An
Introduction to the world of contracting
An overview of the basics by Contract Job Hunter
The
Hidden Job Market
The best jobs are never advertised. Find out why and what you
can do about it. Secrets
of successful contractors
After years of contracting and "corrupting" countless
worker drones who just didn't know any better, we finally put
our strategies and secrets to paper. Learn how contracting
companies operate, how to beat them at their game, and how to
become an "elite" contractor who can pick and choose
the premium jobs The
Top 20 Sites for Locating Freelance Work
The Top 20 Sites for Locating Freelance
Work (across industries). Top
Sites for Tech Freelance Work
For those techies who enjoy being their own
boss and structuring their own time, there is no better
professional route than freelancing. |
Be
Quick, Be Nimble, or Be Gone
Working on Internet time is having a
profound impact not only on how firms organize and deploy their
consulting staffs, but also on what consultants need to do to be
effective in this environment. Source: The Vault.com
The
contract employee's Handbook
The "Bible" for contractors as far as we're
concerned. This book was written by a permanent placement
headhunter who knows the entire contracting industry from the
inside out. The book describes how agencies work, and why some
agencies take a higher cut of the bill rate, and why some take
less.
Contract
Employment Daily
Online discussion board for American Contractors. Topics
include IRS Issues, Contract Rates, Shop Talk, Horror Stories,
Agencies, etc.,
Contract
Employment Weekly
Specializes in job openings for serious Contractors and
Consultants in engineering, IT/IS, and technical disciplines.
Our jobs include all positions advertised in Contract
Employment Weekly magazine. In addition to a jobs database,
our members have access to a wide range of job-seeking
services...all for just $20/year.
CPUniverse
The online home of Contract Professional Magazine.
Finding
contract work
Should an IT consultant go it alone or rely on an agency to line
up assignments? Source: Network World Fusion (June 1,
2001)
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Pinky, Are You
Pondering What I'm Pondering?
I think so Brain, but why does a forklift have to be so big if all
it does is lift forks?
- Pinky and the Brain "The family the poits together, narfs
together"
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