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On one occasion I was called for interview for a change manager role and I went for a first interview then was asked to attend a second.

If anyone was reading the contractor sites and Forums they will remember all the gloom and despondency just 18 months ago.

This question was posted to our General Forum by Paulsco and replied to be Experienced contractor Rhodeshow.

Once again I must point out that I am no longer in the recruitment industry and write these articles simply because I've been asked to and to give contractors an inside into what happens ‘on the other side'.

Have you read the Aesops fable about the fox and the crow? That is how we agencies view contractors. We have to get you to drop your cheeses.

We have made an assessment of the advantages of being an IT contractor in 2003, and of the disadvantages. See our article ‘Ten Advantages of Being a Contractor' which we are re-publishing as a comparison.

Ten Signs That Your IT Contract is not Going to be Renewed

The new EU Agency Workers Directive now allows contractors to go direct to the client after the contract ends.

Like many contractors, I've often given time to working out what the prefect contract would be. Here are some factors that would take a contract high up in my estimation.

I read comments by comedian Billy Connolly recently saying that he didn't learn anything useful after primary school.