Todd, Very sound advice for the FTE (perm) market. However, contractors often take the first acceptable project offered.
If you accept a contract/temp assignment PLEASE, please accept it for the duration of the job, not just the time the company initially stipulates. Many corporations have rules that they can only state 3 months for a temp duration. I have seen many contractors ruing their references by leaving 2 to 4 weeks early. I am seen many contractors enhance their careers by doing what it takes to have do the full job, even passing up some good work in the process. Lars _____________________________ Larson J. Rider PrideStaff (408) 661-7260 cell - cell www.pridestaff.com -----Original Message----- From: Todd Cranston-Cuebas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 05, 2006 11:23 AM To: 'Anthony Ettinger'; Terrence Brannon Cc: L-Perl-Jobs-Discuss Subject: RE: deliberating over all job offers versus accepting the first one > The last thing I want to do is rush to accept a job, after all, that's > sort of what got me into the situation of wanting to look for a new > job. Very good point. I can see it from both sides. With the market being hot, you must consider your options carefully to get your best dollar value. Please do consider stability when weighing companies though. Remember that a "hot" market does not mean a stable market. There are many times when smaller start-ups are popping up all over and driving the job market. Even larger companies will unleash their pet projects but they too many be experimental in nature. Regardless, in this type of situation, companies may not be able to provide you security in your job so they have to offer something else. That's often money. That's not really bad since if you lose that job, you may be out of work a few months trying to find the next. Just remember, that these trade-offs exist and you may get a slightly lower offer from a larger stable company and in the long run, you'll end up with the better deal. All of these factors are why it's so hard to make that final plunge and accept the offer in hand.
