Working as a Contract or Temporary Employee
Overview
Learn how to escalate your career growth—and improve your work-life balance—by taking on a role as a contractor or temporary employee.
The modern workforce is a blended one, with many companies choosing to offer roles to temporary employees or contractors as well as direct hires. These temporary or contract positions afford professionals a more flexible schedule, as well as the opportunity to acquire brand-new skills. Regardless of where you are in your career, choosing to work as a contractor or temporary employee can boost your marketability and open the door to new job opportunities. In this course, join expert recruiter and trainer Barbara Bruno as she covers the benefits and challenges of working as a contractor or temporary employee; explains how to define your career goals and priorities; and shows how to use your experience as a temporary worker to improve your marketability and escalate your career growth.
The modern workforce is a blended one, with many companies choosing to offer roles to temporary employees or contractors as well as direct hires. These temporary or contract positions afford professionals a more flexible schedule, as well as the opportunity to acquire brand-new skills. Regardless of where you are in your career, choosing to work as a contractor or temporary employee can boost your marketability and open the door to new job opportunities. In this course, join expert recruiter and trainer Barbara Bruno as she covers the benefits and challenges of working as a contractor or temporary employee; explains how to define your career goals and priorities; and shows how to use your experience as a temporary worker to improve your marketability and escalate your career growth.
Syllabus
Introduction
- Join the flexible workforce
- New workforce model
- Personal goals
- Career goals
- Work/life balance
- Flexibility and unlimited time off
- Benefits of working contract or temp
- Challenges of working contract or temp
- Try before you buy
- Hiring authorities' perspective
- Acquire new skills
- Adapt to change
- Salary increases
- Experience in preferred companies
- Full-time jobs: No stability
- Add responsibilities with each contract
- Your personal career agent
- Career growth
- Next steps
Taught by
Barbara Bruno