Career Help and Advice

...is to confirm within 30 days any dates you give on your resume. For the government (DoE or DoD) their investigation looks for any unexplained employment gaps.

I would be a bit concerned about a shop that says that as they may be a bit used to dealing with folks that "enhance" their experience. It's not deal breaker but I would be very concerned if at some point such a shop misses a paycheck. For the most part I only deal with folks I know very well on a corp-corp or 1099 basis. For w-2 payroll most shops look for at least a 35% markup to cover things like workman's comp, payroll taxes, insurance, payroll finance costs and in-house expenses. I have worked for shops with markups in the 60% range. It's a benefit to know your markup.

I have had some questionable things happen but most folks are basically honest. Mostly a recruiter will know the client billing range and shop markup ahead. My SOP is that if the money works for me, I take the job.

I look at CE Weekly's site for hunting now and then.

Feel free to reply or DUmail. Good luck.