Updating resume and LinkedIn

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1. AnonymousJanuary 10,2025 at 7:26PM UTC

   Within your profile on LinkedIn, be sure to have your current role listed and in parentheses state (Contractor and your end date). Keep Open to Work on your profile. I was also a contractor though before the Open to Work option was in place, but it helped recruiters know. In fact once I ended the contract, my previous boss recommended me as he had been watching my LI profile. I was then contacted by a COO and recruited. I was also remote in the one that ended and abhored going back into an office full-time. So within 18 months, I left for another contract that went perm that was soley remote. That is my suggestion for your profile. It's okay to be a contractor and still seeking work. It helps the public and recruiters especially know where you are in the job search. Hope that helps some!

2. Joan Williams, Senior Talent Acquisition SpecialistJanuary 10,2025 at 8:48PM UTC

   Base on your post, it sounds like you have this contract position listed on your resume and LI profile, indicated as a contract position. Even if you convert, if you're not happy with the offer but accept it, I would still leave both the same. At least for a while.

   It is not at all unusual for offers to convert to perm come in lower than what the hourly contract rate is. The company isn't paying for benefits, and the higher hourly rate is used to make up for/entice jobseekers to take a temporary assignment.

3. AnonymousJanuary 11,2025 at 2:57PM UTC

   If you independently purchased insurance (life and health) and contribute to an IRA or other retirement account and want to keep it that way after you convert, you can use this to negotiate your salary to a higher level, provided you decline their benefits package. Be careful and research first, especially if you bought insurance through the healthcare marketplace, to see if accepting this job would alter your premiums. At the last place I worked, I paid $200 monthly, and the company paid $700 for my health insurance. When I became eligible for Medicare, they gave me a $700 raise since they wouldn't need to insure me anymore. That more than covered the monthly supplement costs for Medicare.

   I said all of that because this is why the FTE position pays less per hour than the contract position. If they pay your monthly insurance premiums and contribute to a 401 (which they don't do for contract or temporary employees), you may not lose as much as it looks at first glance.

4. AnonymousJanuary 12,2025 at 3:26AM UTC

   It doesn’t sound like the the Open to Work banner has helped you find something so taking it down probably won’t make much difference. Recruiters will come after you anyway if you are in an industry or role that has a lot of LinkedIn activity. Congratulations on turning a gig into a job!!

5. AnonymousJanuary 12,2025 at 1:17PM UTC

   This ^ .. I took the “OpenToWork” banner down maybe a year ago when I took a FT role and I still get hit up constantly for contract and recruitment stuff (daily, not kidding). If you are in a space that’s looking that won’t change with that banner.

6. RachelJanuary 12,2025 at 1:39PM UTC

   I was a contractor turned FTE and the compensation to turn full time was 40k less. I wasn't a big fan of the job so I should have just stayed as a contractor because I left 6 months later. That being said, take down the open for work banner but keep applying for jobs. I've never once used that banner and recruiters contact me all the time.

7. Grisel Scarantino, Career and Work-Life Fulfillment CoachJanuary 12,2025 at 2:30PM UTC

   As long as your LinkedIn profile is optimized, you don’t need to keep the “Open to Work” banner on in order to keep recruiters reaching out to you. Also, you can update your LinkedIn profile in “private mode” where your network won’t be alerted when you make updates to it. There is a setting within LinkedIn that prevents those notifications from going out when you make updates. I’m a career coach and I always tell my clients to keep their options open. So, I think you’re doing the smart thing by recognizing you want more from your next role then positioning yourself to get it :)

8. AnonymousJanuary 13,2025 at 2:39PM UTC

   I was in similar position going to contract roles after a layoff and then another time to avoid being laid off took a contract role. The last one was 7 months which I took while I searched for a permanent position. I would list them especially if you got relevant experience for your career. I added (temporary contract role) on LinkedIn and resume as for me I was getting experience in my field through those jobs. I explained this in interview also that they were temp jobs as was laid off etc. you can also use the open to recruiters option without having the open to work banner. I’ve used this successfully before.