Hadwin Jones clients employ people on contract when they require someone with specific skills and experience to come in, hit the ground running, and they do not want to commit to providing the individual with long term job security. Contracts are usually reasonably short term, and very focused on delivering results immediately. Contractors are managed directly by client employees. The length of each contract is effectively a period of time that the contractor commits to remain available. The client can always terminate the contract at one hour’s notice.
People that like working on contract are usually attracted by the fact that they can dictate the specific skill sets and technologies they want to work with, and move around from client to client focused on honing their abilities in a narrow field of expertise. They get the opportunity to become very good at what they do.
Contractors get paid an hourly rate. They do not get paid holidays, and they do not get paid when they are sick. They pay for their own education. They only get paid when they are working, and the moment their contract is terminated, they stop getting paid. They tend to get paid significantly higher hourly rates than permanent employees to compensate for these factors.
Freelance contractors typically work for a few months on a contract earning a high hourly rate then go for a period of several months looking for another contract during which time they are not being paid. The amount they earn over an extended period of time (of say ten years) is determined largely by the amount of time they can spend working on contract rather than looking for more contract work.
Hadwin Jones provides several services to contractors who work through the Hadwin Jones brand umbrella. Firstly Hadwin Jones provides training and support in how to provide the service level that clients expect. Hadwin Jones then provides continuous promotion to a wide client base of the availability of specific contract resources. This usually equates to the individual contractor being actively marketed before their current contract comes to an end and should significantly decrease the amount of unsold time the contractor clocks up every year. Hadwin Jones has a network of subject matter experts and technical experts. When the contractor needs support, Hadwin Jones can usually find an expert to support the contractor. This adds value to the client, makes the individual contractor look good, and supplements the contractors ongoing professional education.
Hadwin Jones contractors are self employed individuals who develop their own businesses. This provides the contractor with many advantages but also responsibilities. Hadwin Jones (through an associated organization) protects clients and assists contractors with access to professional indemnity and public liability insurance. Assistance is also available to meet your record keeping obligations, as well as your health and safety obligations. If you engage with Hadwin Jones as a contract resource, you will be educated in both your obligations and the support services available to assist you meet them.
Hadwin Jones will teach you how to operate within the Hadwin Jones organisational structure, use the network of subject matter experts, and the systems and support structures that will be made available to you. You specify the type of opportunities you are interested in working, the cities/countries you are interested in working in, and agree a personal operating contract with Hadwin Jones. If this sounds like something you would be interested in, contact us in the first instance at: enquiries@hadwinjones.com