IT Career Advice
Curveball tech interview questions: ranked, with answers
Why IT job hirers ask curveball questions and how to catch them (includes actual answers you can throw back). 4 min
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IT Career Advice
IT Career Advice
How to impress IT recruiters behind contract/perm tech jobs
Spot the ‘red flags’ on your tech CV as a contractor jumping to perm, or vice versa, as part of nailing the IT job application process, says Hays. 6 min
IT Skills
What’s in a PHP programmer technical interview or test?
Ranging from basic syntax to complex architectural interrogations, the questions PHP job candidates face depend on the role. But try these 38 for starters. 4 min
IT Career Advice
'Do your IT skills add value?' Best reply at interview be like…
Free-Work hears from a head of tech recruitment that the best replies to the classic ‘value-add’ query all have five fundamentals. 5 min
IT Career Advice
6 ways to use AI to land your dream job
Searching for a new job, regardless of the industry, is incredibly competitive and it’s not just how we work that’s changing but also the way we find work. 4 min
Opinion
Will Spring Statement 2025 be taxing for tech job board users?
With AI set to hit some contractor jobs, patching employer NIC changes may be the smarter move by the chancellor. 6 min
IT Career Advice
Top cybersecurity job interview questions: revealed
Whether it’s a ‘technical test’ or ‘interview,’ the inquisition between you and your dream IT security job isn’t to be taken lightly. 5 min
IT Career Advice
Ten steps for tech employees seeking freelance IT jobs
How to land your very first temporary, freelance or contract tech assignment as a full-time IT worker. 5 min
IT Career Advice
How to handle multi-stage interviews on tech or telecom jobs
Five top ways to survive numerous rounds of questions, tests and interrogators. 4 min
IR35
IR35 case law compendium: famous faces who lost to HMRC
And how IT job board users can avoid the same fate as four celebrity limited company workers. 5 min
IT market trends
Top pay for contract network engineers in 2025 be like…
The best rates as a freelance, temporary or contract network engineer aren’t to be sniffed at. 6 min
IT Career Advice
'Why do you want this IT job?' Best reply at interview be like…
How full-timers and freelancers should answer an age-old tech job query 'without selling your soul to the interview devil.' 7 min
IT Career Advice
5 tips for landing your next IT job
Tried and tested ways to secure a tech job online – shared with Free-Work by an IT recruiter with 20 years’ experience. 5 min
IR35
How outside IR35 appeals, and what outside IR35 looks like
Why limited company contractors shun ‘inside IR35,’ plus top tips if a ‘client’ starts acting like your ‘employer.’ 5 min
IT Career Advice
Is AI or ChatGPT okay to write your CV with?
Think again before using AI to write your CV from scratch, but there’s value in a ‘skills gap analysis.’ 6 min
IT news
The Countdown is on: Just 4 Weeks Until TechEx Global 2025!
London will host one of the year’s most anticipated tech events as TechEx Global 2025 returns to Olympia on 5-6 February. 3 min
IT Career Advice
How techies can move from private to public sector in 2025
Leap29 says IT job board users can use their past commercial projects to connect to a future in public service in just five steps. 6 min
