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Hi,
If I get referred at IBM, get a mail for details from the HR but do not reply as I currently don't want to switch because of some reasons, can I get referred again after say 3 months?
Asking cuz the profile blocks for an year after applying/getting referred at Accenture.
Please help with the answer.
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Disney Streaming Services I completed my interview process with DSS early last week, and was reached out by recruiter that all rounds were strong hires, and they are extending an offer. We set a time to talk on Friday about the offer. However, the announcement of targeted hiring freeze happened on Friday. I was ghosted with no call. What should I expect now? Would I still have chance to be offered?
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I’ve been in healthcare tech for 20 years. You should definitely take contract work if you can get it and here’s why…
1) it demonstrates that you’re hireable
2) the contract could lead to a full-time job at that company
3) if do a good job then the people you meet at that company are highly likely to become part of your network … and will have contacts at other companies they will introduce you to if you see a job at the other companies
4) it shows your technical skills are up-to-date and still desired in the current job market
5) it gives you fresh new things to put on your résumé, new problems you’ve solved, etc.
Sure contract work isn’t quite the same as full-time work, but I would argue in a lot of ways it’s harder! And that’s how I would position it to the Recruiter. Make sure you put the word contract next to the dates of the engagement so it’s clear it was a contract role. Otherwise people might think you got fired if it’s short-term.
About five years into my career, I decided to do a bunch of contract work and it taught me how to come up to speed quickly in a variety of different environments and immediately add value. That is exactly what I would say to the Recruiter. When a Recruiter is screening, you figure out a way to work into the conversation … “ I am looking for a full-time position, but I enjoy doing the contract work because it’s a variety of different engagement, projects, systems, people, challenges, and opportunities. I’m able to come up to speak very quickly and add a ton of value. And I know full time employers really value this quality too.”
Then God willing if you are talking to the full-time hiring manager, make sure you work in the same blurb when they ask you why you wanna work for them or tell me more about the contracting opportunities, etc.
When a hiring manager hears that sentence, they think “oh my God this person won’t need a lot of training or handholding and I can move on to doing other work. This could be great.”
Good luck 🍀