How to Land a New Job

Posted by: Darlene Duncan CWDP, JSS, CCC, JCTC, JCDC
Training Coordinator

Recently I read an article from U.S. News & World Report. It reiterated so many of the things that we tell clients in our One-Stop workshops that I felt compelled to post a link to it here.

Click here to read the article.

Great American Dream

Many people believe that the Great American Dream is to own a business and be your own boss. The reality is that being an entrepreneur isn’t for everyone. There are many people that thrive on the hard work and risk involved and others, well, it’s just not their cup of tea.

Click here to read some entrepreneur success stories.

Perhaps one of them will inspire you or you may realize that the risk involved in starting your own business is more than you’re comfortable with.

Create Your Own Job?

Posted by:
Darlene Duncan, CWDP, JSS, CCC, JCTC, JCDC
Training Coordinator

Do you have a great idea for a service or a product? Have you always wanted to have your own business with unlimited income potential?

Then maybe, just maybe, it’s time for you to pursue that goal. Some of you may be thinking, “Yeah, I’d love to pursue a business of my own. However, I don’t have any money and don’t know where to find financial backers. On top of that my business skills…well, let’s not even go there. Why bother?”

Wait! There’s help. If you have a great idea and the drive to follow through with a lot of work, then University of Central Florida’s (UCF) Business Incubator at the Daytona Beach Airport may be just what you’re looking for.

Owning your own business may be the Great American Dream, but remember when you’re the boss you’ll work harder than you ever did for anyone else. Why? Because everything is your responsibility. That means you don’t get to call in sick and go fishing with your friends, not if you want your business to succeed. You have to be at work before your employees and in many cases after everyone else has gone home you’re still at work.

A great idea, the willingness to put in the necessary hours and a willingness to learn the business skills you need to make it all come together could be your ticket to a wonderful future. If you never try, you’ll never know. This is another one of those situations where I ask you, “What have you got to lose by investigating the incubator?”

If you go to Google and search the words, UCF Business Incubator at the Daytona Beach Airport, you’ll find several articles written about the incubator. Read the articles and if this looks like something you could do, give them a call and set up a meeting.

The phone number for the Business Incubator is 386-872-3101.

I Want To Be The Boss!

Posted by: Darlene Duncan, CWDP, JSS
Training Coordinator

The Great American Dream is to be your own boss. The dream is that you’ll have lots more free time, there won’t be anyone to tell you what to do, and you’ll make more money and work less.

Believe me, that description bears little, to no resemblance to reality. The truth is that if you want to have a successful business, it will consume you. You’ll spend less time with your family and work harder than if you were working for someone else. In the beginning, you’ll make less money than if you were working for someone else.

However, if you succeed you will make much more money and be happier doing it.

For a reality check on starting your own business read this article, The Seven Pitfalls of Business Failure And How to Avoid Them. It’s got some good information.