Actually got some stuff done at work today. Amazing how they actually found some things for me to do once I told them I was leaving. Hrmph
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I'm a contract worker. Monday I posted a new resume on Dice.com and applied for about six or seven positions. I may have well as thrown blood in the water; the recruiters called at 8:30 am, 10:00 am, 11:15 am, and 4:00 pm.
Each one promised me an "instant" reply on whether the clients wanted to interview me tomorrow.
So far I've heard back from one - a curt email that said "Position already filled, sorry."
I'm still new to this recruiter business. I hope it isn't always so fearsome.
I waffle on recruiters. I got a lot of quick response when I posted my resume on http://www.atlanta.computerjobs.com/ . That's a big plus. After reading about the recruiting world at The Contract Employee's Handbook, though, I really wonder if I would have gotten a fair shake if one of them had worked out. As it happened, I got grabbed up by a first-hand HR elf before any of the recruiter-based jobs panned out.
You're still doing tech writing, right? AmSig (the place I'm leaving) needs some good tech writing, whether they'll admit it or not. Email me, and I'll get you in touch with someone there. I don't know if they'll bite, but it's worth a shot. Reflex (the job before that) is another one that really wanted a good technical writer and didn't really recognize it. That may have changed, but the manager out there has changed, too, so I don't know who you'd need to talk to. I can put out some feelers, though, and let you know.
Contract pointerscloudwatcherOctober 6 2006, 04:21:16 UTC
Always, always, ALWAYS get everything in writing. Make sure they know that if they are late with payment without your consent that all work stops. Never sign a non-compete agreement with another contracting firm if you can possibly avoid it. Make sure you read everything you sign throughly before you sign it.
Check with walkingbear for some tips on a couple of local firms to avoid at all costs. He will know the ones I mean.
I don't know a lot about it. My first job with Bellsouth - well my first on my return to GA as I had worked for them in 2000-2001 - was as a contract-to-hire. It was through a recruiter at a company called...(had to go check) ASAP Staffing. They did me ok. Contract was actually slightly better than usual, according to my then-colleague Mohamed who got the same job through another firm and was vastly experienced in contracting. They then hired me as a temp-to-perm and I then go the hell out before sinking any deeper into BSdom.
IF I still had a real interest in what I do for a living and had gone on to get the CCIE lab done, I often think I might have just stayed in contracting. CCIEs can get contracts for the asking, short medium or long term, at great pay, and it sure has a lot of flexibility when you are that in demand. OTOH it's not very secure and that can change quickly if the economy tanks, much more quickly than for a regular job, there's the providing ones own benefits etc
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Each one promised me an "instant" reply on whether the clients wanted to interview me tomorrow.
So far I've heard back from one - a curt email that said "Position already filled, sorry."
I'm still new to this recruiter business. I hope it isn't always so fearsome.
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You're still doing tech writing, right? AmSig (the place I'm leaving) needs some good tech writing, whether they'll admit it or not. Email me, and I'll get you in touch with someone there. I don't know if they'll bite, but it's worth a shot. Reflex (the job before that) is another one that really wanted a good technical writer and didn't really recognize it. That may have changed, but the manager out there has changed, too, so I don't know who you'd need to talk to. I can put out some feelers, though, and let you know.
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I get lots of good leads from both of them.
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Check with walkingbear for some tips on a couple of local firms to avoid at all costs. He will know the ones I mean.
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IF I still had a real interest in what I do for a living and had gone on to get the CCIE lab done, I often think I might have just stayed in contracting. CCIEs can get contracts for the asking, short medium or long term, at great pay, and it sure has a lot of flexibility when you are that in demand. OTOH it's not very secure and that can change quickly if the economy tanks, much more quickly than for a regular job, there's the providing ones own benefits etc ( ... )
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