Should I Become Self-Employed?

The decision to become self-employed can be very complicated, especially if you find yourself unemployed with little time to prepare.  

Thanks to our compilation of scientific research and professional career counselors' accumulated experience, Career Key can help guide your decision-making process.

Career Key has over a decade of scientific research and professional career counseling experience. We can help guide your decision-making process.

Here are three straightforward and practical steps to determine if self-employment is right for you:

1. Learn About Yourself
   Having a clear picture of your values, skills, personality, and abilities is often easier said than done. Through Career Key self-assessments and science-based personality testing, you'll be well on your way to determining if self-employment is right for you. While there are excellent assessment and testing options out there, we believe that ours is the most comprehensive. Feel free to check out the other tests here [insert a link to CKD-A].

2. Learn About Your Options
   After learning more about what you enjoy doing and where you would thrive, you need to educate yourself about what makes self-employment different from full-time occupations. There are informative books and guides available to help you learn about starting and running a business. You can also interview others who have been successful–and not so successful– entrepreneurs; those who have changed careers; or job shadow a friend who runs their own business. 

3. Make an Informed, Analytical Decision
   Now that you know more about your options, learn a simple and scientific way of making important decisions. At CareerKey.org, we have the tools you’ll learn how to do this and much more.

Getting Started is easy because Career Key will give you practical advice, best practices used by professional counselors, and actionable next steps to put you on the right track.