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    Should I Renew?

    Hi All,

    First time poster, so please be gentle

    I'm in the middle of a 3 month contract which I'm NOT keen to renew (if offered). The problem is that I'm not sure how a mere 3 month stint at one company would look on my CV? My previous contracts have lasted 6-18 months.

    Would a mere 3 month stint look bad and should I look to renew for at least another 3 months, or do employers care less about this for contractors? What are people's experiences?

    This is further complicated by the fact that I've just taken a year long career break to go travelling.

    #2
    Originally posted by axonrg
    Hi All,

    First time poster, so please be gentle
    excuse me?
    Last edited by scotspine; 15 July 2007, 20:45.

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      #3
      Originally posted by axonrg
      Hi All,

      First time poster, so please be gentle

      I'm in the middle of a 3 month contract which I'm NOT keen to renew (if offered). The problem is that I'm not sure how a mere 3 month stint at one company would look on my CV? My previous contracts have lasted 6-18 months.

      Would a mere 3 month stint look bad and should I look to renew for at least another 3 months, or do employers care less about this for contractors? What are people's experiences?

      This is further complicated by the fact that I've just taken a year long career break to go travelling.
      to be honest it doesn't help. please read the board's t&c. thanks,
      sp.
      Last edited by scotspine; 15 July 2007, 20:45.

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        #4
        Originally posted by axonrg
        Hi All,

        First time poster, so please be gentle

        I'm in the middle of a 3 month contract which I'm NOT keen to renew (if offered). The problem is that I'm not sure how a mere 3 month stint at one company would look on my CV? My previous contracts have lasted 6-18 months.

        Would a mere 3 month stint look bad and should I look to renew for at least another 3 months, or do employers care less about this for contractors? What are people's experiences?

        This is further complicated by the fact that I've just taken a year long career break to go travelling.
        Only joking.

        Three months isn't a problem. You went in to do a job that took 3 months, and that's that. I did a one-monther and a two-monther last year and nobody has even mentioned the shortness.

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          #5
          3-months is OK

          Better a 3-month contract at UBS or Deutsche Bank than a 12-month one at some company nobody has heard of. At least it shows that you passed the interview and survived the contract. Make a list of blue-chip clients at the top of your CV.
          Good luck mate.

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            #6
            Originally posted by TinTin
            Better a 3-month contract at UBS or Deutsche Bank than a 12-month one at some company nobody has heard of. At least it shows that you passed the interview and survived the contract. Make a list of blue-chip clients at the top of your CV.
            Good luck mate.
            Excellent point. The very fact I had Microsoft on my CV (regardless of what I did there) swung me at least one good contract, and having Prudential got me another.

            I suppose it sounds a bit like collecting badges, but it pays off in the long run.

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              #7
              Originally posted by wendigo100
              Only joking.

              Three months isn't a problem. You went in to do a job that took 3 months, and that's that. I did a one-monther and a two-monther last year and nobody has even mentioned the shortness.
              Unless it's a permie job, then they expect you to work 10 years at the same company and sink with it, if necessary.
              I've seen much of the rest of the world. It is brutal and cruel and dark, Rome is the light.

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                #8
                Originally posted by Francko
                Unless it's a permie job, then they expect you to work 10 years at the same company and sink with it, if necessary.
                Yes, permyism is a different kettle of fish. But matey says it is a 3 month contract.

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                  #9
                  I think you've already made your mind up.
                  A 3 monther's a 3 monther. You did your time, nobody can say fairer than that. Captain of ship, master of fate &c.

                  tl

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                    #10
                    WTF is wrong with a three monther? My first contract was three days!

                    As for how it looks on your CV it depends what you do. If you're a firewall specialist then three months is a long gig, but as an architect or a project manager then it may look a bit short. If you are worried about this then spin it. Turn a PM role in to a crisis management one, architecture becomes 'integration design' etc.
                    Cats are evil.

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