[ale] contracts and moonlights

[Gene Matthews]

I tried sologig a few months ago when they had a special of 3 months for 
$50.  I was disapointed because the vast majority of the postings were 
the same you find on headhunter.net, which is free.  They have some type 
of parterning arrangement with headhunter.net I think.

I even wasted a couple of hours one afternoon going to an interview with 
a recruiter for a contract position they had only to find out once I got 
to their office that they don't do 1099 or corp-to-corp arrangements, 
only w-2.  You would think that if they find you on a site named 
sologig.com they would know your not looking for a w-2 position. And, I 
wasn't smart enough to ask before hand. Live and learn, I guess.

That said, the contract (40 hrs/week) I'm now on came from my posting 
there.  Another independent contractor found me and was looking to 
replace himself on a project so he could move on to another project with 
the company he was supporting (so I guess the 50 bucks was worth it.  It 
really cost me $75, because they automagically keep billing you until 
you cancel ($25/mo), and I had forgotten about that until my credit card 
bill came in.  I cancelled and am not currently a sologig.com member.

I also recently (2-3 months ago) joined the ICCA (www.icca.org) which 
does have an Atlanta chapter.  I have picked up a 2nd client (10-20 hrs 
per week, luckily most is remote administration of Solaris/linux boxes) 
that located me through my listing there.  That is a little more pricy 
to join.  I can't remember if you have to be incorporated or not (all 
the members I know in Atlanta are).  The annual fee is based upont the 
number of consultants in the company.  $250/yr is the lowest.      Less 
than 3 weeks after joining though, my second client found me and my 
membership was more than paid for by the first invoice I sent them.

YMMV.  My $0.02.


Gene



Jeff hubbs wrote:

> I'd also like to hear any experiences or opinions about sologig.com 
> ($25/mo).
> 
> - Jeff
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> John Wells wrote:
> 
>> Due to some unforseen expenses I'm going to have to
>> look for some moonlighting work.  I know the job
>> market is tough right now, but I wonder if anyone else
>> on the list has tried moonlighting or short contracts
>> and would like to know their thoughts. 
>> Also, what sites are out there that list jobs like
>> this?  I've seen elance.com...but I'm sure there're
>> others.  Like elance, I'm sure a lot of them carry
>> membership fees...so your success rates and opinions
>> about the site would be verrry welcome. ;-)
>>
>> Thanks for the input!
>>
>> John
>>
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