Create your own job
ARE you aware there are only 8,120 jobs yet there are 390,000 new job seekers each year? This means that if you want to rely on others to give you a job, you might search forever. The present world, where there are many more job seekers than vacancies, requires creative people who can employ themsel
ARE you aware there are only 8,120 jobs yet there are 390,000 new job seekers each year? This means that if you want to rely on others to give you a job, you might search forever. The present world, where there are many more job seekers than vacancies, requires creative people who can employ themselves. I know of a lady with a university degree who has made a lot of money out of selling plants. She also employs over 40 other people.
These are some of the ways through which you can create a job for yourself:
-Have the determination to start a business.
-Think of your passions. Are you interested in animals, in baking or in tailoring? Most likely, that will be the work that will interest you do.
- Study and research everything around the kind of business you want to start.
- Look for the things you will need to start the business – location, facilities, material and finances.
Whereas entrepreneurship can be learnt at any age, there is a saying that goes, “catch them young in order to maximise their potentialâ€. If you are a parent, here is how you can help your children to become job creators:
- Teach children to save
- Mentor them by showing examples of how they can become entrepreneurs
- Give them career guidance by encouraging them to take practical courses
- Encourage them to start small projects at home, such as baking cakes or growing mushrooms
- Help them to get the necessary information
If you are a teacher or school manager:
- Incorporate entrepreneurship in the curriculum
- Introduce practical skills courses, including technical and vocational training
- Provide life skills such as people management, leadership skills, communication, negotiation, innovation, and coping with change.
The writer is a business
development consultant and an entrepreneur
These are some of the ways through which you can create a job for yourself:
-Have the determination to start a business.
-Think of your passions. Are you interested in animals, in baking or in tailoring? Most likely, that will be the work that will interest you do.
- Study and research everything around the kind of business you want to start.
- Look for the things you will need to start the business – location, facilities, material and finances.
Whereas entrepreneurship can be learnt at any age, there is a saying that goes, “catch them young in order to maximise their potentialâ€. If you are a parent, here is how you can help your children to become job creators:
- Teach children to save
- Mentor them by showing examples of how they can become entrepreneurs
- Give them career guidance by encouraging them to take practical courses
- Encourage them to start small projects at home, such as baking cakes or growing mushrooms
- Help them to get the necessary information
If you are a teacher or school manager:
- Incorporate entrepreneurship in the curriculum
- Introduce practical skills courses, including technical and vocational training
- Provide life skills such as people management, leadership skills, communication, negotiation, innovation, and coping with change.
The writer is a business
development consultant and an entrepreneur