Things to consider when seeking
a Career Change Opportunity.
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Your
family
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Your
loss of employees income
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Your
ability to handle responsibilities and pressures
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Your
approach to customers
Should you be self employed?
The
right careers advice can set you on the way to the
career change that's right for you. There's lots of
information available, whether you're unsure about
the career to have, thinking of a change or if you
have a particular career in mind and want to know
how to achieve your ambitions. Starting a new
business is exciting and rewarding. It is also very
challenging. The level of commitment that you need
should not be under estimated.
The
success of your new career will depend on your
ambition, attitude and skills. This means being
honest about a range of things - your business
knowledge, your financial abilities and the personal
qualities that you can bring to your new business.
Commitment, drive, perseverance and support from
your family and friends will help a lot in
developing your career ideas into realities and will
be especially important during the early days of
operation.
Help
with choosing a career. The jobs and skills
search facility has over 800 career profiles that
you can search through online to help you decide on
the career direction that's best for you. You can
explore the details of professions and the kind of
qualifications they demand as well as finding out
about training and voluntary work that can help you
get your career. See the links
page for more
Where
to get further career change advice
Banks
All the big banks have sections which specialise in
helping small businesses. Most produce free
leaflets.
Chambers of Commerce
Chambers of Commerce are local organisations which
give information, advice and training to businesses
in their town or area. Most give free advice to
members, but charge for services to non-members.
Some Chambers of Commerce serve particular ethnic
minorities.
Small Business Service
The Small Business Service is a government agency
providing general information on starting up a small
business. It operates the Business Link National
Contact Centre, which is a website designed to
deliver information and advice to small businesses
in the UK (see below). It also operates a helpline
for small businesses:-
Tel: 0845 600 9006 (8am-8pm, Mon-Fri)
Minicom: 0845 606 2666
Website: www.businesslink.gov.uk
The Small Business Service operates a network of
local providers throughout the UK, which can provide
independent and impartial advice. These are provided
through Business Link in England, Business Eye in
Wales, Small Business Gateways in Lowland Scotland,
Business Information Sources in Highland Scotland
and Invest NI for Northern Ireland.
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