A Seattle area reader I'll call "Mark" recently wrote me about a sticky employment situation he found himself in:
"I have been doing consistent contract work with one employer for several years. I just signed the paperwork for a new contract position I'm about to start with that same company. Two days later, I received a call from an esteemed company regarding a full-time position with benefits. I have an interview scheduled later this month, a couple weeks before I'm scheduled to start my contract job. I feel like I should tell the company I am interviewing with that I have an upcoming contract job, but I don't want to jeopardize being considered for the full-time job. If they ask me during my interview how soon I could start, I was thinking that I could bring up my contract at that point. Any advice?"...