Contract work or permanent, which would you take? (Salt Lake City)

A permanent role may come up, but the contract starts now. I am in Salt Lake City, in case local advice matters. I would gain recent experience.

Thanks for writing this out. I went through something close to it last year, and it settled down once I kept a simple log of every call and form.

I took a contract and it converted after four months. The time also kept my skills current.