Posted by: sajhamitra April 23, 2016
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First of all, Full time in US, specially in IT industry, is not a stable job though it looks like a permanent position or stable position. Yes it's better than short term contract position but it's surely not a permanent position like those government jobs in Nepal. I have seen many people in full time getting fired/laid off/left the jobs because of number of different reasons. So just don't think that you will be FTE=Permanent position.
Back to your question, You can apply for FTE jobs in number of different ways
#1 Best way is contract to hire. That way you can negotiate your salary very well as you would have already proven yourself and you would have already known the hiring manager.
#2 Referral thought friends. In Nepal it's called "Source force lagaune" and in US it has fancy name called "Referral"(What a f**king BS). If your referral is good then you are almost hired unless you do terribly bad during interview.
#3 Apply through company website job opening. Most FTE jobs are posted in company website. So apply through there. But your chances to getting selected is very low as there are 100s of other candidates, some with referral or contract to hire, will be there to compete with you
#4 Apply through dice, indeed, linkedin etc. These sites are mostly for contract positions but sometime they do post the FTE jobs
#5 Contact the staffing companies like Roberthalf, cybercoder etc. They do look FTE position for companies. But it's very hard to negotiate with them and I do not like their attitude.
Lastly, for me there is not much of a difference between FTE and Contract position but it's just personal choice. I want all the money handed over to me with Cash but not those BS bonuses, benefits etc and really don't want to kiss my boss's a$$ just to get yearly bonus and promotion. If you don't want to move state by state but want to do contracting jobs then move to hot market like North Carolina, california, washington etc. Since you are just working in IT field only for 14 months which I consider very beginner in IT industry, you should know that once you become FTE they will ask more work from you. Just throw over time compensation expectation from your window. You probably have to work 8-12 hours depending upon your company/hiring manager/team.
As you have GC, Sky is the limit. Good luck!
Back to your question, You can apply for FTE jobs in number of different ways
#1 Best way is contract to hire. That way you can negotiate your salary very well as you would have already proven yourself and you would have already known the hiring manager.
#2 Referral thought friends. In Nepal it's called "Source force lagaune" and in US it has fancy name called "Referral"(What a f**king BS). If your referral is good then you are almost hired unless you do terribly bad during interview.
#3 Apply through company website job opening. Most FTE jobs are posted in company website. So apply through there. But your chances to getting selected is very low as there are 100s of other candidates, some with referral or contract to hire, will be there to compete with you
#4 Apply through dice, indeed, linkedin etc. These sites are mostly for contract positions but sometime they do post the FTE jobs
#5 Contact the staffing companies like Roberthalf, cybercoder etc. They do look FTE position for companies. But it's very hard to negotiate with them and I do not like their attitude.
Lastly, for me there is not much of a difference between FTE and Contract position but it's just personal choice. I want all the money handed over to me with Cash but not those BS bonuses, benefits etc and really don't want to kiss my boss's a$$ just to get yearly bonus and promotion. If you don't want to move state by state but want to do contracting jobs then move to hot market like North Carolina, california, washington etc. Since you are just working in IT field only for 14 months which I consider very beginner in IT industry, you should know that once you become FTE they will ask more work from you. Just throw over time compensation expectation from your window. You probably have to work 8-12 hours depending upon your company/hiring manager/team.
As you have GC, Sky is the limit. Good luck!