Re: Jobs in London
I need an extra information. Every head-hunter from London proposed me long term contracts, in the rest of Europe they propose a most 1 year contracts. What is different in London, that takes the head-hunter to propose long term contracts? Best Regards Marcos Rebelo On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 20:58, Dave Hodgkinson daveh...@gmail.com wrote: On 28 Feb 2011, at 17:33, Dan Rowles wrote: Depends how far you want to go (between which zones). Map of zones is here:- http://www.tfl.gov.uk/gettingaround/1106.aspx Current tickets prices are here:- http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tickets/14416.aspx There are discounts for using Oyster cards, and for weekly / monthly / annual tickets. No. As has been pointed out, there's a penalty for NOT using an Oystercard. -- Marcos Rebelo http://www.oleber.com/ Milan Perl Mongers leader https://sites.google.com/site/milanperlmongers/ Webmaster of http://perl5notebook.oleber.com
Re: Jobs in London
On Thu, 2011-03-03 at 21:10 +0100, marcos rebelo wrote: I need an extra information. Every head-hunter from London proposed me long term contracts, in the rest of Europe they propose a most 1 year contracts. What is different in London, that takes the head-hunter to propose long term contracts? (a) They're not head-hunters, they're recruitment agents. Head-hunters are very very subtle, recruitment agents are not. Head-hunters will not approach you by phone or email, they'll meet you in person and get to know you. Recruitment agents wish that they were head-hunters in much the same way that 8 year old boys wish that they were James Bond or Spiderman. (b) Most contracts I've seen offered in London and the UK are 3 months initially, with potential for extension (although they can last for years if you and the company are both happy). If you're being offered something longer-term than that initially, it's usually a permanent role, which has (usually) more benefits such as holiday and sick pay, and a lower daily rate for that reason. Regards, Denny signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: Jobs in London
On 3 Mar 2011, at 20:10, marcos rebelo wrote: Every head-hunter from London proposed me long term contracts, in the rest of Europe they propose a most 1 year contracts. What is different in London, that takes the head-hunter to propose long term contracts? They are offering permanent (or permie) roles, as opposed to contract. A permanent role lasts until notice is given by either side (i.e. you quit or are fired). The notice period is normally a month. After a year, the employer can't just fire you for no reason, but you can still quit at any time without giving a reason. The employer deals with your tax and other annoying legal stuff. Some employers offer roles that they call contracts but are really just time-limited permanent roles that need renewing. This seems to be mainly a way to avoid the employee protection kicking in after a year. Again, they deal with the tax and whatnot. When Perlmongers talk about contract roles or contractors, they're often discussing short-term work of anything from a day upwards, but a few months is fairly typical. This involves setting up and running a small business, so there's a lot more risk and paperwork, but it can prove quite lucrative if you're good.
Re: Jobs in London
On Thu, 2011-03-03 at 20:54 +, Peter Corlett wrote: Some employers offer roles that they call contracts but are really just time-limited permanent roles that need renewing. This seems to be mainly a way to avoid the employee protection kicking in after a year. In that case they are very stupid as those protections come into force as soon as you have been with an employee for a year on whatever basis even if the contract is not specifically a permanent one. The only difference with a fixed term contract is that it can end without further notice upon expiration of the fixed term except that if it has been renewed and there would be a reasonable expectation that it will be further renewed notice would be required to end it.
Re: Jobs in London
On Thu, 2011-03-03 at 21:10 +0100, marcos rebelo wrote: I need an extra information. Every head-hunter from London proposed me long term contracts, in the rest of Europe they propose a most 1 year contracts. What is different in London, that takes the head-hunter to propose long term contracts? Ask them what they mean by 'long term'. Frequently it turns out to be just 6 months.
Re: Jobs in London
They may mean so-called rolling contracts - those that get auto-renewed by default. Companies may prefer them to permanent positions because of flexibility in head count they provide. To the developer they usually mean significantly higher income, and also more flexibility as it is normal to change contract jobs more often than permanent positions. -- Best regards, Egor Shipovalov. On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 8:10 PM, marcos rebelo ole...@gmail.com wrote: I need an extra information. Every head-hunter from London proposed me long term contracts, in the rest of Europe they propose a most 1 year contracts. What is different in London, that takes the head-hunter to propose long term contracts? Best Regards Marcos Rebelo On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 20:58, Dave Hodgkinson daveh...@gmail.com wrote: On 28 Feb 2011, at 17:33, Dan Rowles wrote: Depends how far you want to go (between which zones). Map of zones is here:- http://www.tfl.gov.uk/gettingaround/1106.aspx Current tickets prices are here:- http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tickets/14416.aspx There are discounts for using Oyster cards, and for weekly / monthly / annual tickets. No. As has been pointed out, there's a penalty for NOT using an Oystercard. -- Marcos Rebelo http://www.oleber.com/ Milan Perl Mongers leader https://sites.google.com/site/milanperlmongers/ Webmaster of http://perl5notebook.oleber.com
