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Looked at from the perspective of employers, contracting offers a flexibility that is often a key factor in the decision to add another body.

It’s a sad fact that some people are cutting themselves off from finding work by being so inflexible in how they approach employers. They may have a set of skills that an employer can use, but if the only option they are giving the employer is to hire them on a permanent basis, they may be shooting themselves in the foot.

If, on the other hand, they approach the employer on the basis of “Here is the set of skills that I can offer you. Let’s see how I could apply them to the projects that you’re currently working on and are about to start, ” they’ve just given that employer a whole different set of options for hiring them. Just as the idea of accepting anything other than a permanent job scares some people, the opposite is true for the employer. They’re scared of increasing the overhead costs of their operation by hiring a permanent employee when the only business they can count on are current and upcoming projects. That may only be a guarantee of six months’ or a year’s work and under those circumstances, which are common in today’s workplace, it makes no sense to them to add a permanent employee to their staff.

Employers must also consider the attitude of the person who is looking for work. If that person can’t accept anything other than a permanent job, the message they’re sending out, often without being aware of it, is “hire me and look after me,” and that’s the last thing that a small business owner wants. They need self-starters who understand the uncertainty in today’s workplace and who are willing to share in the risk associated with operating in that environment.