Options for Working for Yourself

Have you given self-contracting an option? You can place your information on http://www.guru.com/ and http://www.ifreelance.com/. Companies will pay sales persons through these websites to do the footwork in selling their products and may need local people like yourself. Guru is an international company and ifreelance is national. You never know who needs someone in Raleigh to present their business to possible clients. This would also give you control over your schedule. I am big on self-employment as an option for today instead of waiting to be hired. You may want to present yourself to local large companies as a self-contracted firm for the areas that you mentioned(ie; Johnson Consulting). I will give you an example-When my husband is traveling to another country for his job, his employer pays a company to come in an teach them etiquette for the particular culture so that ignorance won't cost them millions of dollars. That was a great business idea for whomever took there cultural experience from a foreign country and presented it to corporate firms as a way to help them. You can create your own way to help these companies with your skills while working for yourself. Vistaprint.com has awesome and fresh graphics in which to create a logo and more necessary startup items to start your business for free. It doesn't look shabby like most free offers.