I am pursuing a career in technical support and have been doing so for six years, now, but I regrettably have not been able to find a permanent position in all that time, a fact that greatly bothers me. All of the positions that I have had have been contract positions that had the possibility of becoming permanent, but did not, with the most recent of these being a nine-month position at a major pharmaceutical company that was the best job that I have ever had, a position that I thought might become permanent, but did not, much to my great displeasure. Even when I am searching for a new job position, most of the positions that I find are several-month contract positions that may or may not become permanent.
I do not understand why this is, since companies need to have permanent technical support staff, and they must find people to hold such positions. I myself need to find a stable and long-term position if I am to support myself as time passes, and the fact that such positions seem to be very scarce has me worried. I cannot do short-term contract work forever, so any assistance that anyone could offer to me would be greatly appreciated.
What can anyone else here say about this? Where are all the permanent technical support jobs?