From the course: Working as a Contract or Temporary Employee
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Your personal career agent
From the course: Working as a Contract or Temporary Employee
Your personal career agent
- The greatest fear of people who work as temps or contractors is the gap between assignments. Sure, you get higher wages than you would in a traditional full-time job, but that can be wiped out pretty quickly if you're not redeployed. You need someone who starts looking for your next assignment long before you finish the current one, someone who understands your priorities, who knows your short and long-term career goals, and always has your back. Fortunately, there is just such a person. Your lifetime career agent is the recruiter at your staffing firm. They're the one who's going to get you redeployed and back to work at the end of your current assignment. And what you need to know is how they're going to do it. In fact, during your initial interview, you need to ask how they're going to do it. You need to know that they're going to do all that they can to keep you employed, from one assignment or contract to another, without a gap. In the professional services staffing industry…
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