Being a Self-Employed or a Employee I - Today work relationship is rapidly changing from a more formal employee / employer relationship, as a result a growing number of professional are migrating to a self-employed situation. Employment, employees and jobs opportunities has always been a change environment, such change is usually result of major economic shifts. Not too long ago, the end of slave work force created a new era in the work relationship. Right after that, another important change came with industrial revolution, perhaps the biggest change in the work place. Not only the work changed, but it create modern life as we live today, a huge change, from farmers to manufacturing employees, from living in farms to set residency in the …show more content…
The social work environment is an important piece of a regular 9 to 5 workplace, however, when one becomes self-employed, that is immediately taken away, one is now on your own and there is no co-work to share anything. The financial aspect is radically distinct too, one goes from a sure paycheck at the end of the month to an unknown income, since it depends on how much one has personally produced and received that month. Important to mention that there are chances of exceeding average pay-check is higher than a regular job. This fact is listed as a self -employment advantage by Loyd Bank web site “Reaping the rewards of your own efforts, with the potential to earn more in the long term.” (http://businesshelp.lloydsbankbusiness.com/assets/pdf/pros-and-cons-of-self-employment.pdf). In other hand, as employee one has a salary plan that resides with low variables, one will get paid as work is performed; however, as self-employed, there is no assurance on how much the income will be for a given period, in fact that could be zero or grater than expected. Another important point to be noted relates to stress level. According to Loyd Bank Business self-employment can bring “more stress as responsibility for success or failure lies with you: you are responsible for losses as …show more content…
There is no one right answer, one has to go trough a meticulous questioning to determine what he wants to do, your personal capabilities and level of income required to live at you expected financial level. The bottom line is if one can work long and hard, tolerate risks and stress, cope well with potential disaster and failure, and work well alone and with others, then perhaps self-employment is right for him. If not, one perhaps should choose to work a 9-5 job. The economic rule dictates that "Grater Risks equals to Greater Rewards” and here it works the same
The main goal in life is to discover ourselves. Many psychologists have thought of ways to explain the process on how to achieve this goal, one of which is Carl Gustav Jung. Jung came up with breakthrough theories that dealt with knowing yourself, and in many people’s eyes surpassed the theories of others. His most famous theory was the process towards achieving self-awareness, also known as individuation. According to Carl Jung there are four main aspects to completing the journey of self-awareness, they are, the Persona, the Shadow, the Anima, and the Self. Each aspect, better known as an archetype is crucial to reaching self-awareness and each archetype relies on the one before it. This view on self-awareness was widely publicised and had an impact on many people, one of whom was Robertson Davies, the author of the fictional memoir “Fifth Business”. Davies used this concept of the journey towards self-awareness in his novel, and inflicted it upon the protagonist, Dunstan Ramsay. Dunstan undergoes this journey throughout the course of the novel, and is cast into the role of the outcast, the role of Fifth Business, in which the title suggests. When someone is Fifth Business, they are the outcast in their own lives, not being the person in control, and Dunstan fits into this role perfectly. Fifth Business “knows the secret of the hero’s birth, comes to the assistance of the heroine, when she thinks all is lost, keeps the hermitess in her cell, and may even be the cause for somebody’s death”(Davies,218). This explanation of Fifth Business fits into Dunstan’s life with a high degree of accuracy, vaguely yet precisely outlining the events of his life. Dunstan achieved self-awareness by embracing his role of Fifth Business....
The main themes addressed in this article are the generational changes within the workforce, the advancements in the economy that are affecting the workplaces and the changes in the work ethic of employees.
Exploring the best practices in career development among students in New Zealand: career self management versus university services.
Working in today’s society has changed in the last few decades. The economy and technology are the main reasons for this change. The type of job and environment where one works has also changed. The fact that many people work from home via the internet has drastically changed the workforce and the environment surrounding it. With this change comes new demands, expectations, and opportunities for employers.
Americanah is a novel mainly about love and race. It features two main characters Ifemelu and Obinze, who both struggle with identity on their quest to find a sense of national belonging. Ifemelu is the female protagonist of the novel and she is a teenager from Nigeria. She writes blogs mostly pertaining to her anger towards the topic of race. Ifemelu is vulnerable at times, but is a strong advocate of being true to one’s self. An example of when Ifemelu is shown to be vulnerable is when she lets her employer force her into having sex for $100. Obinze is a Nigerian The young lovers meet in Nigeria, but become separated when Ifemelu moves to America for school purposes. Ifemelu stays at her Aunty Uju’s house with her cousin Dike. She learns a lot about American culture, based on Dike’s experience with depression,
The intention of the essay is to show reflective self-analysis, which will be described from strengths and weaknesses, personality, skills, learning styles, emotional intelligence and psychometric profile in order to develop myself to have sense of employability for my career in the future. Once Trought (2012) says that employability skills can help establishing success. Therefore, it is very crucial to review oneself as a first step.
Modern day organizations have to constantly change to meet the demands of customers. Workers have to change with the organizations to be able to perform new functions and complete new sophisticated tasks.
According to google the definition of self-management is “the management of or by oneself; the taking of responsibility for one’s own behavior and well-being”. A simple and straightforward definition. After reading “Emotional Intelligence for Project Managers” by Anthony Mersino, it allowed me to get a deeper, more in-depth and true meaning to what Self-management is. So, exactly what do I now understand about self-management? Self- management isn’t just simply managing your emotions and behavior. It’s about managing, understanding, knowing, and controlling one’s emotions, behavior and self. Why is it so important to manage our emotions? Managing our emotions is the key to managing ourselves and living a better and happier life. Especially
It was once a common belief that if employees worked hard, showed up on time and followed the rules that they would be guaranteed a job for life. However, over the last decade there have been changes in the workplace. There are two main causes for this change. The changes in the work place in the twenty-first century are being caused by advancements in technology and expansions in globalization through the Internet.
Self-Management Skills: Displays confidence and remains in control when handling difficult or unfamiliar situations. Demonstrates adaptability and flexibility when handling change and proves able to work autonomously and efficiently. Adapts to change and accepts new assignments; Rebounds quickly from setbacks.
work is work that is selfless, not driven by desire for a reward. It is rewarding in and of itself. If we forgive or do “good works” and are thinking “this will be good for my karmic debt,” we are doing nothing to reduce our debt. The gift, the forgiveness must be “pure,” free from such desires for the karmic debt to be reduced. We have no direct choice where and under what circumstances we are reborn, but we may influence our rebirth indirectly by reducing our karmic debt and this can be done by engaging in “pure work.” This is not just a simple matter of “doing good.” It involves entering into a certain state of mind, a subtle frame of mind where one is “doing good,” without any desire for a reward. The desire for paradise will subvert paradise.
In the United States, approximately one in eight adults are self-employed. In their minds exists a one common dream. This is the entrepreneurial dream of self-employment. It is the freedom to start, grow, and cash in a new business. Most of the extravagant millionaires of today build up their wealth in this way. An entrepreneur is someone who has the ability to build and develop his own business. In today's fast paced world of business, many people chose to work for themselves. A career as an entrepreneur is a risky, yet personally rewarding endeavor.
families, and communities to enhance their individual and collective well-being. Social workers are change agents and because of that, they aim to help people develop their skills and abilities to use resources provided to them to strengthen and improve their lives and communities to resolve problems. One of the main goal of social workers is to improve the well-being and lives of the most vulnerable populations, fight against poverty, unemployment, domestic violence and the underserviced population by emphasizing on the person-in-environment and social justice model. The social work profession, considerers the individuals’ internal and external struggles, while working with the individuals to examine their relationships, family, work environment, community, and other things that might impact them and identify ways to help address problems and challenges.
In Today’s world, the composition and how work is done has massively changed and is still continuing to change. Work is now more complex, more team base, depends greatly on technological and social skills and lastly more mobile and does not depend on geography. Companies are also opting for ways to help their employees perform their duties effectively so that huge profits are realized in the long term .The changes in the workplaces include Reduction in the structure of the hierarchy ,breakdown in the organization boundaries , improved and better management tactics and perspectives and lastly better workplace condition and health to the employees. (Frank Ackerman, Neva R. Goodwin, Laurie Dougherty, Kevin Gallagher, 2001)
Another large debate in the issues and impacts of obesity is the responsibility of employer’s. Especially for those whose obesity comes from a sedentary lifestyle. Or perhaps need the preventative measures of keeping obesity at bay. A hot topic on the rise is whether or not employers should be mandated to give employees a work-out period in their schedule. The employers could offer employee’s incentives for utilizing resources (a company gym, discounted memberships, and dietician, walking a company track) and by using the resources keep costs low. Though initially it could be costly to take on the responsibility to offer extra incentives to employee’s it could offer long term potential savings. (Villareal, Apovian, Kushner, and Klein 2005) Those whose companies offer various programs and actively engage in them express more happiness, productivity, a greater quality of life, and overall better health. Better health allows for employee’s to serve their employers better. They use less sick pay, keep insurance premiums low, and are more likely to be in tune with their daily job. So while the initial cost may be high, the long term financial gain of a happy, healthy, productive team is hard not to invest in!