Guide to Self-Employment: A Round-up of Career Alternatives Ranging from Consulting & Professional Temping to Starting or Buying a Business (National Business Employment Weekly Career Guides)

By David Lord and National Business Employment Weekly

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. SPECIAL BONUS: A FREE issue of the National Business Employment Weekly, plus a 4-week free trial offer of The Wall Street Journal, plus a free booklet, "Best of the NBEW: Before the Job Search." A $23.95 newsstand value

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471109185
• ISBN13: 9780471109181
• Release Date: April 1996
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 266 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"