December 22, 2024
If you’ve been jobseeking for a while, ‘be really, really open to freelance and contract positions,’ says recruiter
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If you’re one of the long-term unemployed and have been focused solely on applying for full-time work, Emily Levine, executive vice president at recruitment firm Career Group Companies, has a simple suggestion for 2025: “be really, really open to freelance and contract positions,” she says.
"It’s a way of earning some income as you continue to look. Jobseeking can be a blow to the ego and freelancing can be a way of “keeping your self esteem high,” says Levine. It’s also a great way of opening up opportunities for full-time work."
Emily Levine, Executive Vice President at Career Group Companies, shares insights on how long-term job seekers in 2025 can benefit from being open to freelance or contract positions, which can lead to opportunities for permanent roles and help maintain self-esteem during the job hunt.
“More and more often I’m seeing these roles convert to permanent,” says Levine. “You’re able to bypass a competitive interview process, and you’re able to get in there right away and show them what you can do.”
If companies need to hire someone on a temporary base quickly, “they’re calling a staffing firm,” says Levine. “They’re getting people in that next day. So making sure you’re in the database in a roster of a top search firm is huge.”
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