Contract or interview for FT role?
Got laid off two months ago. Got an offer to start 6month extendable contract at Tier 1/2 company. Contract is not contract to hire and there is no guarantee of conversion. Still in interview pipelines for FTE roles. EDIT: the bank requires me to have a full time before end of year to close on house. My partner and I were about to put down an offer for a house a few days before I got laid off. Should I 1) take this contract role for now or 2) just focus on finding a full time role while being unemployed? If I take the contract job, I plan to still interview for full time anyways, but I will have less time to focus on interviewing. Here are the pros and cons for taking the contract job. Pros: - stepping stone to my long term career goals - less unemployment gap - pay bills - interesting work, the work seems to be long term despite it being a contract role Cons: - it’s a contract job, so there’s an end date and contractors are prob first to be axed - my partner and I want to buy a house and have kids soon… EDIT: Full time is required for me to put an offer down for a house with my partners - less time to interview (No kids or dependents) #tech #readyforwork
Pick the contract and keep working towards full time. As long as contract work is not a step back (legacy tech), it’s going to help you in giving peace of mind. If you do get a offer in a month or more, it will be way hard to negotiate if you are unemployed. Temporary contract will also keep you in touch with the technology , which would help with system design rounds. Best case scenario you would be converted to FTE. worst case , you would be back to same situation you are now with some money on the bank
Why can’t you do both. Take what you have but continue to prepare if something better comes up.