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What are today’s benefits and challenges that self-employed professionals face?

Theme: Entrepreneurship and self-employment (SE)
Exercise: What are today’s benefits and challenges that self-employed professionals face?
Developed by: CARDET

Aim: To understanding the benefits and challenges of self-employment

Learning outcomes:

Understanding the benefits of self-employment
Understanding the challenges of self-employment
Understanding the balance between the benefits and challenges of self-employment

Expected duration: 20 minutes

Description:
This exercise will help you check your knowledge and better understand the opportunities and challenges that a self-employed person faces as well as it will help you identify the balance line that a successful self-employed person needs to have in his/her professional life.

Task: Please read each statement and select the correct answer.

(1/7) Self-employed professionals should demonstrate confident decision making abilities.

Your answer is correct!

Being able to make important decision for your business is a constant challenge. Self-employed individuals do not always feel confident of the business decisions they make. To be in a position to overcome this barrier as a self-employed professional you should make sure that ongoing training and education is consistently listed as one of your main priorities. This will make you more confident in making decisions and be adaptable to every situation.