Some would consider leaving a steady, well-paying job with decent benefits a pretty stupid move. When your children and spouse are also on that company’s health plan, it’s just plain crazy. But I did it. It was the scariest thing I ever did, and I don’t regret it one bit.
Because sometimes, it’s not about money […]
When I graduated from college less than a year ago, I had no idea how to embark on what was next — finding a job. Although I knew next to nothing about the staffing world, a staffing firm ended up being the entry point into the working world that I didn’t know I needed.
One of […]
Like most of my millennial peers, I graduated from college during the Great Recession, and where I was living at the time, retail work was all that was available.
Three years ago, my husband’s job brought us to Silicon Valley. It was then that I stumbled upon temp openings and I decided to apply, not knowing […]
In the early 2000s, I worked for a large IT consulting firm. One particular years-long project had me and my team traveling worldwide managing the migration of around 25,000 servers and PCs to a new operating system. At each location, numerous contractors would join us for a week, attend a training and work with our […]
Even in this job market, with job openings aplenty and few workers to fill them, temporary work may still be the way to go for many workers. In fact, many prefer contingent work, while others seek out more traditional employment relationships. A contractor for more than 10 years, I have worked with many of both […]
Four years ago, I felt stuck. I had worked in retail for five years and did not see any other option for me. Then, a friend suggested I try getting work through a staffing firm — and I’m so glad I did.
Since then, I have worked with several staffing firms, all of which were good […]
After a nearly nine-year-long career break to be a stay-at-home mom, I decided to return to the workforce. I was a software engineer for more than 15 years prior to staying at home, but wanted to venture on a new path. My goal was to be a salesforce administrator, so I embarked on a self-learning […]
One of my proudest moments as an IT consultant was when I was working for a global company implementing an end-to-end digital transformation initiative, including new CRM, MarTech and CMS platforms. It was a complex project with many hands on deck.
More than a year into it, we hit a major roadblock that could have torn […]
After more than 20 years in the corporate world, I decided to branch out on my own. Throughout my career, I had established great working relationships with several consulting agencies that specialize in my area of expertise, so it was natural to connect with them to help me find work.
Initially, I took on many different […]
In 2015 after a long career in administrative support, I took the plunge and went back to school to pursue a lifelong dream of becoming a nurse. The demands of long clinical and didactic days, balancing family and home, the emotional and physical toll patient care takes, and the endless hours studying to pass the […]
