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There's a lot of stigma surrounding contract positions. Some contract jobs may be looked down upon by millennials, students or the workforce in general because of the shorter duration. Taking a contract role implies that you're unable to currently attain a full-time position, which may be the case, but this isn't necessarily a bad thing. Look past the negativity and at the position itself.
Regardless of the duration, you're still making money. If you need to pay bills, this will help you in the short term, but obviously this isn't something you want to be doing forever if you're looking for stability. If you're living with your parents, then this short-term cash flow helps in other ways. You're also obtaining experience that is likely relevant to what you want to be doing. Many people, especially new graduates and students, temporarily work from contract to contract to get the right experience. It's a competitive world out there, after all. For some, gaining this experience is essential to ensuring that they can find a better job in the future. A one-year maternity leave contract in a relevant position is much better for your resume, and your sanity, in the long term than a permanent position in an irrelevant position that you hate. A contract job may even lead to a full-time, permanent position based on your performance. Stun your employer at the time, because wow-ing them may spur them to keep you on.
Others may undertake a contract role because they're struggling to find a job, which may be disheartening for now, but keep in mind that you're still gaining cash and experience that may lead elsewhere. This is your chance to network, as well, because if you don't get hired full-time at your current company, you may find a worthwhile connection within the firm who can point you in a different direction and get you hired somewhere else. Use the most of your time with that company.
Then there are the few who simply like the bouncing from company to company because it offers them diversity and flexibility. There are some pretty cool contract roles out there -- you may take a job in a different company that offers you the opportunity to live and work in a different place altogether, which offers you an invaluable life adventure. You can't place a price tag on memories.
The realistic perspective of this situation is that permanent positions don't fully protect the employee from unemployment. Budget cuts or terminations may subsequently stop their employment at any given moment. Fairly negative, for sure, but that's reality. That's not to say that contract jobs don't have their obvious cons, too, but they also have their positive points just like permanent jobs.
Contract jobs aren't the end of the world. They may be the beginning of your career, or a short fix during a rough patch, but they're far from the end of the world. Stay positive. You never know what the contract opportunity will lead to.
