Re:“Great resignation” wave coming for companies
by ghaff on Monday June 14, 2021 @09:39AM
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Someone who has been doing "independent consulting" for six months or a year is pretty transparently obfuscating that they were unemployed. I'd probably view it in a better light--not that there's anything wrong with doing or trying to do some consulting on the side--if they were just open about taking some time off.
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Re:“Great resignation” wave coming for companies
by jen20 on Monday June 14, 2021 @10:18AM
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> Someone who has been doing "independent consulting" for six months or a year is pretty transparently obfuscating that they were unemployed.
Lol, what? I did exactly that after getting pissed off with $LARGE_CRAPPY_EMPLOYER. Worked for 3-4 companies for 6-8 week periods over that time on a short term basis, and made more than $LARGE_CRAPPY_EMPLOYER by a factor n > 2, and did some work on a startup. But then $LARGE_EMPLOYER came along with an offer I couldn’t refuse.
Don’t project what “independent consulting” might mean for you onto everyone. It would be interview-ending if I caught a hiring manager suggested this was a euphemism, and I’d subsequently recommend every person that asked me about said company steered clear.
Re:“Great resignation” wave coming for companies
by jlokier on Monday June 14, 2021 @11:54AM
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Heh, I did "independent consulting" for over a decade.
It's also the most densely packed section of my resume because it was by far the most interesting and diverse range of work in that time.
Re:“Great resignation” wave coming for companies
by ghaff on Monday June 14, 2021 @01:07PM
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I didn't express things very well, Sure, I know lots of independent consultants who are legitimately work full-time or at least on a regular basis. I was more referring to someone who just sticks "consulting" on their resume so they don't have a gap but didn't actually do anything.