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billege · 02-28-2006, 03:27 PM

For various reasons I'm looking to leave my current employer.

Today I interviewed well with a company that does consulting work and they also provide IT workers for contract work.

I guess it works like this:
The company interviews me, likes me, and puts my resume in thier format. Then they bid me out to various clients.

If a client is interested in my resume, I interview for the job with the client. If I'm selected, then the consulting company hires me to fill that contract.

I then work for whomever, for whatever period of time that is. Somtimes it's "to hire" which means I might be hired at the end of the contract.

Other times it's not "to hire" which means when the contract is up, the consulting company finds me a new job. If they don't, I'd be out of work until they do.

I've no experiance with this type of work, and I'm curious if any of you have worked in IT like this. If you have, please share your experiance. I'm on the fence about this whole idea.

I guess there's some benefit in the idea that I could be exposed to a lot of new stuff. Or I could be basically job hunting every 6 months or so.

I don't like the idea that basically, they're pimping my skills so I can literally be a corporate whore. But, since I don't know anything about this type of employment, maybe I'm just not aware of how things work.

02-28-2006, 03:27 PM	#1 (permalink)
billege Watcher Location: Ohio	Have you ever done IT contract-to-hire work? For various reasons I'm looking to leave my current employer. Today I interviewed well with a company that does consulting work and they also provide IT workers for contract work. I guess it works like this: The company interviews me, likes me, and puts my resume in thier format. Then they bid me out to various clients. If a client is interested in my resume, I interview for the job with the client. If I'm selected, then the consulting company hires me to fill that contract. I then work for whomever, for whatever period of time that is. Somtimes it's "to hire" which means I might be hired at the end of the contract. Other times it's not "to hire" which means when the contract is up, the consulting company finds me a new job. If they don't, I'd be out of work until they do. I've no experiance with this type of work, and I'm curious if any of you have worked in IT like this. If you have, please share your experiance. I'm on the fence about this whole idea. I guess there's some benefit in the idea that I could be exposed to a lot of new stuff. Or I could be basically job hunting every 6 months or so. I don't like the idea that basically, they're pimping my skills so I can literally be a corporate whore. But, since I don't know anything about this type of employment, maybe I'm just not aware of how things work. __________________ I can sum up the clash of religion in one sentence: "My Invisible Friend is better than your Invisible Friend."