When Your Kids Believe You Have The Ideal Job Then You Are Made Redundant What Is Next?
Most parents want their kids to be happy. In order to do that, you may go out to work to help pay for nice trips, give the youngsters treats, buy those expensive presents that all their pals seem to have and the latest clothes they want.
Then, you become a really cool parent because you land what your youngsters consider to be the ideal job – in my case that was working with mobile devices for one of the well known mobile phone businesses. I got the opportunity to bring home mobile phones which were not yet in the shops, working with the latest technology, helping to iron out bugs before the mobile phones got to the shops. I was the totally cool mum!
How, then, do you tell your kids that due to the recession, people are not buying as many mobile phones and the business is down-sizing, closing your site, and with this news, your career is disappearing. You will become one of the many redundant employees looking for a new job. Not only are you no longer employed with cutting technology, you now must find another job – for you any job will do, but for the kids they still want to have the cool mum. Lots of their mates’ mums are teachers, nurses, shop assistants. Their mum was different and they don’t want to relinquish that status.
So, you go through adverts, Online Jobs, job centre adverts, agency adverts, you dream about work, your whole life revolves around finding that next job. Then a little star glimmers at you. You have seen what you think may be your perfect new career. It is an opportunity to start an Internet Business, with a new technology, and at the same time Work From Home. Perhaps you have located something that suits you and appeals to the youngsters at the same time.
When I was scanning the Online Jobs, I came across an option to join an Internet Business as a franchisee, which was an affordable option, so I undertook some investigations to ensure that the job was as it appeared in the advert.
This new venture was in the field of search engine optimization. It advised that I would need only basic internet skills, and all training would be included in the price I paid. As I have recently been taking Open University training in ITC, which overlapped with some of the skills which would transfer to this role, I was eager to find out more.
I had interviews and meetings with the founder of this franchise and we were both happy for me to join this Internet Business.
Another bonus was that I would be able to Work From Home. I already had a phone, laptop, internet connection and access to a printer, which are really the only tools necessary to start up in this venture. Within weeks of seeing this opening in the Online Jobs, I had commenced my training. My kids are pleased that I am once again working with cutting edge technology and they love the fact that they can tell people I am now the owner of an Internet Business where I have the opportunity to Work From Home. Cool mum continues!
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