IT Contracting - how do I begin?

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After having my back stabbed the last 6 months and dealing with total f**kwits day in day out, including hugely incompetant management finally got f**ked off this weekend when I hear that I am being blamed for not clearing up the workshop while I have been away on a traning course all week....

I am highly compentant in all areas of IT, run my own sole tradership outside of work hours and have high experience in all areas and I am currently finished traning in Active directory and all manner of server and software deployment.

What do I have to do to start out in contracting? Advice needed to preserve my sanity


Chris

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IR35?

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TS - YHM...

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UpTheIron said:

Good luck in your hunt for your first contract - if you are capable, professional, flexible and willing to work hard then you should have no problem succeeding. Don't take this the wrong way but statements such as: gh0st said: I am highly compentant in all areas of IT gh0st said: have high experience in all areas Would mean you wouldn't get a job from me...get real - nobody can make those claims. Just work out what it is you are a specialist in, and concentrate on being very, very good at that. I am trying to be constructive and help but: gh0st said: I am currently finished traning in Active directory and all manner of server and software deployment. Tells me that you know a bit about Windows / AD and one or two deployment tools, but are far from being an expert, so don't claim to be (I'm not suggesting you will). Oh, and contracting is most definitely not a magic fix for this: gh0st said: After having my back stabbed the last 6 months and dealing with total f**kwits day in day out, including hugely incompetant management And being a contractor means you are an even easier target.

Good points, taken onboard.

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Thanks so far everyone, I have been speaking to a guy that used to work for my company (left for the same reasons i am pretty much) and he is very very happy.

He totally agrees with most of the comments on this thread (agents will try to shaft, hard work and need to build reputation etc...) but I am willing to work at this.

Just got to sit down and work out my exact skillset (as uptheiron suggested) so I can present myself properly. This post was typed rather quickly so I just put stuff in the thread to present my position quickly. Reads pretty bad when looking back at it!

Keep the comments coming, all very useful.

Cheers


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icamm said:

Update your CV (maybe get professional help with it

A fine idea. Are there companies that do this?

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I will put one in GG now

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stepej said:

Don't forget to build yourself a simple web site. I've had a number of enquiries from companies through mine... and it helps show you are 'in business on your own account' Good Luck

I actually have my name as a .com address. might get ti sorteed out soon :d

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Its all helping

I already have a website for my sole-tradership (pocket money) business so I am thinking of altering that.

Not sure whether to turn my myname.com account into a page with a CV on it as well.