RE: there is great demand for skilled and experienced developers that are stable individuals
Are people who have worked on CONTRACT ( as consultants ) considered stable or not?
I am a software developer ( with a full time position ). However, I get calls from recruiters all the time looking for people who can work on CONTRACT ( 6 months, 9 months, a year ).
There’s quite a broad spectrum of reqs out there,
but very few direct hire. Almost all are contract for hire at best.
I think this is a symptom of the “stable candidate” issue.
It costs a lot of money to full time hire someone, and what if the guy’s a flake?
So, they have a 6 month “contract” then convert at the end if he’s not a flake.