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[Ken T]

I have been contracting for a while, over 12 years, but things have been a bit tough recently. My last contract was in Belfast, did it fine, no problems, did some good stuff, but finding another contract.........

I have been looking since may 2009, lots of jobs on the usual sites that I am more than experienced/ qualified to do, you send off the CV and hear nothing. Even got ripped off by some to**er who hooked me via an agency offering a free CV evaluation service, and for only £50 would make it look wonderful. Like hell, I paid up and heard nothing.

Perhaps the problem was my CV was totally accurate, no fibs, I perhaps understated myself. This time I was a bit more aggressive in the letter and CV, not telling fibs, but .....  and I got an interview tomorrow, at 10:30am. The salary is good, not as much potentially as contracting, but its a regular wage packet which will be a welcome return.

Wish me luck,

Ken 

[Entwood]

Hope it all goes well .... hard times out there with many applicants for every opening .....

Good luck 

[Edd]

Good luck mate

[The Red Baron]

good luck ken, hope you get a result

[Ken T]

Thanks guys,

Ken

[davethediver]

Hope all goes well Ken

[Vamps]

Yep, good luck......

[R.C. ™]

good luck bud .. the beers are on you at the end of the month 

[Dishevelled Den]

That's good news indeed Ken.  All the very best for the interview

[Ken T]

good luck bud .. the beers are on you at the end of the month 

 If I get the job, yes, no problem 

Ken

[waspy]

I wish you all the very best Ken

I too have sent out many CV's, i've had a few replies, but, still no job  
There's not much out there at the moment

[feeutfo]

best of luck Ken.

its an employers market at the moment, plenty of desperate people will take under the going rate.

[tunnie]

Good luck Ken 

Not sure exactly what work your in but for IT roles, i find jobserve excellent, its not like all the heavily advertised crappy sites like monster which take about 3 days to register, then have shite jobs listed.

Jobserve, you see a job, just attach a CV and covering letter, bam, job done. Its worth just spamming all the jobs even close to yours, i never thought in a million years i would get the job i have now, as it listed loads of skills i don't have, but my background in mobile got me the job out of about 15 applicants  8-)

CV wise, keep it short, never more than 2 pages! People looking to hire, don't want to read an essay of 6 pages to get your stats, keep it short and sweet 

[Elite Pete]

Good luck Ken

[Kai]

Good luck Ken!