Are you considering a career change, perhaps as a freelance entrepreneur? Maybe it has stalled in the ‘thinking about it’ stage due to the fear of losing the safety net, or steady paycheck, that your current employment offers right now. However, the fact is nothing about the workforce resembles a safety net these days.
Every time I look at the news it seems that another business is downsizing, if not closing. Or, perhaps you work for a company that will soon join others in the trend of replacing senior employees with new employees to lower their cost.
Sure, the pendulum might swing back…eventually. But, why wait until it does? It’s possible that even when it does, you might do far better on your own anyway. Not too long ago I started freelance writing, and have enjoyed the flexibility it allows me. [Read more…]