Why Hiring a Contractor Can Be Catastrophic For Your Company. (I’ve placed over 500+ contractors)

Описание: Most companies assume contract hiring is just permanent recruitment… but faster.

It isn’t.

Contract hiring is one of the most misunderstood areas in recruitment — and when it’s done badly, it doesn’t just slow projects down… it can completely derail them.

In permanent hiring, you’re often looking for long-term potential, cultural fit, and career progression.

In contract hiring, you’re hiring immediate performance.

That means the risk profile is completely different.

A contractor who interviews well isn’t always a contractor who delivers when pressure hits. And the reality is, identifying who genuinely performs vs who simply presents well is something that takes years of industry exposure, network knowledge, and real outcome tracking.

In this video, I break down:

• Why contract recruitment and permanent recruitment require completely different skillsets
• Why CVs and interviews alone are unreliable for contractor hiring
• The hidden risks companies don’t see until projects start slipping
• Why experienced contractor networks are one of the most valuable assets in contract hiring
• The costly mistake companies and recruiters make when they treat contract hiring as a short-term version of perm hiring

If you hire contractors, work with contractors, or recruit contractors, this is a conversation that can save serious time, money, and project risk.

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I’ve spent over a decade working in medical device and technology recruitment, specialising in contractor hiring across quality, regulatory, engineering, and manufacturing functions. One consistent pattern I’ve seen is that the difference between a strong contractor and a poor one rarely shows on paper — it shows in delivery.