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Explain the following types of contracts, including advantages and disadvantages

Full-time: working 36+ hours a week. Advantage is you get paid more. Disadvantage is you get less free time

Part-time: working less than 36 hours a week. Advantage get more free time. Disadvantage is you get paid less.

Freelance: working on different assignments for different companies

shift work: not traditional Monday-Friday 9-5

Permanent: Monday-Friday 9-5

Temporary: working over a period of time for example a Christmas temp

Voluntary: unpaid work

Casual: working when needed

Hourly paid: Paid hourly

Piecework: paid for a piece of work

RECRUITMENT WITHIN THE CREATIVE MEDIA SECTOR (EXPLAIN WHAT IS PLUS THE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES)Job centres & careers advice: a job centre is where people go to

then they find them a job

Local & national press: local and national newspapers have job pages in them so basically its like a short list of job vacancies.

personal contacts & word of mouth: a personal contact is someone that works for a company that tells you about a job in that company. Word of mouth is when people see a job advertised and then tell you about it then you apply for it.

Networking : making professional contacts.

Internet : some companies advertise job vacancies on their website which you can apply to. Other companies advertise job vacancies on job websites like indeed.co.uk/