This situation...it's becoming, it's becoming more and more common and
especially for the older workers the people have been working thirty years
there are 40 years where organizations are a little more open is a word or
interested in or wanting to try you out or keeping the costs down and all that
good stuff so what we're finding in hizmet it's not just it's not just for
the more tenured workers I mean companies and employers are doing this a
little more freely than they used to 20 years ago even ten even ten years ago
but there's a lot more organizations who are bringing people on board on a
contracting basis and so some of you that are either employed and looking for
work or are unemployed and want to get get back in the game you're you're
coming to me with messages about getting an opportunity from an employer to come
on as a contractor and I just want to offer up a little perspective here
obviously this is dependent on your personal situation so if you are
somebody who perhaps maybe you're single you need benefits you know maybe maybe
have Cobra maybe you don't and the employer is offering you an opportunity
to give you a paycheck but maybe not all the benefits and all those other things
until they're certain that they want to bring you on full-time maybe there is no
full-time opportunity you know it could be whatever the situation but you have
to look at your own situation and to decide is that a good thing for you to
do based on your current situation but what I would say is if you feel if you
are getting a little nervous or hey let's be honest you know you got to put
food on your table you need that paycheck and you feel like this is a
decent opportunity for you to take I would take it I would take it and here's
why because number one it keeps you in the game it gives you more of an
opportunity to evaluate the employer but also shine and give them a
chance to see you there's absolutely no better interview then you actually
performing the job or the job function or at least being on display so to speak
for other opportunities within that organization there's absolutely nothing
better than that the other thing is you can continue to job search you you can
continue to job search if they are not willing to sign you on as a full-time
employee employee I would continue to job search and then if you get an
opportunity what I would do is if you love that other opportunity and you want
to take it great if you're not sure and you really would like a full time
opportunity with with the company that you are contracting with then I would go
back to them and I would say you know I needed to continue to look for full-time
opportunities I now have one but I you know see you later or I love working
here I'd love to have the opportunity for full-time employment would would
that be a possibility otherwise I basically need to take this other
opportunity so I don't have a problem with that at all if the if the employer
is not committed to you then I would not worry about you know coming up with a
situation like this we've had a number of folks who in the boot camp who went
through this very sharp people you know some were finance people some more
accountants one was an engineer who who also had this opportunity it usually
happens more with the trades kind of skills little less with sales resources
and folks like that are very very senior executives but more people who you know
could fill an operational operational function so I just want to mention that
so my my summary here is if you feel you need the Paycheck and you like the
organization enough that you feel like hey this would be a great opportunity to
show what I can do and once you're in the organization you're gonna have much
better understanding you're gonna much better understanding
of what that companies like to work work with and you might be able to kind of
breeze around the departments to see you know if there are other areas that might
be hiring that would certainly give you an inside track
if you've got internal references and all that good so I'd really I don't see
a downside other than other than you know you might not be getting the
benefits but but if you are interviewing with another employer you being a
contractor at one company is going to be better than you being unemployed so I
would you know I would I would you know I would do it I would do it
you