NBEW NBEW Guide to Self-Employment (National Business Employment Weekly Career Guides) - Softcover

National Business Employment Weekly; David Lord

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0471109185 ISBN 13: 9780471109181

Publisher: John Wiley &Sons, 1996

Synopsis

Edited by the National Business Employment Weekly, today's leading career resource, the NBEW Guide to Self-Employment tells you how to benefit from the downsizing and reorganizing work trend, exploring such specific career alternatives as consulting, freelancing, temping, buying or launching a business, purchasing a franchise, and others.

Key topics covered include:
* Determining your aptitude for working independently through diagnostic quizzes and self-assessment exercises
* Starting a business, including market research, planning, financing, and more
* Setting up your work environment, including office space and equipment needs, professional services, network resources, and hiring
* Buying an existing business or franchise--the different types of businesses, valuing and pricing the acquisition, and negotiating an agreement
* Launching a consulting practice--defining your services and markets, selling yourself, pricing, billing, and building a clientele
* Professional temping and outsourcing--how and when they work best
Supplemented with dozens of useful case studies and handy resource materials, the NBEW Guide to Self-Employment offers a complete and in-dispensable look into a whole new world of career opportunities outside corporate life.

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About this title

From the Publisher:

Literally millions of jobs have been eliminated from the world's largest corporations in the last 15 years--with no change in the foreseeable future. This practical guide contains all the information essential to pursuing a self-directed career. The focus is a hands-on evaluation of the pluses and minuses of advancing your career through an entrepreneurial approach. Describes a variety of ways of making a living outside corporate life such as starting your own business, becoming a consultant, freelancing and buying a franchise. Includes a number of diagnostic quizzes to help readers determine if they can work independently.

About the Author:

DAVID LORD is an independent marketing consultant and former editor of the Executive Recruiter News.

About this edition

• Publisher: John Wiley &Sons
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0471109185
• ISBN 13: 9780471109181
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 288