In Sheffield at the moment there must be a lot of people who are wondering whether they will have a job in a few months time. The council and the NHS are big employers and they are just hitting the crunch as a consequence of the cuts in spending announced in the Autumn.What will they all do when they have not got a job anymore? The answer to this question may well be different to what it would have been if it had happened 15 years or more ago. Why? Well, lots of them get put their hand in their pockets (Alanis link!) and get their mobile out, plug their laptop in and connect to the internet and become a small business. You can have a website, twitter identity very quickly and online who is to know how big/new/good(?) you are.
Some people will use their still fresh links and end up doing some of what they were doing employed as self-employed and that will get them going. But, that is likely to dry up eventually and the next step can be the tricky one. Developing new contacts/areas of business etc.
As well as reaching for your pocket Alanis Morisette said you need to be be 'free', but 'focused' too and avoid being 'worthless' even though you 'care'.
If you are in this position and 'shy',but 'friendly' and 'sad', but 'laughing' then Spaceworks might help you make the transition from employment to your own business. Being stuck in your bedroom can be quite hard to cope with every day if you've been used to 'going to work'.
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