Here is a very interesting article from the Wall Street Journal about how more and more people that are laid off are starting their own consulting businesses. Click here to read the article:

Going Solo – WSJ

This definitely strikes a chord, since I have started a consulting business and my father has too in the last year. There are extremely talented individuals who don’t want to wait for someone to offer them a job, so they take action and make one for themselves.

All the best-

Meghan

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