ImTheCaptain
I disagree with you
might still be unusual in your field but you also might need/want to get general and/or professional liability insurance and possibly worker's comp on yourself.
just declined another lateral move
"we are hiring an inner department candidate for the (promotion) but we are excited to offer you the (lateral move)"
i might have to eventually take one of these to get ahead
As a contractor, you are responsible for a lot more stuff on the tax side (e.g. employer and employee parts of FICA) than if you are an employee. Also, you need to figure in any retirement type stuff (IRA etc.) as part of your contract price. Make sure you get enough in your contract to cover all that stuff. I'd want at least 25% and probably 50% more to contract than I would accept in salary if I was a hired employee.
Looking to make a move to Charlotte in early/mid August. When should I start applying for new positions? In an ideal world, I lock something down soon and take off as much as mid-July/early-August off as possible then make the move and start. I'm still on my first job out of college (going on 3 years) so I'm not overly familiar with the application/acceptance process; if offered a position, how flexible are companies with choosing a starting date over a month out? I have a few vacations lined up that I would like to take if feasible.
Are cover letters typically needed on an internal position in a closely related department? We just have an optional space to upload one. Don't wanna fuck this up.
When a job posting says to submit three references without clarifying personal/professional, do they expect all references to be people you have worked for or with? I've only had one job since graduating from school and I can't list anybody there as references because I don't want them to know I'm looking for a new job.
Looking for some thoughts on a job interview situation:
I've had a first round of interviews with people in what would be my department and the company's HR. Have a second round this coming week with a couple people in other departments that I'd also be working with. I already get the feeling the job is mine if I want it (meaning both that I think they like me and will make an offer and that I don't sense there are a lot of other competitive candidates in play right now). When I met with HR last week, she threw out a number for salary range, and I expect that's what their offer would be. After some thought, I probably wouldn't take it if they couldn't come up at least 15% from that number.
Ordinarily I'd plan to just go through the process, try to get an offer and then negotiate from there. In this case, I wouldn't have a problem turning this down if they couldn't meet me on numbers as I'm pretty happy with my current job. Given that, should I go ahead and mention to HR where I stand on $? I don't want to waste my time or theirs if that's not doable on their end, but I'm not sure that I want to put the cart before the horse and disrupt the process.