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COULD YOU BE YOUR OWN BOSS?
Being your own boss - setting up and running your own business or being self-employed - isn’t easy, it requires a great deal of motivation and particular personal qualities and skills Recently there has been a big increase in the number of people working for themselves and 790,000 new businesses have been created in the UK in the last 5 years
Take this simple test to see if you are someone who might be successful at running their own business or being self-employed The questions below will help you assess whether you have the right personal qualities to be your own boss
There are 12 questions in the test For each question choose answer A, B or C and make a note of your responses BE HONEST!
AKeep trying QUESTION ONE BHave a rest then start again CGive up and do something else If you find your school or college homework difficult, do you…
AA job you really liked even if it didn’t pay very well QUESTION TWO BA secure job CAn easy job with lots of money Would you rather have…
AOnly if you have to QUESTION THREE BOften CNever Do you like taking risks…
AEverything you do QUESTION FOUR BThings you like doing CVery few things Would you say you are enthusiastic about…
AAlmost never QUESTION FIVE BOccasionally COften Do other people come to you for help and advice…
AWho makes use of the workers QUESTION SIX BMakes a reasonable profit CProvides a useful service for society Do you think a business person is someone…
ANone QUESTION SEVEN BOne CMore than one Do any members of your family have their own business?
ANever QUESTION EIGHT BAlways CWhenever you need to Do you enjoy working alone…
ABuy a house QUESTION NINE BInvest it in something you’d always wanted to do CSpend it on all the things you’ve always wanted If you were left a large amount of money, would you…
ASometimes QUESTION TEN BFrequently CNever Do your friends ask you to organise things…
AAlways QUESTION ELEVEN BSometimes CNever Do you write down what you plan to do next week…
AAsk other people who knew more about it for advice QUESTION TWELVE BTry to do everything yourself CNot bother with the difficult parts of the task If you were doing a complicated task, would you…
NOW WORK OUT YOUR SCORE QUESTIONS ONE TO FOUR A 5B 2C 0 QUESTIONS FIVE TO EIGHTA 0B 2C 5 QUESTIONS NINE TO TWELVEA 2B 5C 0 ADD UP YOUR TOTAL - THE MAXIMUM IS 60
40-60 POINTS You have excellent personal qualities that are suited to setting up and running your own business. Have you considered this already? WHAT YOUR SCORE MEANS 0-20 POINTS You may need to think seriously about developing the sorts of qualities that are required at work! POINTS You could do well in your own business or as a self-employed person, but you might be just as happy working as an employee of a business or other organisation.
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