Is a contract role an opportunity or a trap?

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pYou could be in between jobs or considering your next career move. So taking on a contract role might be an option for you.

You could be in between jobs or considering your next career move. So taking on a contract role might be an option for you. But how do you negotiate for more money if the company refuses to give you a permanent position?Some Gen Zs are making public videos of themselves getting fired or resigning, inspiring a phenomenon called Quit-Tok.

Besides coming back to higher salaries and new job scopes, what other benefits do boomerang employees get when they return? Our guest Josephine Chua, HR director at Aloft Singapore hotel and master professional at the Institute for Human Resource Professionals, discusses the pros and cons of hiring boomerang employees.Your co-worker is not pulling their weight and despite interventions, your manager is waiting for a resignation letter instead of firing them.

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