• Get ready for your career in science
• You and the job you want
• Employers and the labour market
• Practical Skills to Find Work
  • Job searching techniques
  • The hidden job market - (Networking, Direct canvassing and Information Interviewing)
  • Self employment
  • Writing job applications
    • Employer forms
    • Addressing selection criteria
    • Cover letters (includes sample)
    • Resume (includes sample)
  • How to write a career objective
  • Interviews
  • Sample interview questions
• Useful Resources

Practical Skills to Find Work

Self employment (Creating work for yourself)

• Maybe working for yourself holds lots of appeal offering a work/lifestyle option that you prefer.  The attractions of being independent and running your own business needs to be evaluated against the risks, additional responsibilities and pressures of establishing and conducting your own business. 
• If you have identified a market opportunity or have come up with a viable business idea and need to check out the possibilities there may be advantages in using expert sources for advice to check your self employment plan.