3 Steps to a Better Career: Finding Your
True Talents to Work from Home for Life
By: Sylvie Fortin
Did you know that you have
an untapped source of revenue at your very fingertips? It’s
true, but there’s no need to look too far for it because
that source of revenue is you! If you’re ready to uncover
the hidden skills inside you and leave the rat race of work-at-home
job boards behind, then you’re definitely in the right
place.
The key to your success as
a telecommuter is that you need to understand how very easy
it can be to become full-time employed from home without having
to fight the masses of other work-at-home wannabes. The key
is in coming to the right employers with a pre-packaged set
of very specific services to offer based upon your core strengths
and skills. Instead of waiting for jobs to pop up on the internet,
where you'll have to compete with thousands of other jobseekers
just to get the job, you need to understand that to become
a truly professional contractor, you can bring your set of
skills to the hiring table to create your own jobs! When you
know what to say to employers and how to offer your defined
services in answer to their needs, you can begin writing your
own ticket.
When thinking about your core
strengths and skills. Additionally, you need to think about
very specific applications for the skills you already have
and not the vague and generalized lists of skills that are
so often placed on resumes. Your goal is threefold:
- Create a list of your most specific skills. Assess
your core strengths. What do you do really well? In previous
jobs, what do employers count on you for time and time again?
What kind of jobs really inspire you and get you motivated
to give your best? Be sure to think through all of your
abilities and list them all no matter whether you think
it relevant or not at this point.
- Connect your specific skills to pre-planned services.
To begin writing your own ticket, you will need to create
an inventory of services that you can provide to customers.
Rather than responding to their job ads, you can go to a
business and present your specific services. Soon enough,
businesses will be coming to you rather than the other way
around. Believe it or not, when you tie your core strengths
to specialized services, you become an incredibly hot commodity.
No longer are you competing with the countless masses scurrying
around for the work-at-home scraps, you’ve become
a legitimate business in yourself.
- Locate the right customers who want your services.
This step is definitely the key that brings it all together:
you must find clients who need your services (whether they
know they need them at this point or not). If you’re
wondering how to go about doing this, the answer is simple:
Research and trial-and-error!
Once you’ve created your specific
set of services, it’s time to research any and all of
the potential clients within your field of expertise and/or
who might need your service. Once you’ve found your
demographic, it’s time to convince these businesses
how working with you can benefit them.
For example, if you have a strong skill
set as a desktop publisher and you’ve designed a host
of services that help small businesses create a more professional
image (e.g., through letterhead, fliers, signage, advertisements),
then you can begin by simply targeting small businesses in
your community. If you have a pre-packaged proposal that lays
out the benefits of improved marketing and presentation materials
to small businesses, samples of your work, a pricing plan,
and an implementation strategy, you can quickly convince many
small business owners right in your own community that they
need you and your services.
It takes hard work, preparation, and courage,
but—if you really apply your strengths with what you
love to do—you can create a business for yourself that
allows you to serve others while helping yourself build your
own dreams. What are you waiting for? Your success begins
today!
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This article is excerpted from “You
Can Work in Your PJs”, a real world guide to telecommuting.
Sylvie Fortin works from home full time and wrote this book
to share her unique techniques with others. You can download
your copy of “You Can Work in Your PJs” by visiting
http://www.inyourpjs.com
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