[seedead99]

I once took an Uber and got into a conversation with the driver. He told me that he used to work in tech but was currently unemployed and struggling to find work. I told him that I experienced the same thing recently but found a contract job (eg, Infosys/Cognizant/etc) by actually answering the fly-by-night recruiter spam emails. Yeah it wasn’t the best but it paid the bills. I told him I was confident that he could find a similar job instead of driving for Uber. His response was totally dismissive “I don’t want a contract job, I want to be a full time employee.” Sometimes beggars can’t be choosers.

[perfecthjrjth]

Haha, very true. I told a friend to seek a contract W2 job through fly-by-night recruiter spam mails or through indeed/dice sites. He was like "I wanna get a job at X-named company in the bay area". He wasted his time like that for two years.

For many people (esp without a great pedigree), getting a contract-W2 job through some staffing company is a great option, if everything else is not working out. Also, tone down your resume a bit, if you want to work for some bank on a contract W2 gig.

[NonEUCitizen]

Isn't Uber a contract job?

[sawirricardo]

Hm, may I know these recruiter spam emails? I didn't get one. Open for PM at bio

[seedead99]

Make a profile on dice.com or some such site and prepare to be inundated, at least for me in the US.