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I keep getting recruiters asking me about jobs in London, despite being quite clear that I don't want to move 600 miles south to a shithole town, so I now just
by Gordonjcp 4y ago
I keep getting recruiters asking me about jobs in London, despite being quite clear that I don't want to move 600 miles south to a shithole town, so I now just have a note that my contracting rates for London are £15,000 per day.
I've had a few messages saying "you won't get many offers with that rate", which is kind of the point! That being said, if anyone seriously did offer me fifteen large for each of the three days minimum (two travelling days, at least one working day) then I'd take it...
- zelphirkalt 4y agoPeople actually read your profile? What kind of magic is this!
- Gordonjcp 4y agoI've been with my current mob for about six years now, so I am starting to think "RTFProfile" is a lost art.
- harvey9 4y agoThe obviously-pricing-yourself-out rate is a well known idea so I'm surprised people message you about it.
- toss1 4y agoTHIS is exactly the right strategy for many things. Don't say "No.". Instead think about it, figure out how much it would be worth TO YOU to do the thing, add some, and quote that. A friend with his own firm/ consulting practice was an expert in a particular kind of database work, was asked by IBM to do a months-long project in Turkey (iirc). He didn't want to go but used this approach. A week later he was in Turkey (they didn't even blink at his outrageous quoted price). Said it was totally worth it because he'd taken that approach.