Freelancer Can you see yourself becoming a freelancer for the rest of your career? Well, can you? If you haven’t, you probably should. There are predictions that half of the workforce will be contractors or freelancers by the start of the next decade. Heck, the 2nd largest employer in the United States is Kelly Services, […]
Entrepreneur to Employee – Case Study
Entrepreneur to Employee Last month, I wrote about the difficulties in making the entrepreneur to an employee transition. I want to tell you the story of Tom, who is making the entrepreneur to employee transition. Tom was raised by a set of traditional parents. Like most would-be entrepreneurs, Tom was different—in a good way. Tom […]
Entrepreneur to Employee Transition
Entrepreneur to Employee The entrepreneur to employee transition is something I am seeing over and over again. There are a number of reasons this is happening: Baby Boomer business owner who is tired of running their own business. They want to sell but want to continue to work. Baby Boomer business owner or a family member […]
The Necessity Entrepreneur – Buying a Job
The Necessity Entrepreneur A necessity entrepreneur is someone who has turned to entrepreneurship because they cannot find a job or another method to create income. A typical necessity entrepreneur is over 50 years of age, been unemployed for over a year, and sees the possibility of finding full-time employment dwindling. Many necessity entrepreneurs see this […]
Preparing for the Financial Roller Coaster of Entrepreneurship
Many Baby Boomers have Turned to Entrepreneurship by Necessity. Most people are used to having a paycheck, and there is a great sense of security in it. During the late 1970s, people got paid every Monday, enabling them to really live from paycheck to paycheck. At most, one would have to wait seven days for the next […]
Is Full Time Employee an Oxymoron? (Infographic)
Full Time Employee – Is it an oxymoron? Are you a full time employee? If you are, you will soon be in the minority. If you have not heard but Kelly Services is now the second largest employer in the United States behind Wal-Mart. That is right a temporary services company is #2 employer in […]