chris Jack wrote:
The truth is, once you've been had once in this way, you ask what
your agent is taking and refuse contracts where the rake is
excessive. This in itself acts as a brake on agencies taking the
Michael. I think 17.5% is fairly usual in the city now
On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 6:15 PM, Chris Jack wrote:
>
>
> I think the truth about agencies is also that they are tending to amalgamate
> and there are fewer "mom and pop" style places around - which in turn means
> they tend to be run more professionally and with a greater sense of integrity
>
On 10/3/09 17:07, Dirk Koopman wrote:
> ?300? Don't be daft. A lot of recruiters wouldn't get out of bed for
> ~25%, they will be looking for at least %50 (and in the bad old days
> 100%). I would not be surprised if the saps are being offered ?200 "in
> these difficult times"
This
On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 5:49 PM, David Cantrell wrote:
>
> On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 06:39:21PM +0100, Merijn Broeren wrote:
> > Quoting Philip Newton (philip.new...@gmail.com):
> > > Now down to ?150/day.
> > Working 200 days a day, multiplies out to a naive Bulgarian worker who
> > hasn't eyed up
David Cantrell writes:
> On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 06:39:21PM +0100, Merijn Broeren wrote:
>> Quoting Philip Newton (philip.new...@gmail.com):
>> > Now down to ?150/day.
>> Working 200 days a day, multiplies out to a naive Bulgarian worker who
>> hasn't eyed up the cost of London living yet?
>
> T
On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 06:39:21PM +0100, Merijn Broeren wrote:
> Quoting Philip Newton (philip.new...@gmail.com):
> > Now down to ?150/day.
> Working 200 days a day, multiplies out to a naive Bulgarian worker who
> hasn't eyed up the cost of London living yet?
There are *plenty* of people in Lon
Quoting Philip Newton (philip.new...@gmail.com):
> On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 18:12, Dave Cross wrote:
> > I saw this today[1], advertising for a pretty impressive list of skills for
> > ?175/day.
> [snip]
> > [1] http://www.jobsite.co.uk/cgi-bin/vacdetails.pl?selection=931442513
>
> Now down to ?15
On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 5:24 PM, Paul Makepeace wrote:
> At the risk of jumping to the defence of a recruiter(!!), this chap
> seems pretty straight up and quoted that his cut is 50quid/day.
Chances are he's lying.
I've noticed recently that SNR of calls has dropped massively, that
I'm getting f
Philip Newton wrote:
On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 18:12, Dave Cross wrote:
I saw this today[1], advertising for a pretty impressive list of skills for
£175/day.
[snip]
[1] http://www.jobsite.co.uk/cgi-bin/vacdetails.pl?selection=931442513
Now down to £150/day.
Ah, no. My mistake. It was always
On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 18:12, Dave Cross wrote:
> I saw this today[1], advertising for a pretty impressive list of skills for
> £175/day.
[snip]
> [1] http://www.jobsite.co.uk/cgi-bin/vacdetails.pl?selection=931442513
Now down to £150/day.
Cheers,
--
Philip Newton
On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 5:07 PM, Dirk Koopman wrote:
> Jonathan Stowe wrote:
>
>> It's the recruiter doing it - the poor sap candidates are probably
>> getting 300 or less and will have been told that is the most that the
>> client is going to pay. The recruiter doesn't care, they might start
>> i
On 10/3/09 17:07, Dirk Koopman wrote:
£300? Don't be daft. A lot of recruiters wouldn't get out of bed for
~25%, they will be looking for at least %50 (and in the bad old days
100%). I would not be surprised if the saps are being offered £200 "in
these difficult times".
Which is why I'm very
Paul Makepeace wrote:
Has anyone found the recession/depression affecting contracting rates? I was
surprised to have a recruiter recently suggest a bunch of candidates
for £375/day
I saw this today[1], advertising for a pretty impressive list of skills
for £175/day. I think the company were ta
Jonathan Stowe wrote:
It's the recruiter doing it - the poor sap candidates are probably
getting 300 or less and will have been told that is the most that the
client is going to pay. The recruiter doesn't care, they might start
introducing a differential depending on whether they can drive the
c
2009/3/10 Aaron Trevena :
> 2009/3/10 Paul Makepeace :
..
>> I guess what also tweaked me was that every single one of these guys was
>> going for the exact same rate whereas without a doubt they are not all
>> equally skilled. While I don't expect we have accurate programmer pricing
>> models the
2009/3/10 Paul Makepeace :
> Has anyone found the recession/depression affecting contracting rates?
A bit, yes, although *touch wood* there does seem to be a slight
increase in the availability of telework and part onsite jobs and
contracts - whether this is a case of businesses finally catching u
On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 4:05 PM, Jonathan Stowe
wrote:
> 2009/3/10 Paul Makepeace :
> > Has anyone found the recession/depression affecting contracting rates? I
> was
> > surprised to have a recruiter recently suggest a bunch of candidates
> > for £375/day
> > (each :-)). This seems on the high si
2009/3/10 Paul Makepeace :
> Has anyone found the recession/depression affecting contracting rates? I was
> surprised to have a recruiter recently suggest a bunch of candidates
> for £375/day
> (each :-)). This seems on the high side, even outside of the economic blues.
> I guess what also tweaked
Has anyone found the recession/depression affecting contracting rates? I was
surprised to have a recruiter recently suggest a bunch of candidates
for £375/day
(each :-)). This seems on the high side, even outside of the economic blues.
I guess what also tweaked me was that every single one of these
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