Nobody Will Hire You. Should You Work for Yourself?
Nobody will hire me, so maybe I should just work for myself.
That's the thought I had after months of job hunting over 50 and a whole lot of "thank you for your interest" emails. Turns out everyone else had the same thought for me. Every corporate survivor I know who got laid off has been handed the same advice: start a business.
I've been self-employed before, more than once, and I still couldn't tell you why that advice gets delivered like it's the easy part.
What we get into:
- Why "just start a business" sounds like a lifeline when you need a paycheck now
- Everything I've tried to make money: a glass studio, Uber, this channel, a plumbing company, and yes, feet pictures
- The job t…
That's the thought I had after months of job hunting over 50 and a whole lot of "thank you for your interest" emails. Turns out everyone else had the same thought for me. Every corporate survivor I know who got laid off has been handed the same advice: start a business.
I've been self-employed before, more than once, and I still couldn't tell you why that advice gets delivered like it's the easy part.
What we get into:
- Why "just start a business" sounds like a lifeline when you need a paycheck now
- Everything I've tried to make money: a glass studio, Uber, this channel, a plumbing company, and yes, feet pictures
- The job t…
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