Why Do They Keep Asking To Make Me A Contractor When All I Want Is A Job?

A MJD reader asked that we throw this anonymous query out to the hivemind and see whether we can come up with a solution to her woes that hasn’t been immediately apparent.

She writes:

I’m a writer (PR, reporting, copywriting) with more than five years of reporting experience and a little more than 2 years of PR and copywriting experience. I have been applying for assistant and entry level jobs at media companies, where ever I can get in, and recently went through a CRAZY long interviewing process (five different interviews over the course of 2 weeks, many hours spent on ‘sample’ work they wanted) for a low paying, entry level position at a very large media company.

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