work, either at your home office or at the companies’ facility. Once that new steering & brake system has been designed, you go on to help design a new tractor for a farm equipment manufacturer, and the cycle starts all over.

In conclusion, consulting and contracting can give you the best of both worlds-that is, corporate America and self-employment. I have been working with Contractors and Consultants from both a recruiting and career coaching perspective over my entire career and I have to tell you,

ARE YOU A STRONG CANDIDATE FOR PROFESSIONAL CONSULTING AND CONTRACTING?

I am a strong believer in the professional contracting work avenue/model. I feel it gets us closer to our roots, and takes us back to a time before we had Fortune 500 companies where we could go work for 30 years and retire. Employment, as we know it today, is the newest work model as a whole. There are other avenues and models that have come about as a result of traditional employment, but the idea of someone paying you a set salary for 40 hours a week, giving you 2 weeks paid vacation and 5 PTO days per year is, believe it or not, quite new!!! Right now you are probably thinking I am completely nuts, and that’s ok, stay with me and you will see what I mean.

Prior to the industrial age, people worked either at home or very near, and they did one thing, that is, 1 job. We will use a Blacksmith as an example. This Blacksmith would be commissioned by a Buggy-maker making a buggy (that someone requested from him) to make 6 wheels. The Blacksmith would set a price, and the Buggy-maker would agree to it. The Blacksmith would work on these wheels for a 3 day period and then he would give the finished product to the Buggy-maker in exchange for the money (or clams!). The next day, a Farmer calls and requests that you build him a new piece of farming equipment, and the cycle begins all over again. What would not happen is the Blacksmith requesting 10 clams an hour until the job was done or telling the Buggy-maker that he would work on them for 1 day, take a fishing trip for 2 days (which the Buggy-maker would pay for) and then returning to work to finish up the wheels over the course of the next week or two.

Being a professional contractor is a lot like being that Blacksmith. A company might call you (your are a Mechanical Design Engineer) one day and request that you work with them to design a new steering & brake system for a new car they are working on. You will agree on a price (likely an hour wage and possibly a per diem) and you go to work, either at your home office or at the companies’ facility. Once that new steering & brake system has been designed, you go on to help design a new tractor for a farm equipment manufacturer, and the cycle starts all over.

In conclusion, consulting and contracting can give you the best of both worlds-that is, corporate America and self-employment. I have been working with Contractors and Consultants from both a recruiting and career coaching perspective over my entire career and I have to tell you, m

ry for 40 hours a week, giving you 2 weeks paid vacation and 5 PTO days per year is, believe it or not, quite new!!! Right now you are probably thinking I am completely nuts, and that’s ok, stay with me and you will see what I mean.

Prior to the industrial age, people worked either at home or very near, and they did one thing, that is, 1 job. We will use a Blacksmith as an example. This Blacksmith would be commissioned by a Buggy-maker making a buggy (that someone requested from him) to make 6 wheels. The Blacksmith would set a price, and the Buggy-maker would agree to it. The Blacksmith would work on these wheels for a 3 day period and then he would give the finished product to the Buggy-maker in exchange for the money (or clams!). The next day, a Farmer calls and requests that you build him a new piece of farming equipment, and the cycle begins all over again. What would not happen is the Blacksmith requesting 10 clams an hour until the job was done or telling the Buggy-maker that he would work on them for 1 day, take a fishing trip for 2 days (which the Buggy-maker would pay for) and then returning to work to finish up the wheels over the course of the next week or two.

Being a professional contractor is a lot like being that Blacksmith. A company might call you (your are a Mechanical Design Engineer) one day and request that you work with them to design a new steering & brake system for a new car they are working on. You will agree on a price (likely an hour wage and possibly a per diem) and you go to work, either at your home office or at the companies’ facility. Once that new steering & brake system has been designed, you go on to help design a new tractor for a farm equipment manufacturer, and the cycle starts all over.

In conclusion, consulting and contracting can give you the best of both worlds-that is, corporate America and self-employment. I have been working with Contractors and Consultants from both a recruiting and career coaching perspective over my entire career and I have to tell you,

The Blacksmith would set a price, and the Buggy-maker would agree to it. The Blacksmith would work on these wheels for a 3 day period and then he would give the finished product to the Buggy-maker in exchange for the money (or clams!). The next day, a Farmer calls and requests that you build him a new piece of farming equipment, and the cycle begins all over again. What would not happen is the Blacksmith requesting 10 clams an hour until the job was done or telling the Buggy-maker that he would work on them for 1 day, take a fishing trip for 2 days (which the Buggy-maker would pay for) and then returning to work to finish up the wheels over the course of the next week or two.

Being a professional contractor is a lot like being that Blacksmith. A company might call you (your are a Mechanical Design Engineer) one day and request that you work with them to design a new steering & brake system for a new car they are working on. You will agree on a price (likely an hour wage and possibly a per diem) and you go to work, either at your home office or at the companies’ facility. Once that new steering & brake system has been designed, you go on to help design a new tractor for a farm equipment manufacturer, and the cycle starts all over.

In conclusion, consulting and contracting can give you the best of both worlds-that is, corporate America and self-employment. I have been working with Contractors and Consultants from both a recruiting and career coaching perspective over my entire career and I have to tell you,

or 1 day, take a fishing trip for 2 days (which the Buggy-maker would pay for) and then returning to work to finish up the wheels over the course of the next week or two.

Being a professional contractor is a lot like being that Blacksmith. A company might call you (your are a Mechanical Design Engineer) one day and request that you work with them to design a new steering & brake system for a new car they are working on. You will agree on a price (likely an hour wage and possibly a per diem) and you go to work, either at your home office or at the companies’ facility. Once that new steering & brake system has been designed, you go on to help design a new tractor for a farm equipment manufacturer, and the cycle starts all over.

In conclusion, consulting and contracting can give you the best of both worlds-that is, corporate America and self-employment. I have been working with Contractors and Consultants from both a recruiting and career coaching perspective over my entire career and I have to tell you,

work, either at your home office or at the companies’ facility. Once that new steering & brake system has been designed, you go on to help design a new tractor for a farm equipment manufacturer, and the cycle starts all over.

In conclusion, consulting and contracting can give you the best of both worlds-that is, corporate America and self-employment. I have been working with Contractors and Consultants from both a recruiting and career coaching perspective over my entire career and I have to tell you, most of them wouldn't change their careers for anything! Many actually look forward to companies downsizing because that often means 'call in the Consultants!' Do you want to explore if Consulting and Contracting is for you? Email me today to set up your NO COST exploratory session! Dale@SmallBiz-Mechanic.com