Contract work for a TPA

[HarleyBabe]

I apologize if I am in the wrong area but I am trying to find contract work as a TPA starting her own business to tide me over until the clients roll in. Does anyone know where I should look or go or who I could contact? Thank You and feel free to email pensionpros@comcast.net.

Thank You.

[JohnCheek]

Obviously, keep an eye on the BenefitsLink jobs board.

I think you should try LinkedIn, and join some of the groups related to TPA work.

[movedon]

I apologize if I am in the wrong area...

I've also wondered what's appropriate around here in this regard. It's occurred to me that I might like to offer my services as a contract type employee to fellow BenefitsLinkers, but I don't really want to "advertise" or out myself on the boards from the obscurity of my screen name. I also don't want to be a board spammer.

Dave, have you ever given any thought to a "classifieds" forum? Something moderated (no baldness treatments) for bona fide BenefitsLinkers?

[GBurns]

Have you looked at the Homepage? Both the right and left side of the page are devoted to Benefits related jobs etc.

[movedon]

Have you looked at the Homepage? Both the right and left side of the page are devoted to Benefits related jobs etc.

I'm not sure if this question was for me, but I'll answer it. I am familiar with the BL jobs boards, and have made good use of them over the years as both a job searcher and a talent searcher. They are great, but they are not effective for what I'm talking about - which is more of a service marketplace for BL members who would offer services to one another. I envision a place where people that sort of know each other might engage in commerce in a more personal way than by ads and resumes.

Your mention of the job ads does raise a good point, and that is the potential misuse of such a classifieds or marketplace forum. I'm not privy to the finances of BL, but I assume it's not a nonprofit operation. I also assume that it's not funding Dave's well known hobbies of buying and selling private islands and platinum mines. A classifieds forum would need rules to insure it didn't siphon off other ad revenue, and would need to be moderated to both protect BL's finances and to keep the forum relevant. It also doesn't need to be free. I, for one, would pay for access to such a forum. A "membership fee" would also keep out the riff-raff and Vi@gr@-sellers.

Man, what a great idea. Make the checks out to "lippy", Dave!