My Medical Device Sales Career

Guidance for the Self-Employed

I am noticing that a number of the Job Seekers who have been calling or emailing me lately have resorted (hate to call it that, but that is exactly how almost all of you have termed it) to self employment, part time employment or some other form of 1099 Temp Word to survive if you have been unemployed for some time. Many pharma reps. have been unemployed from full time employment and are working for firms that provide full time work WITHOUT any benefits. I am going to add a few links and sites to this discussion to help those of you who want some resources in this area. Most of you are shy to write, BUT if you have found temp work, 1099 work or have found a way to make your own money...then please feel free to share in this discussion too!

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Permalink Reply by Linda Hertz on February 13, 2011 at 5:29pm

Liz Weston from Money Talk, shared with her readers on December 26th 2010 a book that she highly recommends:

"The Money Book for Freelancers, Part-Timers, and the Self-Employed: The Only Personal Finance System for People with Not-So-Regular Jobs", by Joseph D'Agnese and Denise Kiernan. You can see it on Amazon HERE and look inside the book HERE.

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Permalink Reply by Linda Hertz on February 13, 2011 at 5:36pm

As noted in the Money Talk Article two other great resources are the Small Business Administration Website: www.sba.gov and the Entrepreneur Magazine website at www.entrepreneur.com

Please feel free to add any other links of value too please!

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Permalink Reply by Linda Hertz on April 30, 2011 at 3:21pm

Starting A Business; Great Links to Building a Website:

Low Cost Do It Yourself Website Companies: http://technology.inc.com/2008/12/01/do-it-yourself-web-design-for-...
Do's and Don'ts of constructing your website: http://www.inc.com/website-design

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Permalink Reply by Linda Hertz on April 30, 2011 at 3:23pm

Hiring Employees? Links to help

http://www.inc.com/employment-law
http://www.inc.com/new-employee-tool-kit-2011#hiring-and-screening (this is an awesome link!!)

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Permalink Reply by Linda Hertz on April 30, 2011 at 3:25pm

How to Market Your Business and Products Links:

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Permalink Reply by Linda Hertz on June 19, 2011 at 4:11pm

At least one of these links mentioned earlier but for a different reason: Here are some organizations and websites that help small companies sekking contracts with the Federal Government:

Small Business Administration: www.sba.com
National Association of Small Business Contractors: www.nasbc.org
Association of Procurement Technical Assistancve Centers: www.aptac-us.org
FedBizOpps, www.fbo.gov that lists all federal gency planned purchases of more than 25K
www.usaspending.gov shows the wide variety of goods and services purchased by federal agencies
Central Contractor Registration, www.ccr.gov engables federal agencies and prime contractors to find small-business contractors
www.osbu.gov/offices.html lists federal agencies that feature small-business outreach offices
Association of Small Business Development Centers, www.asbdc-ur.org References Small Business Development Centers, which can offer assistance to small companies seeking federal contracts