Got my first “real” job with a kind of mediator. Their customer wanted me for their project. I got my contract signed with the mediator as my employer. Then their customer was bought by someone and they cancelled their contract with the mediator about a day before I would’ve begun to work. I was already under contract though. The mediator tried to find another customer who could make use of my skills.
They failed to find one and had to let me go. But I was effectively employed by them for three weeks and got my first pay check literally doing nothing for it.
This, but my first job for 6 months. Straight out of school got hired by semi-consultancy/semi-try-n-hire firm… But the market for my skill set went from being in high demand to no demand in the span of like a year. So in that half year I did nothing except learn and do some small internal projects.
It took me a couple of months to find a new position, which I did eventually. The extra money was a nice jumpstart as I had to move across the country. Since I lacked any work experience at that time, the potential employers who interviewed me didn’t ask for that weird previous position and focused on my qualifications and college projects.
Got my first “real” job with a kind of mediator. Their customer wanted me for their project. I got my contract signed with the mediator as my employer. Then their customer was bought by someone and they cancelled their contract with the mediator about a day before I would’ve begun to work. I was already under contract though. The mediator tried to find another customer who could make use of my skills.
They failed to find one and had to let me go. But I was effectively employed by them for three weeks and got my first pay check literally doing nothing for it.
This, but my first job for 6 months. Straight out of school got hired by semi-consultancy/semi-try-n-hire firm… But the market for my skill set went from being in high demand to no demand in the span of like a year. So in that half year I did nothing except learn and do some small internal projects.
Wow. I knew there were people for these business situations, but I didn’t know there were so little of you, particularly in the US.
What work did you transition into after this experience? And also, did the potential employers ask about the short stay you had at your previous job?
It took me a couple of months to find a new position, which I did eventually. The extra money was a nice jumpstart as I had to move across the country. Since I lacked any work experience at that time, the potential employers who interviewed me didn’t ask for that weird previous position and focused on my qualifications and college projects.
Sounds like it was a, Win-Win-Win for you. =)