Women In The Contractor Marketplace.

There are many benefits to contracting, one of which being the flexibility to choose what projects you take on and how many hours you work.

Recruiter today revealed that a poll concluded that women interview better but barriers to the top jobs remain. The poll of 500 bosses found that 59% agree that women perform best at interview with women outdoing men in 11 out of 18 criteria necessary for successful interviews but when asked why many women do not get the top jobs, almost half said they fear that women will leave to have children.

These highly skilled women who are losing out on that ‘top job’ should consider moving into the contractor marketplace and work for a number of clients of specific projects that utilise their skill set.

The contractor marketplace is growing and increasingly women are choosing to enter this marketplace. There are different factors that convince women to leave their regular, full-time jobs and instead become a contractor, freelancer or consultant. Some of the reasons include; the variety of jobs on offer, the freedom and flexibility and also the potential to increase their income.

When a selection of female contractors, freelancers and consultants were probed, the main reason for many was the flexibility contracting brought. They were able to start their family but also continue working. The work-life balance was stabalised by contracting their services out.

As contractors tend to command higher rate of pay in comparison to a permanent employee, there is also the opportunity to earn more money that if they were in that ‘top job’.

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Established in 2002, Independent Contractor Services are now one of the UK’s leading accounting and administration consultancies and have helped many hundreds of contractors working in dozens of industry sectors.