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Some good reasons why you should consider self employment if unemployed

Some good reasons why you should consider self employment if unemployed The UK government is currently obsessed with unemployment. For good reason. For the last few years, since talking a good talk about the recession slowly dying and job opportunities increasing, well, its kind of just stayed pretty much the same. Flat-lined is the word… […]

Self Employed? Startacus Launches the Self Start Society!

Self Employed? Startacus Launches the Self Start Society! Just 12 months ago Alastair Cameron, Recruitment Business Manager was facing redundancy. Rather than get despondent and downbeat about the challenging employment market, he instead decided to try and create his own job, future and become self employed. After successfully applying for funding from Arts Council NI, […]

Self Employment – 10 reasons why being self employed may not be for you…

Self Employment – 10 reasons why being self employed may not be for you…A couple of weeks ago, I wrote an article on Ten reasons why you should work for yourself…. At the time, one of the comments was along the lines of, “good article, shame it didn’t paint the opposing argument too; that self […]

How to work your ‘Work Life balance’ when Self Employed…Diary of an Employable Blogaholic

Work Life. What does that mean? It is fine preaching about making sure that you find employment that compliments your personal life, but the reality is, that many of us, are at least partly controlled by the jobs that we have. Whether you are employed, self-employed, or unemployed, it is tough, practicing in reality, a […]

10 Reasons why you should work for yourself…

Why you should work for yourself… Now I am officially self employed, I am qualified to tell everyone else what they are missing out on, continuing to work for the ‘man’. However, don’t shout it about it too loudly, we don’t want everyone else to catch on to our little secret! Check out my 10 […]

5 Advantages of working in a Co-Working space….

5 Advantages of working in a Co-Working space…. We had written previously about Co-Working spaces, the what, the why’s and the where’s, but having now actually worked in a Co-working space for the last 4 months or so, we thought it was about time to highlight the ‘advantages’ of said working in a little more […]

How to be self employed – The Diary of an Employable Blogaholic…

How to be self employed? I have been in two minds how to address my new self employed situation in this blog. It is hard calling yourself ‘self employed’ if you are not initially making loads of hard cash! Your friends and family may naturally ask the question, “when are you going to start making […]

Want to start a business but have no business experience? – here’s some basic top tips…

It is probably very easy to get swept along with the current trend of becoming “an entrepreneur”. As the UK Prime Minister announced recently, as part of a government supported scheme, “there’s a business in all of us”, the tide of enthusiasm is building a pace, to create some kind of self employed utopia! Having […]

Being proud of being unemployed – Diary of a Employable Blogaholic

Being Proud of being unemployed. Last night was my ‘bi-annual’ trip to the bar! Maybe a slight exaggeration, but nevertheless, I am not a seasoned drinker. First round my brother-in-law bought, the second round, I returned the favour and passed the beers around to all concerned. “Cheers Cam” was politely returned until my brother-in-law jokingly […]

Beginners tips on starting a business with £0 cash

Starting a business has never been easier – and here is why. I was on my home yesterday from doing the daily chores, when I drove past Subway. Nothing too exciting there. However advertised on the side of the retail front was a massive banner advertising the sub-of-the-day. Again, nothing too exciting, although I do […]

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