Time to Be Your Own Boss

 

The economy is in recession the headlines say (like we needed official confirmation of that!), the unemployment rate is shooting up and the general public and companies are cutting back spending dramatically.

Sounds like the perfect time to work for yourself….

Yes it does.  And not just because there is a diminishing chance of getting employment anywhere else.  Well maybe because of that.

If companies are failing in their marketplace it means that they aren’t well-built for surviving such a contracted marketplace – but that doesn’t mean the marketplace isn’t there.

I worked for a furniture supplier which went into adminstration – that doesn’t mean that people have stopped buying furniture and needing it to be installed.  The market has just changed.  Maybe it has gone more local and a small contractor can pick up some of the business that is hanging about.

Take a look at your last role and think differently about how it could fit into the new marketplace dynamics?  Could you go freelance and find the customers in a different way?  Does the web hold that opportunity?  Does local advertising?

Have a brainstorm.  Maybe your company’s implosion has just meant that the opportunities have spread around as well.