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Hiring a contractor directly without using an agency
Clients must understand the big differences between hiring contractors and recruiting employees, says Emma Brierley of recruiter Xchangeteam
�ctors, by their very nature, are being engaged on contracts on an ongoing basis. This means that the client’s� �soon as possible. This means negotiation of both contract rates and contracts , and the hard part in larger�
Category: Articles: Hiring Contractors | Tue, 15 Sept 2009

Reading and evaluating a contractor CVs
Clients used to recruiting permanent employees will find contractor CVs break lots of CV ‘rules’, but that’s because contractors are not employees.
�the contractor has successfully completed similar contracts for other clients If the contractor has made a go� �uiting could receive hundreds of CVs for a single contract, and will typically devote, at most, ten seconds�
Category: Articles: Hiring Contractors | Tue, 22 Sept 2009

How firms should conduct contractor interviews
Interviewing a contractor is not like an interview to recruit a permanent employee, it is more like receiving a sales pitch from a new supplier.
�cision Contractors that have long term successful contracting careers will also have good selling skills in edi� �red, knowing they have an hour at most to win the contract. In that time, a client has to make a decision as�
Category: Articles: Hiring Contractors | Tue, 29 Sept 2009

Contractor offshore tax solutions: risks and benefits explained
Need to understand the risks and benefits of offshore tax solutions? Use the guide to make an informed decision.
�for contractors Ultimately, the downside risk of contracting through an offshore tax solution is that HMRC dec� �reasing net income from, typically, 65% to 85% of contract value. But solutions are not appropriate for all�
Category: Articles: Contractor Offshore Solutions | Wed, 14 Jun 2017

Paying your contractor – timesheets, invoices and payment
Unless clients sign timesheets and process invoices promptly, contractors don’t get paid. This can delay project delivery and lead to legal action.
�company to raise an invoice. If the contractor is contracting direct through their own limited company, they wi� �as, although contractors are not employees, their contracts give them the right to be paid regularly, accurat� �ontractor’s invoice, could constitute a breach of contract, which if not remedied swiftly, will leave the cl�
Category: Articles: Hiring Contractors | Mon, 08 Feb 2010

Contractor interview: sue builds a better life contracting
Having left a permanent job to take up contracting, Sue has built a better business and has a more rewarding lifestyle.
�en years, to become a contractor. Never Regretted Contracting ''And I've never regretted it,'' Sue insists. ''T� �d start on this contract, Sue gathered a few more contracts around the area she was now living in. She works� �ue to do that anyway.'' With a good start on this contract, Sue gathered a few more contracts around the are�
Category: Articles: Contractor Interviews | Mon, 28 Apr 2008

INTERVIEW: Take a few tips from the contractor who overnight went from £35k to £85k
Tired of languishing in IT sales, veteran contractor Paul Drew reinvented himself as a project manager and saw his income jump overnight by £50k.
�an contractor Paul Drew’s book, whose approach to contracting changed his career, and bank balance, out of all� �of reasons why I consistently managed to win new contracts, and none of those reasons are rocket science,” s� �rtunity presented itself, with an interview for a contract with one of the leading IT firms, working for wha�
Category: Articles: Contractor Interviews | Mon, 26 Jan 2009

INTERVIEW: Don’t let a bad apple ruin your contracting barrel says veteran contractor
Contractors must take the rough with the smooth and shouldn’t let a bad experience put them off, says contracting stalwart Jane Smith.
�mith. And as her story shows, anyone who has been contracting for any length of time needs to develop the ‘rhin� �picking up the phone book. And, as most of Jane’s contracts are direct with the client, she doesn’t usually h� �re client politics “I won a high paying six-month contract, working through an agency, for a major logistics�
Category: Articles: Contractor Interviews | Tue, 03 Mar 2009

Contractor interview: getting off to a good start
Samuel Muwonge started contracting when just out of the university when he saw that it offered more opportunities than permanent employment. And it fit his lifestyle. Now after about a year, he's doing very well, thanks.
�This contractor started off straight into contracting and has never looked back. Right from Uni Samuel� �With Agencies Since then, Muwonge has had several contracts, all through agencies. First he did a stint at a�
Category: Articles: Contractor Interviews | Mon, 07 Jan 2008

Contractor interview: steve sammut grows a business despite everything
Contractor Steve Sammut started off 15 years ago with nothing but an idea. Now he runs a business that employs 50 people. And he's done it despite the shocks of adverse fortune.
�ould be a prime example. Building A Business From Contracting The 40-year old Sammut has built a business contr� �saw an opportunity to provide these lessons under contract with schools which could no longer offer them the�
Category: Articles: Contractor Interviews | Fri, 28 Mar 2008