JOB SEARCH MANUAL

Note: If you are unable to do the first two questions, include the points in your research for #3 and expand your composition to include them.

1. Find some people, preferably in your industry or field, who work freelance or as consultants. Phone or meet with them and find out how they do it, what they've learned, and what the problems and pitfalls are. Summarize your findings below.

a. Reasons for becoming self-employed:

b. What they enjoy about self-employment:

c. What they dislike about self-employment:

d. Pitfalls and advice on avoiding them:

2. Analyze your most recent job, making a list of what tasks need to be done at the employer's location and what could he done elsewhere.

a. Employer's location:

b. Elsewhere:

3. Go to the library and read current publications concerned with organizing a home office, starting your own business, and so on. Write a short composition entitled either Why I May Start My Own Business or Why I Don't Want to be Self-Employed.