Feeling a sense of frustration with a friend of mine who's big company was sold to an even bigger company, and now he's looking for a job.
After 25+ years in the workforce, he's got the skills to create his own consultancy and build a substantial client list. Instead, he's networking, working with headhunters, etc., waiting for some new job to come along.
He doesn't know it... but he's closer than ever from finally breaking free of this cycle of looking for a job... getting a job... and having the job disappear through no fault of his own. A little bit of networking... a few contracts and he could be earning more money, on his own schedule, with the ability to scale back gradually when he gets closer to retirement.
For one-person operations like us, only one or two projects can keep us busy all week. With a few tools like time tracking software and a simple web site, presto, he's in business.
This is the perfect time for him to try it out and get the satisfactionof the working on the projects instead of dealing with the bullshit of company politics.
For now,
Barnaby Kalan
www.outsourcing-yourself.com
Friday, January 28, 2005
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Will this be the year you finally gain a little more control over your life... or earn some extra income by "Outsourcing Yourself"?
Right now, someone close to me is going through another job transition. Through no fault of his own, his company was sold to a major competitor. Many positions, including his own, went "poof." At 55 years of age, how likely will he be to find another high-paying position in his prime location? (He doesn't want to move from California and I don't blame him.)
Yet with one small contract project under way and a few nibbles on other ones, he's closer to making the transition to independent professional than ever before. Imagine, at 55, making the same or even more money, without a commute, with the freedom to schedule your life as you want, once you get established. And as a self-employed professional there's one more thing he could look forward to... the ability to "ease back" gradually into retirment when he feels like it. Work hard for a few months... earn some dough... take a month off to relax or travel. Start on a new project after that. Doesn't that sound like a more sane way to live and work at that age?
Until next time...
Barnaby
Visit www.reliancemarketing.com for more details about Outsourcing Yourself.
Right now, someone close to me is going through another job transition. Through no fault of his own, his company was sold to a major competitor. Many positions, including his own, went "poof." At 55 years of age, how likely will he be to find another high-paying position in his prime location? (He doesn't want to move from California and I don't blame him.)
Yet with one small contract project under way and a few nibbles on other ones, he's closer to making the transition to independent professional than ever before. Imagine, at 55, making the same or even more money, without a commute, with the freedom to schedule your life as you want, once you get established. And as a self-employed professional there's one more thing he could look forward to... the ability to "ease back" gradually into retirment when he feels like it. Work hard for a few months... earn some dough... take a month off to relax or travel. Start on a new project after that. Doesn't that sound like a more sane way to live and work at that age?
Until next time...
Barnaby
Visit www.reliancemarketing.com for more details about Outsourcing Yourself.
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