Re:Job-hopping increases, in possible boon to wage growth an...
by sempron64 on Friday July 06, 2018 @11:09AM
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Not the parent, but contract work should be it's own self-employed section. It's understood that contractors are usually hired for a single relatively short project, and an ability to get these consecutively and complete them in the alotted time is a positive indicator, not a negative one.
Re:Job-hopping increases, in possible boon to wage growth an...
by commandlinefan on Friday July 06, 2018 @11:08AM
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I think as long as it's 1 or 2 short tenures, you're OK. He's (I assume) talking about 5 or 6 in a row. I also did a stint as a contractor/consultant - I list that as a single job on my resume, since I did get paid by a single employer during that time. Of course, my job title for that period is "consultant".
Re:Job-hopping increases, in possible boon to wage growth an...
by ghaff on Friday July 06, 2018 @09:36AM
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Especially with tech startups, short job stints are IMO looked at as more common practice for a variety of reasons. Most people also understand that there sometimes just wasn’t a meeting of the minds or whatever when hiring on someplace—or the situation changes between hiring and starting.
So my last full-time (i.e. non-contractor status) job was for a startup that nearly failed. I was let go in the final round of layoffs, and I was only there for 9 months. I feel that a resume isn't really a good place to say "Oh yeah, my time here was short because I got laid off due to downsizing". Apart from actually talking to you about the situation, how can I explain myself?
Also, how would you feel about a resume where someone has had multiple 6-9 month jobs, but they were there as a contractor?