Are you one of those people who has an entrepreneurial spirit, but doesn't want to start a business? Perhaps you don't want to take on theย liabilityย or risk, work alone, or you don't have the interest.
Just because you don't want to start a business doesn't mean there isn't a place for you in the workforce. You just have to take a different approach to the job search.
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In my decade of career and business coaching, I have found ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ค๐๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐๐๐ ๐ฃ๐จ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ค๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฒ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ญ๐ฒ๐ฉ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ฃ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ง ๐ฆ๐๐ค๐ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ง.ย I've seen clients do this with companies of all sizes.
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๐๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ'๐ซ๐ ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐๐๐, ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ง'๐ญ ๐ฐ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ญ ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ฌ, ๐ก๐๐ซ๐'๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ง ๐๐จ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฏ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐:
- ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง- Come up with an ideal job description for yourself and list the roles and responsibilities you are seeking.
- ๐๐๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฒ ๐ข๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ'๐ซ๐ ๐๐ง ๐๐ง๐ฏ๐๐ง๐ญ๐จ๐ซ ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ญ๐จ๐ซ- Identify if you have novel ideas that you would like to pitch to companies or if you like to improve on existing ideas.
- ๐๐จ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฌ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ก-ย For smaller companies that interest you, do some research and informational interviews to explore if the company has entrepreneurially minded culture, meaning they are open to ideas and innovation. For larger companies, explore if they have an innovation department. An innovation department is where companies collect ideas, do research and forecasting, and testing.
- ๐๐๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค- See if you can network your way into the company and connect with the right people. You might not pitch your ideas immediately; you might decide to meet over several meetings to develop the relationship.
- 5. ๐๐ข๐ญ๐๐ก- It's all about timing, but the goal is to do your homework and eventually pitch one or several of your ideas. When you pitch, you want to do it to entice the company to hire you and not use you as a free consultant.
If you're entrepreneurially minded, don't squash that part of yourself or give up. It just takes a bit of time and effort to figure out where you want to apply it. You've got this!