Good morning from a long term lurker.
Due to health reasons I had to take three years off following a 20+ year contracting career. I was able to do some adhoc consultancy, in total about 6 months during that period.
I have managed to keep my technical knowledge current, and have been maintaining my skills in my home lab. I participate in many industry forums and my name is still known in my arena to some extent.
I was wondering if anyone had any experience in returning to contracting after an extended break for health reasons. My family feel that taking a pemenant job might be more sensible, however I am a contractor at heart and to be honest I need to replenish my finances, which would take too long as a permit.
Any advice, and I am expecting this to be quite tough, would be appreciated. My concerns are:
Due to health reasons I had to take three years off following a 20+ year contracting career. I was able to do some adhoc consultancy, in total about 6 months during that period.
I have managed to keep my technical knowledge current, and have been maintaining my skills in my home lab. I participate in many industry forums and my name is still known in my arena to some extent.
I was wondering if anyone had any experience in returning to contracting after an extended break for health reasons. My family feel that taking a pemenant job might be more sensible, however I am a contractor at heart and to be honest I need to replenish my finances, which would take too long as a permit.
Any advice, and I am expecting this to be quite tough, would be appreciated. My concerns are:
- Explaining the career gap.
- Changes in the culture of contacting.
- Being left with a disability that may create predjudice at interview.
- A general lack of self confidence. This is the big one.
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