[Preston] Work opportunities available

[Andrew King]

Hello all,

A colleague of mine has general IT work available for around one day a 
week at a number of primary schools.  Extreme patience with users and a 
good grasp of basic Windows network troubleshooting (knowledge of NT 
domains, basic AD implementations, and general hardware, Windows XP and 
Office troubleshooting) would be adequate.  This will be around £10/hour 
but could eventually lead to more than one day a week.

Another colleague of mine has some occasional contract work available 
administering a number of internal production Linux servers.  All of the 
servers run Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and most of the work can be done 
via a Cisco VPN connection, although there could be odd days (perhaps 
once a year) onsite.  Several parties are involved (my contact, the 
software company who provide and support the main application, the IT 
department of the organisation, and the hardware suppliers), but this 
role essentially ties them all together and looks after all the things 
that they'll deny responsbility for.  I had previously done this for 
£25/hour but I'm unable to carry on as they often need work doing at 
short or no notice which doesn't fit into the schedule very well.

And finally, I'm looking for someone shithot to start looking after many 
of my own clients for me.  I already have more clients than I can handle 
and so have started raising rates and firing some of them, but I have 
lately joined forces with someone who is generating a lot more work.  As 
a minimum we're looking for someone who is smart, self motivated, 
trustworthy, well presented, able to work as a team, able to speak their 
mind, give and receive constructive criticism in equal amounts, doesn't 
have an attitude, never gets mad with clients even when explaining 
something for the eighth time, and has extensive experience at both 
Windows and network troubleshooting.  Almost all of the clients are 
small businesses who just want someone reliable they can call upon.  So 
far I've been able to find no-one suitable who would be interested - 
everyone who has been interested had something wrong with them.  If we 
can find the right person then we can guarantee that the rewards would 
be high - plenty of work, good pay and bonuses, flexibility, a lot of 
good people to work with, and plenty to learn.

Feel free to get in touch if you're interested in any of the above, know 
someone else who might be, or want more info.

-- 
Andrew
andrew at key21.co.uk
07843 580204