Anyone finding opportunity from understaffing?

[nca]

I just picked up extra part time hours at a local office in addition to my regular job which has been fluctuating from 25-40 hours/week.

 

I know that another interior designer in town is working at three different architecture offices averaging a total of 40-60 hours a week.

 

From what I hear in my area work is definitely picking up–whether that’s indicative of a sustained upswing I don’t know, but firms are getting more busy and I have heard from several principals and managers that they’re busy, but reluctant to hire full time staff.

[Jeff D]

Right now I’d take any contract job for as few hours as the business owner wants.

Having been laid off since November of ’08, I know there is no full-time job in my short-term future, due to my age and experience.  I see my future – if I indeed have a future in LA, which I’m beginning to doubt – as a gradual climb back via contract work, which may lead to part-time employment, which may lead to full-time employment.  So far, though, I’ve had no luck securing even short contract work.  I’ve just relocated to another city where I hope conditions will improve faster for the growth industry.

[Fremont]

I survived on contract work for the last eight months working for a single firm from 20-60hrs/wk on a single large project. The small firm (3 people) needed the manpower but didn’t want to commit to a full time employee. By offering myself as a contractor I was able to keep my skills fresh and get some experience in the field (just graduated w/MLA last May) and the firm was able to staff up without the long term commitments and associated costs of a full time employee. It worked out well for both of us.

[Roland Beinert]

I’m considering getting a phd in urban design in Seattle. It would be great if I could find part time work like that while I continued my education. That would probably be the only way I could afford to stay in college, anyway.

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