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10 common mistakes made when searching for a contract
10 common reasons why some contractors are less successful than others when searching for a contract. Learn not what to do!
�Learning that skill and doing it better than your contracting counterparts will minimise your gaps between cont� �ting counterparts will minimise your gaps between contracts and maximise your revenue. This guides explains t� �The process of contract search is a skill. Learning that skill and doing�
Category: Articles: Job Search | Tue, 27 Feb 2018

Charging clients a retainer – how they work
Contractors with sought-after expertise can generate lucrative fees from client retainers using a range of retainer and charging models.
�models a contractor could adopt include: Retained contracting/consultancy services: The client pays a set amoun� �hort or no notice. Retainers are not like regular contracts, so to create an effective retainer contract will� �lar contracts, so to create an effective retainer contract will require the services of a legal professional�
Category: Articles: Job Search | Tue, 27 Mar 2018

Using social media to win contracts
Contractors can increase the chances of being found by recruiters & to find contracts by using social media, says Paul Clutton of Hays Senior Finance.
�has at least the same features as their ‘killer’ contracting CV, because that is effectively what their Linked� �t skills and capabilities, and to find advertised contracts directly. LinkedIn has come to dominate the contr� �y know, because it results in a better fit to the contract, a successfully completed assignment and a deligh�
Category: Articles: Job Search | Mon, 24 Nov 2014

How to find a contract: guide for UK contractors
The contract search process explained. Advice and guidance on securing lucrative contracts.
�Finding and securing a contract in the contracting market is very different to the job search associ� �lucrative contract. The best strategy for finding contracts Finding contract work requires a different approa� �Finding and securing a contract in the contracting market is very different to th�
Category: Articles: Job Search | Thu, 19 Feb 2015

Contractor guide to pre-contract screening and background checks
Contractors across all contracting disciplines & sectors are likely to undergo pre-contract background screening, explains Dan Shoemaker of HireRight.
�y in particular jurisdictions Past employment and contracts, including dates and positions held Academic and� �es and industry sectors are likely to undergo pre-contract screening and background checks. Such checks are�
Category: Articles: Job Search | Wed, 25 Jul 2012

Money management for contractors
Money management is a key skill for successful limited company contractors. The basics are straightforward and easy to pick up.
�ge their money and still focus on the benefits of contracting, such as choosing to do the work they enjoy most,� �flow challenges, particularly if they are between contracts. Time off – holiday, sickness and periods between�
Category: Articles: Contracting | Fri, 23 Dec 2011

Ensuring you get paid when contracting
Contractors are small businesses so, unlike employees, are not guaranteed payment for their work and must adopt strategies to ensure they are paid.
�o adopt strategies that ensure they get paid when contracting. Before even starting a contract, contractors sho� �rate for work, contractors should turn down these contracts automatically – that’s one of the reasons that ag� �get paid when contracting. Before even starting a contract, contractors should perform a financial check on�
Category: Articles: Contracting | Mon, 26 Jan 2015

The reason agents don’t want to pay contractors market rate
Reasons why your agent would rather lower your rate than increase it.
�erpay you in the future. That’s the nature of the contracting business. Contractors should be aware that maximi� �will almost always use recruitment agents to find contracts. There are many advantages to using recruitment a� �no interest in trying to obtain the best possible contract rate for you at all. Furthermore, they have no in�
Category: Articles: Contracting | Wed, 23 Aug 2006

Keeping your skills updated
To get the top contract rates you need to have the latest skills in demand. This article explains how to stay on top.
�have crossed to the other side. Some are put off contracting because they believe that once they do, their ski� �ars: If you don’t have the skill you cannot get a contract, but if you can’t get a contract then you cannot�
Category: Articles: Contracting | Mon, 09 Apr 2007

Are contractors being exploited by agents
Some contractors think that agents continually exploit them whilst knowing nothing about the industry. We explain why this is not the case.
�y way to ensure success. We see this occur in the contract market time and time again when the best person f�
Category: Articles: Contracting | Wed, 18 Apr 2007