The classic "Staff to Self-employment" course is customized for stages of life and career stage. The core content that outlines proven strategies for converting career proficiencies to self-employment is consistent across all the versions of Staff to Self-employment, including Start Family-centered Self-employment; Sustain Family-centered Self-employment, and similar versions for midlife caregivers and for the newly and nearly retired. Choose the course that is most relevant to your life situation. Always review the terms and guarantees, outlined in the general FAQ below.
Choose the Self-guided course if:
• You understand that Career Lattice courses outline strategies that apply to nearly any type of professional experience and career proficiencies, and you are willing to apply the course strategies to your own industry, career proficiencies, and goals to achieve results. You have a good idea as to the type of self-employment you would like to achieve, and mainly need the steppingstones laid out
• You are not sure if self-employment is for you, but want to try it out at minimal cost
• You are exploring a side hustle or gig and want to understand the potential of converting it to full-time self-employment, taking your time
• You are young in your career and still building your network
• You are on a glide path to retirement, or are already retired, and hope to build a part-time self-employment practice
• You understand that Career Lattice courses outline strategies that apply to nearly any type of professional experience and career proficiencies, and you are willing to apply the course strategies to your own industry, career proficiencies, and goals to achieve results. You have a good idea as to the type of self-employment you would like to achieve, and mainly need the steppingstones laid out
• You are not sure if self-employment is for you, but want to try it out at minimal cost
• You are exploring a side hustle or gig and want to understand the potential of converting it to full-time self-employment, taking your time
• You are young in your career and still building your network
• You are on a glide path to retirement, or are already retired, and hope to build a part-time self-employment practice
Choose the Critique & Coach option if:
Individual coaching is available at $250 per hour, only for those who have completed the appropriate "Staff to Self-employment" course. A two-session minimum is required. Questions are routinely addressed in the private Career Lattice Facebook group. Access to the group is included in course enrollment. Coaching might be worthwhile if: • You feel deeply stuck in one aspect of the transition from staff to self-employment and need a brainstorming session to sort it out
• Your experience is in an industry or profession that does not have much of a culture of self-employment and you need to figure out how to penetrate it
• You learn best through collaboration, critique and verbalization
• You do not currently have many self-employed peers who can give you informed feedback on your plans or portfolio
Individual coaching is available at $250 per hour, only for those who have completed the appropriate "Staff to Self-employment" course. A two-session minimum is required. Questions are routinely addressed in the private Career Lattice Facebook group. Access to the group is included in course enrollment. Coaching might be worthwhile if: • You feel deeply stuck in one aspect of the transition from staff to self-employment and need a brainstorming session to sort it out
• Your experience is in an industry or profession that does not have much of a culture of self-employment and you need to figure out how to penetrate it
• You learn best through collaboration, critique and verbalization
• You do not currently have many self-employed peers who can give you informed feedback on your plans or portfolio
Questions are routinely addressed in the private Career Lattice Facebook group. Access to the group is included in course enrollment.
Peer support is vital to sustaining self-employment, especially when you design self-employment around your life goals. The private discussions, networking, Live events, and expert commentary available ongoing at the Facebook community will be helpful if:
• You are aiming for substantial income from self-employment, that can support significant financial goals, such as building retirement savings, putting children through college, earning enough to invest, and so on
• Your self-employment platform typically requires teams to accomplish the client goals you envision and you want to build a close network of qualified, reliable, self-employed peers for as-needed collaboration
• You need to accelerate results from your network and are comfortable and eager to both give and get referrals
• You enjoy building peer relationships and giving positive peer advice via a lively social media platform
• You want to continually improve and invest time, energy and thought into your self-employment practice and would gain from ongoing learning from experts
• You are aiming for substantial income from self-employment, that can support significant financial goals, such as building retirement savings, putting children through college, earning enough to invest, and so on
• Your self-employment platform typically requires teams to accomplish the client goals you envision and you want to build a close network of qualified, reliable, self-employed peers for as-needed collaboration
• You need to accelerate results from your network and are comfortable and eager to both give and get referrals
• You enjoy building peer relationships and giving positive peer advice via a lively social media platform
• You want to continually improve and invest time, energy and thought into your self-employment practice and would gain from ongoing learning from experts