Re: not going perm

[Robert <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert>]

--- Moshoula  <http://profiles.yahoo.com/msimonid> wrote:
> Hi Robert~
> 
> This is interesting. We know that a requistion has to
> be submitted about 6 weeks before the next 3 month
> cycle and approved for us (the contractors) to
> continue working. We, too are here until March 31
> UNLESS we get extended for the next 3 months. We can
> ask our PeopleSoft, now Oracle managers if they are
> submitting reqs for us.

How interesting.  I wonder why my boss would extend the contract by a month
without telling me.  Or perhaps my boss was going to tell me, but couldn't
bring himself to do it.  (I found out that the last guy in my position left
precisely because he was offered a permanent position.)

> So are you actually working for So_ny?

No.

> We are working
> for a company called Pro-Unlimited.

I work for Remedy Staffing.  But I know for a fact that my So_ny boss wanted to
bring me on perm.  And I suspect he was denied this request and that's why my
contract was extended by 1 month.

> And if we were to
> find out we'd be laid off they'd give us the name of
> other companies they contract out people to...horrible
> sentence, but anyway. (If this is technically your
> situation, you might want to ask about it~)

No.  I don't know that I'm going to be laid off, but I've been contacted by
companies that are interested in hiring me permanently.

> I agree with Paola. You've been there a while, if you
> were told they were letting you go, I'd feel totally
> comfortable speaking to people I liked and asking for
> references or other job leads, contacts they may have
> elsewhere. (Networking, networking, networking,
> Robert!)

Yes, but that's not my situation.  In fact, I suspect it's likely that my
contract will be renewed, but I'd rather be a permanent employee.  I figure
that the probability of my contact being renewed is 60% and my probability of
being offered a permanent position is 15%.

> "Thank you for being a reference....might you
> know someone at <this kind of company?> <any
> sugeestions as to who is hiring?> Strike up a
> conversation...people like to share info~`
> 
> I wouldn't email the whole dept, I'd pick and choose
> people who I thought would be a little discrete at
> least for a while. People would be surprised if you
> *didn't* try to network for your next job at your
> current job.
> 
> Good Luck!
> Moshoula