For Ex-offenders and Felons: Start a Business or Get a Job?
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I get many questions from ex-offenders and felons concerning getting jobs. Sometimes getting jobs is not the best choice for ex-offenders and felons. Starting a business has advantages that traditional jobs do not. You may have skills that could turn into a successful career or be the start of a great new business. Ex-offenders and felons must weigh the options to determine what is best for them.
There are pros and cons to both choices.
For Ex-offenders and Felons: Start a Business or Get a Job?
Having a Job
Benefits – Many full-time and some part-time jobs offer company-sponsored benefits. Frequently, the combined value of these benefits is worth a third or more of the dollar figure salary. Some of these benefits include 401(k) retirement plans, Health/Dental Care and and paid sick and vacation days. These are very valuable reasons to have a job.
Skill Building – Most jobs are valuable opportunities to learn skills that can be used to advance at the place you are working or take advantage of opportunities later.
It Creates a Routine – Regular jobs create routines that could be valuable to ex-offenders and felons. A regular routine makes it easier to plan one’s personal life and leaves less time for the types of things that led to trouble in the past.
Steady Income – I job provides a steady income you can count on. Over time there may be raises and opportunity for growth.
Starting a Business
Be Your Own Boss – With your own business, you are the boss. Some people really dislike following the orders of other people.
Unlimited Income – With a job, you are limited to your hourly wage. Having your own business, your income is determined by your success. Your future is in your own hands
Make Your Own Hours – Your own business would allow you to set your own hours and work whenever you wish. You decide how much work you do, when you go to work, when you quit for the day, when you take a vacation, and how long the lunch break will be.
Personal Satisfaction – A sense of accomplishment that comes with starting and building a business from the ground up is wonderful thing. Self-employed people take pride in the services and products they offer and being able to create the living they want.
For a better understanding of what it would take and the pros and cons of business ownership, ex-offenders and felons should speak to people who have done it. There are benefits to both working at a job and owning a business. Find out what is best for you.
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