Contract & Temporary Jobs

The Art of Renegotiation: You've got to up your fee for your client. What do you do? Use these tips for successful renegotiation.
Contractors Deserve Holidays, Too: No time for a holiday since you became a contractor? You need time off to rest, recharge, and get to know your family and yourself again.
Find Contract Administrative Work: If you have good office management and computer skills, you might consider looking for contract administrative work.
Get that Rate - How Much Should Temps/Contractors Charge?: It's the free agents' $64,000 question: How much do I charge per hour to make a go of it as an independent professional?
Finish the Contract on a High Note: Ensure your clients are happy at the end of the contract. These tips will help you manage the relationship.

CV Tips for Temps: Are you giving short shrift to your temp skills? Use these ideas to better showcase them on your CV.
Get that Rate - How Much Should Temps/Contractors Charge?: It's the free agents' $64,000 question: How much do I charge per hour to make a go of it as an independent professional?
Interviewing for a Temporary Position: Temp jobs don't have to be temporary. Use your interview as your first opportunity to prove yourself.
What It Takes to Temp: Employers want temporary workers with both hard and soft skills. Brush up to ensure you offer them all.

Go Temp to Perm: Learn how to convert your assignment into a permanent position by marketing your skills a bit differently.
Break Your Temp Contract The Right Way: Even your best efforts to find the right temp position can sometimes leave you feeling like a misfit. Or unanticipated events, such as an sudden illness or injury may force you to break your contract.
Be True to your Agency: Job hunters often feel they must embellish their skills to land a job, but when you sign up to work with a temp agency, exaggerating your skills may work against you.
Moonlight Your Way In: Moonlighting as a contractor could move you closer to your goals.
The Temp Commandments: Every business day people, many of them college students and new university graduates, go out on short-term work assignments as temporary employees.

Temp in HR: Considering temp work to help you get your foot in the door? Weigh the pros and cons of making this career move.
Temp in the Legal Industry: Do you have what it takes to land a temporary legal gig? Find out, and then use our tips to get to work.

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