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Independent Contractor Work Values
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Daily Duties at Independent Contractor:
Worked as a private contractor for field service technical support, which included hardware support, maintenance, and repair of all servers, desktops, laptops, and printers. Installed new computers, upgraded software, and system equipment. Project leader for the Comark complete system/location transfer including leading the 6 person team. Migrated machines from Windows 3.1/3.11 to Windows 95/98/NT. Supervised all facets of the migration from NetWare 4, using Token Ring, to Internet Ware 4.1 using Ethernet 100 Base. Imaged Machines using Norton Utilities Ghost. Lead and organized a group of 6 technicians in setting up and supporting computers and networks. Oversaw technicians; delegated duties, established timelines and schedules. Migrated 100 users from Macintosh computers to Compaq in 2 weeks time and trained end-users on the applications and the use of the new system. Managed the establishment of the NT Rack Mounted Server Compaq Prolient 7000 and Compaq Prolient 3000, using Compaq’s UPS’s. Responsible for supporting the hardware and software between Windows and Macintosh systems. Performed server repair and technical support. Managed an upgrade from Windows for Workgroups to Windows 95. Established: Windows NT Workstations, Windows NT Servers, and Windows 95 on Macintosh PowerPC with Dual Ethernet Usability.
What they like about Independent Contractor:
Organizations with strong, centralized leadership are particularly attractive to you. You require a work environment with leadership that aggressively seeks to expand and grow the business and does so in a visible and decisive manner. In general you prefer to work in an environment in which there is a strong link between leadership, its actions, and a strong set of company-wide values.
Tags
Project Management, Technical Support, Help Desk, Customer Service, MS Office, MS Windows, Microsoft, Supervisor, Project Manager
Information about Independent Contractor
Company Rank: 3.0 out of 5
Average length of employment : 2 years
Average salary of employees: $40,000
These are some of the questions we asked our climbers about their experiences with Independent Contractor:
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| Were your performance expectations clearly communicated? | 4.0 |
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| Were you recognized for meeting or exceeding expectations? | 3.0 |
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| Did you feel like your personal contribution was important? | 3.0 |
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| Was your career path clearly outlined and discussed? | 3.0 |
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| I would recommend this as a place of employment. | 2.0 | |
| I believe in the purpose of this organization. | 2.0 | |
| I would work for this organization again. | 2.0 | |
| I feel employees are fairly compensated. | 2.0 |
Climbers who worked at Independent Contractor had these interests:
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| eWeek http://www.eweek.com |
Weekly IT news website and publisher of the PCWeek Magazine. |

