Are you frustrated
in your dead-end job? You’ve been working for several years and your career
still hasn’t taken off. Plus, there’s so much more you were meant to do in life
other than sit all day in a dreary office with a crabby boss and trying
colleagues. We say quit your job and start your own business in 2012.
Here’s your chance to be your own boss with these five hot jobs you can try
from home!
Foodie alert
If you’re a die-hard foodie just waiting for an excuse to pig out, this is the
opportunity of a life time. In India, you don’t hear of too many food
connoisseurs or critics for that matter, but nonetheless there’s definitely a
need for them, what with all the gourmet food chains opening across the
country!
What the job involves
1. Food tasting. Lots of food tasting.
2. You will have to work closely with chefs, make recommendations for
restaurant menus, suggest new ingredients and more.
3. Get in touch with upcoming gourmet stores and work as a food consultant with
them. You’ll have to identify gaps in their product lines as well as conduct
workshops for their customers.
4. And here’s the part you’ll love the most. Travel around the country to
follow food trends. As your business grows, you can go abroad too. Start a food
blog and write about different cuisines.
Hands-on
Give up your monotonous job and let your creativity run wild. Scrapbooking
might sound like a school craft project but with people looking for
personalised gifts rather than run-of-the-mill items, your business is bound to
grow.
What the job involves
1. Creativity, lots of unique ideas and a large enough workspace.
2. You will have to create scrapbooks, wall collages and more for customers to
preserve their memories.
3. You will need good PR. Start by giving these as gifts to your close friends
and family and let them spread the word. You could keep a few samples with you
to show potential customers.
4. Start an online store on a site like etsy.com and sell your creative
masterpieces to people across the globe. You can take online orders too.
Get a head’s up!
There are always rumours of recession but companies are continuing to hire
people. Trust us, the attrition rate is only going to increase here on. That’s
where head-hunters like you come in.
What the job involves
1. Good communication skills to interact with potential employers and
persuasive skills to convince potential candidates.
2. If your old job required you to meet lots of new people and network on a
day-to-day basis, then your little black book must be full of numbers. That’s
exactly what you need – contacts. From CEOs to mid-level executives and
managers to freshers, they’ll all come handy!
3. You will need to keep yourself updated about the market trends and start-up
companies that are looking to hire. Stay in touch with their HR departments and
look for candidates to fill their vacancies.
Baby Momma
Today, working moms are almost as common as mobile phones. And not all of them
have parents or in-laws to look after their little ones. Why not start a crèche
or a playschool? Not only is it fun teaching kids but it also means big money.
What the job involves
1. No matter how good you are with kids it would be helpful to do a Montessori
course or some kind of early childhood training. Mothers would want to know
that you are qualified to handle their child.
2. You need to baby proof your home. You will be responsible for the kids after
all.
3. You will have to put in quite a few working hours. Most working moms would
want to leave their kids with you from about 9 am to 7 pm. However, since you
are working out of home, you could use some of the time to catch up on a good
book.
Order! Order!
These days, people lead extremely stressful lives. Your job as a professional
organiser is to help them organise their lives. This career hasn’t really
caught on in India but there are a few companies like BigHelp who do this kind
of work.
What the job involves
1. Your clients are always on the go. Of course, they will have personal
assistants of their own but not all of them will have people to do their
personal work – order flowers for their wives’ birthdays, remind them to pay
their insurance premium etc. That’s when you come in.
2. Not everyone can afford to pay someone to play their reminder service. So
contact CEOs and businessmen who could use your rather elitist services!
3. You will need to be highly organised. One slip up could cost you your entire
business.
So there you have it. Pick a job that suits you and you’ll be running a roaring
business in no time!
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