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Yes I went through 24 Seven from healthcare to corporate retail. After a year I got perm. Sometimes it’s easier coming in the freelance door. You get to judge each other. Especially in Q3-Q4 once you survive that workload you’re usually just waiting on the perm budget to open up. However in this climate freelancing is very flakey. Most of my roles always went perm 3-6 months longest 12.

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Not in this market. I’ve been doing it since Oct2021 via creative circle & Robert Half … it was great during remote work. Now everything is ( mostly) hybrid. I haven’t had a contract since April. So: market is bad for contract. But::: it’s the greatest path to get experience with different tools, cultures, projects. These contracts work like a boot camp… you grow so much faster working at 3 different companies in a year than working at one place. Good luck.

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