I have spent the past 2 years working for 2 different large companies’ help desks. Both contracts were 1 year contract-to-hire positions, but I haven’t been hired on directly yet. I have worked through TekSystems and Robert Half Technology, and want to cut out the middle man. Is this possible?
In my own mind, it seems to be. The hard part would be advertising myself to companies, and/or finding places that need a help desk agent. There seems to be plenty of help desk jobs around that are filled with long-term contract positions, but how do I find out about them? It seems only full-time positions are posted on job find websites, and contractor positions are all posted by contracting companies, without revealing the actual client/company hiring.
Anyone have advice on this? I’m basically looking to get a job somewhere for a long-term (6-24 month) contract, but be able to make the hourly pay myself, instead of giving half to my contracting company (Robert Half).
~I am currently making about $20/hour, yet the company pays over $40/hour for me. Anyone who has done this type of contracting knows that negotiation for more pay from my contracting firm really doesn’t happen much, and I have already pushed an extra buck and hour out of them.