Guide to Self-Employment : A Round-Up of Career Alternatives Ranging from Consulting and Professional Temping to Starting or Buying a Business

National Business Employment Weekly Staff, Lord, Robert G., National Business Employment Weekly

ISBN 10: 0471109185 / ISBN 13: 9780471109181

Published by Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John, 1996

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Guide to Self-Employment : A Round-Up of Career Alternatives Ranging from Consulting and Professional Temping to Starting or Buying a Business
• Publisher: Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0471109185
• ISBN 13: 9780471109181
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 0.957 pounds

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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.

About the Author

DAVID LORD is a career journalist, having worked as a daily newspaper writer and editor for 10 years and as Editor at Kennedy Information from 1987 to 1995, where he covered the management consulting and executive search industries and became a widely quoted authority in both fields.

In 1995, David formed Executive Search Information Services (ESIS) in response to requests from corporations for better information about executive recruiters and best practices in working with them. Over the next 20 years, he helped more than 100 Fortune 500 corporations improve executive search effectiveness.

In 1996, David created the Executive Search Information Exchange (ESIX), a research and discussion group for heads of executive recruiting from leading corporations. Later, he founded the Executive Search Academy, a two-day course in best practices for corporate executive recruiting professionals.

David has served as a moderator, panelist, and presenter at executive search industry conferences worldwide.

He holds a bachelor's degree in psychology from The College of William & Mary.
David can be reached at david@davidlord.com.