My inclination – when the economy allows of course – is to take shorter contracts of 3 to 6 months. The problem I foresee is that my CV will become full of lots of short term contracts.
Is this likely to put off prospective clients? I can see that some will be thinking “What’s wrong with this person that clients let him go after 3 months?” when in actual fact it is my choice to take these shorter contracts.
Is there anyone else out there who only wants the shorter contracts, or do 12-month plus contracts appeal more? If you do prefer the shorter ones, do you find it harder to get contracts because of an assumption that you are somehow faulty because of the volume of clients that you go through?
