Re: [OT] Are there any Contracts roles open at the moment

2012-05-03 Thread Dominic Thoreau
On 2 May 2012 21:19, Aaron Trevena aaron.trev...@gmail.com wrote: Speaking of which - both my employer and Dominic's are recruiting perl people (we're in cornwall, they're in london overlooking Tower Bridge and the Shard) He gets a much better referral bonus than I do, but I'm only 15 mins

Re: [OT] Are there any Contracts roles open at the moment

2012-05-03 Thread Nicholas Clark
On Thu, May 03, 2012 at 12:00:27PM +0100, Dominic Thoreau wrote: On 2 May 2012 21:19, Aaron Trevena aaron.trev...@gmail.com wrote: Speaking of which - both my employer and Dominic's are recruiting perl people (we're in cornwall, they're in london overlooking Tower Bridge and the Shard)

Re: [OT] Are there any Contracts roles open at the moment

2012-05-03 Thread Aaron Trevena
On 3 May 2012 12:31, Nicholas Clark n...@ccl4.org wrote: On Thu, May 03, 2012 at 12:00:27PM +0100, Dominic Thoreau wrote: On 2 May 2012 21:19, Aaron Trevena aaron.trev...@gmail.com wrote: Speaking of which - both my employer and Dominic's are recruiting perl people (we're in cornwall,

Re: [OT] Are there any Contracts roles open at the moment

2012-05-03 Thread Dominic Thoreau
On 3 May 2012 12:31, Nicholas Clark n...@ccl4.org wrote: Has your glorious employer actually mailed the job spec to the jobs list? No. They engaged some recruiters, who in turn don't seem to be enough into the community to know about such things. I should probably post it myself and claim it as

Re: [OT] Are there any Contracts roles open at the moment

2012-05-03 Thread Dave Hodgkinson
On 3 May 2012, at 13:19, Dominic Thoreau wrote: On 3 May 2012 12:31, Nicholas Clark n...@ccl4.org wrote: Has your glorious employer actually mailed the job spec to the jobs list? No. They engaged some recruiters, who in turn don't seem to be enough into the community to know about such

Re: [OT] Are there any Contracts roles open at the moment

2012-05-03 Thread Aaron Trevena
On 3 May 2012 14:48, Dave Hodgkinson daveh...@gmail.com wrote: Dragging this back on topic, are either of these jobs contract? I believe at least a couple of the London ones will be, yes. They should be on jobs.perl and the london jobs list soonish A. -- Aaron J Trevena, BSc Hons

Re: [OT] Are there any Contracts roles open at the moment

2012-05-02 Thread abhishek jain
On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 3:02 PM, Mark Fowler m...@twoshortplanks.com wrote: On Tuesday, 1 May 2012 at 10:20, abhishek jain wrote: Are there any contract roles in UK in your knowledge? ... please suggest me a way to get one :) We have our own jobs mailing lists that you might want to

Re: [OT] Are there any Contracts roles open at the moment

2012-05-02 Thread David Cantrell
On Wed, May 02, 2012 at 02:06:09PM +0530, abhishek jain wrote: this link http://london.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/jobs-discuss dont saw archives to me, is it a valid mailing list! i am already a member of jobs one though. It's deliberately not archived. It's where we discuss the short-comings

Re: [OT] Are there any Contracts roles open at the moment

2012-05-02 Thread Dave Hodgkinson
On 2 May 2012, at 09:53, David Cantrell wrote: On Wed, May 02, 2012 at 02:06:09PM +0530, abhishek jain wrote: this link http://london.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/jobs-discuss dont saw archives to me, is it a valid mailing list! i am already a member of jobs one though. It's deliberately not

Re: [OT] Are there any Contracts roles open at the moment

2012-05-02 Thread Aaron Trevena
On 1 May 2012 11:44, Dominic Thoreau domi...@thoreau-online.net wrote: On 1 May 2012 11:28, Dave Hodgkinson daveh...@gmail.com wrote: I have heard agents complaining that they interview contractors then make permie offers, but this is hearsay. My current gig, I was told by the recruiter that

[OT] Are there any Contracts roles open at the moment

2012-05-01 Thread abhishek jain
Hi, Slightly off topic. Are there any contract roles in UK in your knowledge? If yes please do pass me the reference offline, if no, please suggest me a way to get one :) I am looking for one. Will appreciate help from a fellow london perl monger. I have searched jobs.perl.org but couldnt find

Re: [OT] Are there any Contracts roles open at the moment

2012-05-01 Thread Mark Fowler
On Tuesday, 1 May 2012 at 10:20, abhishek jain wrote: Are there any contract roles in UK in your knowledge? ... please suggest me a way to get one :) We have our own jobs mailing lists that you might want to check out: http://london.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/jobs

Re: [OT] Are there any Contracts roles open at the moment

2012-05-01 Thread Dave Hodgkinson
On 1 May 2012, at 10:32, Mark Fowler wrote: On Tuesday, 1 May 2012 at 10:20, abhishek jain wrote: Are there any contract roles in UK in your knowledge? ... please suggest me a way to get one :) We have our own jobs mailing lists that you might want to check out:

Re: [OT] Are there any Contracts roles open at the moment

2012-05-01 Thread Dominic Thoreau
On 1 May 2012 11:28, Dave Hodgkinson daveh...@gmail.com wrote: I have heard agents complaining that they interview contractors then make permie offers, but this is hearsay. My current gig, I was told by the recruiter that of three identical positions, two were permanent and one was a

Re: [OT] Are there any Contracts roles open at the moment

2012-05-01 Thread Peter Corlett
On Tue, May 01, 2012 at 11:28:41AM +0100, Dave Hodgkinson wrote: [...] That smells like Lovefilm. I believe they're hiring direct if you want to sidestep agents: LOVEFiLM *are* hiring quite a few Perl developers, and there's a fat hiring bonus on offer to any staff who recommend a successful