| Being self employed means that a person works for | | | | that the person in this working arrangement is not |
| himself, but not for a third party or for a company. This | | | | assured of a regular in-flow of income. This means |
| means that, he is his own boss and uses his skills and | | | | that, unlike the employed person, there are times you |
| abilities to make money and pay himself. It is an | | | | will have to go without a salary when things are not |
| alternative that many people are going for considering | | | | working out well. The other bad side is that you will |
| that jobs are hard to come by these days and when | | | | need to make arrangements for your sick pay and |
| they do, there is no guarantee that they will last. | | | | pension as well. |
| When thinking of going into self employment, there are | | | | The type of business you may want to run in your self |
| factors that a person needs to put into consideration | | | | employment strategy should be something you enjoy |
| to determine whether they are fit for this type of | | | | doing. Suppose you want to start up something but |
| employment. To begin with, self employment calls for | | | | have no idea where to begin, think of those hobbies |
| skills and abilities. As such, one needs to start a job in | | | | that could be turned into business ventures that you |
| that area that he can comfortably put his hands on | | | | can handle personally. If you still have no idea on what |
| and come out successfully. | | | | to do, you could look up for business ideas over the |
| One also needs to be aware of the limitations that | | | | internet. |
| come with self employment. One of these is the fact | | | | |