Numerous reliable sources have recently reported that by the year 2020 fully 50% of all jobs will be 'contract'.  If you haven't begun to think about what this may mean to you and your career, the time is now upon you to begin giving this some thought. Contract work covers a broad array of arrangements between a company and individuals performing work for them.  

Contract work based on managing and completing a specific project. In this type of assignment the organization and the individual...

You got the call you have been hoping for regarding a great position with your first-choice employer, and naturally, after weeks (or months) of back and forth conversations, the recruiter is pressing you hard to make a decision in a short period of time. Even if there are no other hot prospects pending, and even if the ease of just saying 'yes' is very attractive, you owe it to yourself to take a step back and evaluate each component of the offer before making the commitment to accept.
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