Archive for the 'Contracting' Category

ah, spring!

September 2, 2008

Spring is here! I feel it!
I’ve been a bit disconnected recently, with Andrew taking over most of the selling work and me just doing a few updates to the site. I’m blaming winter which normally has a slightly depressing impact, and now that spring is here, I’ve got a good feeling!
getstaffed is starting to pick [...]

Time for a may update!

May 18, 2008

I’ve been a bit slack on the blog postings, sorry! Lots of other stuff to do, and I just seem to drop the ball sometimes, like an all black in a world cup quarter final.
getstaffed is building up steam, we have some new companies on board, and we are getting a much clearer picture of [...]

change is good

April 13, 2008

as we have progressed through getstaffed, from its initial conception through various iterations and discussions, we’ve realised that getstaffed is an industry changer.
When we first started, we were thinking “it’d be great to offer a good alternative to recruitment agents”, and our goals were pretty modest. Some people using us, organic growth, make the world [...]

Yay, movie tickets!

March 3, 2008

I just received the new edition of Unlimited magazine, which is a great magazine for us startup types. Flicking through the pages, I noticed an article about recruitment. Having a few opinions in the recruitment space, and having dealt with a lot of recruiters in my time, I started to read.
It was quite interesting, mainly [...]

Contractor Down!

March 2, 2008

I’ve been contracting for a few years. I’m willing to bet that most contractors suffer less workday-reducing illnesses that salaried employees. Let’s face it – the ‘no work action =  no pay outcome’ is a pretty unpaletable one to contemplate. So I need to be pretty sick to stay away…
… or incapacitiated as is the [...]