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  A MAHER Associates Process...   By following this M.A.P., you will find the "journey" to your destination, successful career transition, to be smooth sailing.  Trust "a local pilot", in this case the Careerpilot, to assist you through challenging waters.

BENCHMARKS

  1. ASSESS YOUR SKILLS, WORK HABITS AND LIFESTYLE

  2. EXPLORE THE NATURE OF CONSULTING.... NETWORK...                         "LURK BEFORE YOU LEAP"!

  3. HAVE A SUPPORT TEAM IN PLACE:  RESOURCES ... WHO ?

  4. DEFINE YOUR BUSINESS

  5. MARKET ANALYSIS

  6. EVALUATE YOUR COMPETITION

  7. SET YOUR PRICE POINTS/ FEE STRUCTURE

  8. WRITE YOUR BUSINESS PLAN

  9. DEVELOP APPROPRIATE TRACKING SYSTEMS

  10. ASSEMBLE APPROPRIATE “TOOLS”

  #LAST… MARKET YOUR SERVICES !!!

ASSESS YOUR SKILLS, WORK HABITS AND LIFESTYLE

To achieve a good "fit" between you and any future opportunity, you have to ask yourself some soul-searching questions about yourself--and your potential for success as a self-employed person. The fit depends on how well your business and its operation fits  your skills and abilities meet the demands of that business.

Write out the factors that are important to you in an opportunity... actually write out your list.  During your career transition, you learn the value of setting your "offer" criteria, in this case it would be objective criteria by which to judge ANY opportunity.  In fact, the two options come together in today's marketplace.  When you find the right work, it could be a terrific offer of  employment OR the right situation for you to become self-employed.  Your criteria should:

  1. Create an objective target for your efforts ahead;
  2. Give you a meaningful set of questions to ask during research and networking;
  3. Provide an objective way to analyze and react to opportunities as they occur.

EXPLORE CONSULTING.... NETWORK... "LURK BEFORE YOU LEAP"!

HAVE A SUPPORT TEAM IN PLACE:  RESOURCES ... WHO ?

Just as any corporation would have it's board of directors, so should any self-employed individual have his own sounding "board" or support team wrapped around the business.  This would include, at the very least, objective, third-party legal and financial experts.  Other members would be functional "experts" in areas where your skills and experience are not optimal. 

DEFINE YOUR BUSINESS   >> MORE

MARKET ANALYSIS   >> MORE

  1. Evaluate Your Competition

  2. Set Your Price points or Fee Structure

  3. Write Your Business Plan

DEVELOP APPROPRIATE TRACKING SYSTEMS

ASSEMBLE APPROPRIATE “TOOLS”

With your ten benchmark activities and resources in place, you are now prepared to begin marketing your services.

INTRO To Options  |  PLANNING For Self-Employment  |  DEFINING Your Offering  |  BENCHMARKS

  For MORE INFO e-mail your thoughts and questions to the careerpilot.

Bob Maher, CMF... The Careerpilot

Bob created his online presence, www.careerpilot.com, in 1994.  He has over twenty years of successful experience in Corporate Recruitment, performance management and Career Management Services.  He is an entrepreneur and innovator in the use of information technology in the recruitment and employment process.  On the Founder's Council of the Association of Career Professionals - International and quite active in their Professional Development, Technology and Chapter Growth initiatives--a frequent speaker at industry conferences and seminars.  Awarded the prestigious LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD in 2006.