Should I ever reveal I am a contingent worker?
I currently work as a contingent work at Big Tech company
On my resume I just list the name of the Big Tech company I'm at, but it's through an external consulting firm.
Reading prior taro discussions I do believe I embody the culture of the company im at, i even work in person and have similar scope/work to my teammates who are FT employees
In my resume I only list the company name and have not mentioned it is a contract role. I get way more callbacks this way
Q: When should I reveal to the hiring team that it is a contract role? How does this play in background checks?
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2 hours agoTech Lead @ Robinhood, Meta, Course HeroSo as you have figured out by now, contractors get way less credit then full-time engineers do when it comes to hiring. That's because contractors are largely 2nd class citizens at the companies they work at.
In general, I'm a big proponent of honesty - I think you should tell them. However, I don't blame you if you don't as the market sucks right now. If you switch the label to contractor on your resume and go to getting 0 callbacks, well, that's not exactly great.
What I will say though is that finding out that you were a contractor at a prior role is generally not too hard. When companies dig deep into references, there's a very, very high chance they'll find that information, especially Big Tech companies who have access to literally all the information in the world. If they find out that you hid this information from them all along, it will probably lead to instant rejection and potentially even blacklisting as well. Be careful.
- 02 hours agoMid Level SWE [OP]Taro Community
im totally fine telling, should I mention in the interview? like when intro-ing myself? but hide it on the resume. Because getting interview is (largely) about prestige, but passing the interview is about skill
- 12 hours agoTech Lead @ Robinhood, Meta, Course Hero
That seems like a reasonable middle ground to me.
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2 hours agoI just work here @ RobinhoodWhen I contracted at Pinterest, I just said I was contracting at Pinterest during interviews. Even as a contractor, the big tech name does attract eyes.
- 02 hours agoMid Level SWE [OP]Taro Community
Did you mention it on the resume that you were a contractor?
- 0a few seconds agoI just work here @ Robinhood
Yes. I had my role as Software Engineer (Contractor).
