Friday, January 28, 2005

The best time to make your move

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


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