Permanent to Contract... Please help!

[d000hg]

NLUK they really like quoting your post

[T1994]

Need to grow some, hand your notice in and start looking. If you are scared of a gap between work then you've got a bigger problem coming. We have a saying that your second contract is the hardest to get. You'll have no income with only one gig behind you so the worst place in your contracting career.

At the moment you've got it super cushy. You should start looking about 2 weeks before you leave which is how long the majority of clients are willing to wait. If you don't get a gig then fair enough, you start contracting the proper way with zero income looking for work. That's what we do. If you aren't ready for that don't jump in I am afraid.

The problem is every one 5 years out of uni thinks they are the great whatever



And there we go. The same reason as always. To be fair he gave it a bit more guff before we got to the nitty gritty of the situation but it's always there at the end.

Haha ..well self belief is everything right - especially as a contractor (easy for imposter sydrome to creep up)

[Bluenose]

The contract market for BA's has not been great for years (pandemic excluded), the market ebbs and flows but make sure there really is a market for contract BA's that pays above minimum wage.

[northernladuk]

Haha ..well self belief is everything right - especially as a contractor (easy for imposter sydrome to creep up)

True enough but there is also not knowing what you don't know. Every 5 year grad thinks they are the dogs danglies but they have no idea what they don't know. There are some extremely capable ones I don't deny but there are also a raft with over inflated egos thinking they are due massive wages for just 5 years of work.

Probably just me being overly negative but spending decades working with the old Anderson grads and all the other big suppliers lot tends to make you like that.