Congratulations – you have secured your 1st contracting role through a recruitment agency. The recruiter will be keen for you to move as soon as possible because the sooner you move the sooner they start earning and the client most likely needs someone for the project yesterday! The first thing to do is to step […]
You have successfully navigated through the choppy waters of firstly securing a great contract and secondly completing that contract. Well done! Now, it comes to discussing a new contract with the recruitment agent and the end client company. Firstly, move the conversation away from talk of ‘extensions’ or ‘renewals’ – these are not relevant terms. […]
Being a contractor in the Irish market is challenging at the best of times – meeting client company’s requirements / demands as well as managing the relationship with the recruitment agency contractor’s work through, requires time, effort and diplomatic skills! Contractors also have the challenge of working while knowing if they are out sick, on […]
A busy contractor in the Irish market has many things to do – manage their day to day role at the client, perhaps travel abroad during the week to get to the client company, balance longs hours at client sites versus family life, ensure they keep their skill set up to date, complete their accounting […]
You have successfully navigated through the choppy waters of firstly securing a great contract and secondly completing that contract. Well done! Now, it comes to discussing a new contract with the recruitment agent and the end client company. Firstly, move the conversation away from talk of ‘extensions’ or ‘renewals’ – these are not relevant terms. […]
Accounting Pro provides Healthcare to our PAYE Umbrella and Personal Limited company contractors at a discounted rate. This means you can avail of a discounted rate which will be significantly cheaper than any quote you could achieve yourself. You can avail of LAYA schemes such as: Flex 375 schemes (Explore, Plus & Choice) · Flex […]
The derivation of the term freelance is usually credited to Sir Walter Scott’s Ivanhoe, the medieval warrior whose lance was sworn to the service of more than one Lord. However, when Ivanhoe’s lance was made available to another Duke or Earl, it wasn’t done so free of charge. Like the mercenary knight of old, today’s […]