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Advice on going back to permanent work from contracting
This guide discusses the factors when deciding whether to go back to permanent employment.
�o permanent work include: Reasons for moving from contracting back to permanent Tired The highest paid contract� �that can find themselves continually in well paid contracts. Security can become an issue for those contracto� �urning out the same type of work when moving from contract to contract. Shortly after getting the job it is�
Category: Articles: Contracting | Tue, 28 Nov 2017

10 Tips for long term successful contracting
There’s more to a successful contract than getting your timesheets signed. 10 Tips for success.
�Here are our top 10 tips for long term successful contracting: 1. Deliver. Deliver. Deliver - the "Three D's" Y� �well as getting paid, you should aim to end your contracts in a stronger position than when you started them� �There’s more to a successful contract than getting your timesheets signed. If you’re in�
Category: Articles: Contracting | Thu, 04 Jan 2018

Contractor to consultant: part I – comparing contracting and consulting
Do you want to be part of the team, or an agent of change? Read our three part guide to becoming an independent consultant.
�Rather than contracting and being involved in the day to day doing of the�
Category: Articles: Contracting | Fri, 05 Jan 2018

Contractor to consultant: part II – the consulting approach
Do you want to be part of the team, or an agent of change? Read our guide to becoming an independent consultant.
�After contracting for a while and being involved in delivering serv� �can’t do any work for client X while you’re under contract to client Y. Contractors are effectively serial m�
Category: Articles: Contracting | Tue, 09 Jan 2018

Moving from permanent to contracting - case study 2
A first timer contractor tells their story of how they made the leap from permanent employment to contracting.
�who advised me that I’d have more chance securing contracting work, rather than further permanent work. The ide� �, rather than further permanent work. The idea of contract work was appealing, but I was a little apprehensi�
Category: Articles: First timers | Wed, 17 May 2006

Moving from permanent to contracting - case study 3
A first time contractor explains their reasons for quitting permanent work to go contracting and describes the issues and hurdles overcome on the way to their first contract.
�s their reasons for quitting permanent work to go contracting and describes the issues and hurdles overcome on� �web site advised me to resign before applying for contracts due to the shorter lead time between looking and� �es and hurdles overcome on the way to their first contract. Why did I choose to go contracting? The decision�
Category: Articles: First timers | Wed, 12 Jul 2006

Moving from permanent to contracting - case study 4
We interview a first time contractor in Project Management who shares his experience of moving into contracting for the first time.
�nagement who shares his experience of moving into contracting for the first time. Interview Q) How long had you� �Luckily an agent phoned me out of the blue for a contract position which was perfect for me. After an inter�
Category: Articles: First timers | Wed, 26 Jul 2006

From permie to contractor to small business owner
Kylie Sullivan is a contractor who has built a small business with more than 60 clients.
�van finally switched from permanent employment to contracting, the usual issues arose. Sullivan was both reliev� �k about how to build their businesses from single contracts to multiple ones. A Good Employee... Kylie Sulliv� �s. ''I’m unlike the contractor who does a 6 month contract at a time, and finding work is not done via agent�
Category: Articles: First timers | Fri, 13 Jul 2007

How engineers should start out in contracting
Engineers should get some experience before starting out in contracting, and should also improve their organisational and communication skills.
�While the market for high-technology contracting is stable and growing in almost all areas in the�
Category: Articles: First timers | Fri, 25 Apr 2008

Why contractors cannot trade as sole traders
First time contractors often question why they cannot simply trade as a sole trader, rather than setting up a limited company or using an umbrella. This article explains why.
�or work within umbrella limited companies. Direct contracts & the risk of employment status For direct co� �d person, since the very nature of their standard contract implies that you will be in receipt of regular pa�
Category: Articles: First timers | Fri, 30 May 2008