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How to Translate Your Existing Job Skills to a Freelancing or Consulting Business

The economy is bad news, company layoffs, the whole nine yards. If you have great skills in a great niche, you may be able to receive a bit of income from it. Freelancing, starting a new business, and consulting are great ways to keep a cash flow during a downtime in your finances.

So what do you do after received a pink slip from your employer?  What step do you take when you leave out of your manager's office, from a downsizing notice?  What happens when you are fired from a stable form of employment?

You have skills whether in marketing, sales, clerical, grant-writing, cooking, and the list can definitely go on.  Your skills maybe laying dormant, unused, or have been squeezed dry by your former employer, but your bills will definitely still come.

Freelancing is a wonderful way to get your skills off track, a way to get your mental vehicle moving.  So you fear you may have trouble getting an idea of what you can do?  Your finances depend on your drive.  Get up and use those great skills to your advantage.

Down below are some examples of how your transferable skills can be used:

Human Resources: Organizational Development Consultant, Independent Recruiter,  Verification Specialist, Resume-Writer, Career Consultant, Benefits Consultant, Human Resources Consultant

Secretary: Virtual Assistant, Organizer, Live Messaging Service

Beauty/Fashion: Independent Beauty Consultant, Freelance Model, Fashion Consultant, Image Consultant, Fashion Designer, Cosmetologist, Make-up Artist, Fashion Show Organizer

Marketing/Sales: Marketing Consultant, Sales Trainer, Sales Developer

Teacher: Corporate Trainer, Educational Consultant, Adjunct Professor (of course you must have credentials), Educational Services Consultant

Musician: Talent Shows, Music Teacher, Playing for company functions and local activities

Technical: Graphic Designer, Internet Marketer, Web Designer, Blogging/Writing, Computer Networking, & Computer Repair.

These are just a fraction of the things that you could do to earn an income and who knows? You could become the next big time entrepreneur!

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[...] of freelancers in the field lately due to widespread lay-offs. Have you thought about how your day job skills might translate into a sole proprietorship [...]

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[...] of freelancers in the field lately due to widespread lay-offs. Have you thought about how your day job skills might translate into a sole proprietorship [...]

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