Which are you going to be? An Employer, a Client, or a Customer?
In order to get a job or start a business, there has to be someone out there to hire you, or to pay you for the goods or services you are providing. These people fall into three major categories.
Employers: An employer has a business and hires you to do work for that business. Employers pay you for your labor.
Clients: You have a business in which you offer a service, and clients pay you to provide that service.
Customers: You offer to sell some sort of good, and customers buy that good from you.
Take a look at the master list of jobs and businesses.
Take another look at the master list of jobs. Pick the one you think you would most like to do.
Planning your strategy involves a lot of words that start with the letter "A." Will you:
Now you are ready to plan your strategy. Click here to go to Step 3.
In order to get a job or start a business, there has to be someone out there to hire you, or to pay you for the goods or services you are providing. These people fall into three major categories.
Employers: An employer has a business and hires you to do work for that business. Employers pay you for your labor.
Clients: You have a business in which you offer a service, and clients pay you to provide that service.
Customers: You offer to sell some sort of good, and customers buy that good from you.
Take a look at the master list of jobs and businesses.
- Which jobs require employers? Customers? Clients?
- Are there any that fit into more than one category?
- Are there any that don't fit well into any category?
- How would you get a job from an employer?
- How would you find clients interested in paying you for the services your business provides?
- How would you find customers who want to purchase the goods you wish to sell?
Take another look at the master list of jobs. Pick the one you think you would most like to do.
- Who is the source of income for your chosen job or business (employers, clients, or customers)?
- How will you connect with this source of income?
- Will you use more than one strategy?
Planning your strategy involves a lot of words that start with the letter "A." Will you:
- Apply for a job you have seen in the want ads?
- Ask a prospective employer to hire you for a job that was not listed?
- Advertise the services you are offering with your business, using flyers or posters, going door to door, etc.?
- Approach possible clients or customers to tell them about the goods or services you are offering?
Now you are ready to plan your strategy. Click here to go to Step 3.