Thinking about self employment?
Self-employment can be a great way to create your own job and make money. It can also give you more control over when and where you work. However, it can be hard work so it is important to make sure it is right for you and that you get help from family, friends and others that support you.
This short guide it designed to help people explore their ideas for self employment and some of the things that it will be important to the important to think about. |
It is in five sections
- Having a good business idea
- Making or doing your idea
- Money
- Customers
- Support
At the end of each section there are some questions for you to think about. We hope these will help you decide if your business idea is a good one.
This guide it designed to help people explore self-employment and the important things you’ll need to think about. It is in 5 sections -
We hope this will make it easier to think about the different aspects of a business and to see if your idea is likely to be a success.
For entrepreneurs, the guide gives you the chance to think about your business idea as you work through each section. We hope these will help you decide if your business idea is a good one.
For support workers, job coaches and enterprise facilitators, we hope the guide can help you as you support your job seekers to explore the potential of self-employment and small business ownership as one way to secure employment.
Of course, such a short guide cannot cover everything and there will be more to think about if you decide that self-employment is something you want to explore further.
You may not want to read the quick guide all at once. You may want to read one part at a time.
If you need some extra help you could look at the guide with someone from your family, a friend or a supporter.
We have tried to write this guide in plain English but some words might be difficult to understand. These words are in red text. You can find out what these words mean HERE
Good luck!
- Having a good business idea
- Getting productive
- Money
- Customers
- Support
We hope this will make it easier to think about the different aspects of a business and to see if your idea is likely to be a success.
For entrepreneurs, the guide gives you the chance to think about your business idea as you work through each section. We hope these will help you decide if your business idea is a good one.
For support workers, job coaches and enterprise facilitators, we hope the guide can help you as you support your job seekers to explore the potential of self-employment and small business ownership as one way to secure employment.
Of course, such a short guide cannot cover everything and there will be more to think about if you decide that self-employment is something you want to explore further.
You may not want to read the quick guide all at once. You may want to read one part at a time.
If you need some extra help you could look at the guide with someone from your family, a friend or a supporter.
We have tried to write this guide in plain English but some words might be difficult to understand. These words are in red text. You can find out what these words mean HERE
Good luck!