Posts

Showing posts from October, 2019

The Incredible, Shrinking Contracting Company

If you, either in the role of a technology job-seeker or a hiring manager, were to design the perfect contracting / staffing / augmentation / solution provider / consultant company, what would it look like? For example, would you want, in the staffing company you choose, any of the following qualities? Young, ill-trained, inexperienced, poorly-paid recruiting staff with extremely high turnover rates Zero commitment to the well-being of their contractors, beyond paying them after successfully billing the customer Zero commitment to the well-being of their customers, beyond closing the deals and getting money for warm bodies, even if just for a month or two Zero knowledge of the high-tech domain, nor what any of the terminology, job descriptions, responsibilities actually mean Zero knowledge of the job market, either from the buyers' or sellers' point of view Zero knowledge of the hiring companies in the market Zero knowledge of, and no accumulation of, available, p