3 jobs in 18 months?
Discussion
I work in engineering/construction. I've been contracting since last summer. I got made redundant at Christmas from company A before the project was completed (through no fault of my own), then in January started a new 12 month contract with company B on one of the largest projects in the country. This has been extended for another 6 months due to project delays.
Company A and B are both large companies in different sectors, both equally impressive on the CV.
I've been offered an interview as a contractor with company A again, but in a completely separate part of the business (i.e. not linked to my previous role). This role is for between 6-12 months. It pays 30% more than my current day rate (both inside IR35), and is remote work. I don't know the details of the project yet other than the role being offered. It's safe to say that the value or the size of the project isn't near the current one.
I know company B would want to keep me, and may offer an increase, but I doubt they would offer 30%. Let's say I took the job with company A and it ended in 6 months, how would the next employer view that? Is it part of the parcel with contracting?
Company A and B are both large companies in different sectors, both equally impressive on the CV.
I've been offered an interview as a contractor with company A again, but in a completely separate part of the business (i.e. not linked to my previous role). This role is for between 6-12 months. It pays 30% more than my current day rate (both inside IR35), and is remote work. I don't know the details of the project yet other than the role being offered. It's safe to say that the value or the size of the project isn't near the current one.
I know company B would want to keep me, and may offer an increase, but I doubt they would offer 30%. Let's say I took the job with company A and it ended in 6 months, how would the next employer view that? Is it part of the parcel with contracting?
Edited by goldar on Wednesday 12th July 18:50
Site staff, technical or commercial?
Site staff that are contractors generally hop around a lot so three month or six month contracts won’t really stand out.
The technical and commercial side should be more project delivery focused so there is expectation that they won’t hop from job to job as much. It does after while develop a smell to recruiters either commercial or technical staff have moved too regularly, around what kind of f
kup they made or are jumping from.
Site staff that are contractors generally hop around a lot so three month or six month contracts won’t really stand out.
The technical and commercial side should be more project delivery focused so there is expectation that they won’t hop from job to job as much. It does after while develop a smell to recruiters either commercial or technical staff have moved too regularly, around what kind of f
kup they made or are jumping from. goldar said:
I work in engineering/construction. I've been contracting since last summer. I got made redundant at Christmas from company A before the project was completed (through no fault of my own), then in January started a new 12 month contract with company B on one of the largest projects in the country. This has been extended for another 6 months due to project delays.
Company A and B are both large companies in different sectors, both equally impressive on the CV.
I've been offered an interview as a contractor with company A again, but in a completely separate part of the business (i.e. not linked to my previous role). This role is for between 6-12 months. It pays 30% more than my current day rate (both inside IR35), and is remote work. I don't know the details of the project yet other than the role being offered. It's safe to say that the value or the size of the project isn't near the current one.
I know company B would want to keep me, and may offer an increase, but I doubt they would offer 30%. Let's say I took the job with company A and it ended in 6 months, how would the next employer view that? Is it part of the parcel with contracting?
Commenting from a main contractor perspective at least 75% of the temp site professional staff we’ve had in the last 10 years have been utter dross and guaranteed to cause sites to make a loss. There’s a reason a lot of these guys have to contract and that is that they’re worse than useless. Nobody keeps these people as permanent employees and anywhere they go they last 12 months before getting found out.Company A and B are both large companies in different sectors, both equally impressive on the CV.
I've been offered an interview as a contractor with company A again, but in a completely separate part of the business (i.e. not linked to my previous role). This role is for between 6-12 months. It pays 30% more than my current day rate (both inside IR35), and is remote work. I don't know the details of the project yet other than the role being offered. It's safe to say that the value or the size of the project isn't near the current one.
I know company B would want to keep me, and may offer an increase, but I doubt they would offer 30%. Let's say I took the job with company A and it ended in 6 months, how would the next employer view that? Is it part of the parcel with contracting?
Edited by goldar on Wednesday 12th July 18:50
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