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m in
profit in rvice
bu ine . realisti
level it is to et
tarted from your h me or
apartment and with very little
up-front capital.
One of the beautiful thing
about the leaning rvi e bu i
ne i ho amazingly easy
it is to et tarted. Plus, you
can al e amazed at ho
rapidly your income can grow
if you folIo a fe imple
rule. Thus thi wee we ill
share with you me tips on
ho to get into the cleaning
rvice bu ine mea hand
me profit while hirin others
to do the actual ork.
o. I - e will fir t assume
th t you kno to take care of
the ba ic such as acquirin a
bu ine ID number. If you
don't alre dy have one fill out
the ppropriate form at your
local IRS office. Simply put
busine ID number is to a
busine what a cial se urity
number is to per n.
You should al open up a
bu ine bank a count.
o. 2 - eep cost 10 by
be inning your busin from
your home. Very little space
ill be ne ded. You will need a
place to tore de nin pplie
and fmanci record. U
y ur current tleephone.
o. 3 - Decide hether
ill focu
rvice.
will b your big
Ho -
n t ecome
dvertising co t can and
be kept 10 . You can a1 ay
tart on a part-time ba i .
. 5 - Target your adver
ti in campai n. imply aim
your publicity at tho who
re mo t likely t u
Fir t try to re ch
nd all bu ine
ext t rget y ur flyer in
middlec1 n ighborho ds.
Just remember that one of the
fa te t gr ing trend in meri
ca i hou hold in which
both the hu band and the wife
recent rvey by a major
e York adverti ing finn con
firmed that one of the m . or
complaints of these households
that hou hold cleaning i
fferin because th dults
mu t work. Simply put there
i a mar et ready and willing to
pay for your cleanin rvice.
Your . ob is to let them know
you exi r.
o. 6 - If you do not want
to do the actual home and office
cleaning yourself, you mu t
hire others. Indeed, if your
busine grow properly you
will eventually have to hire
other anyway.
o. 7 - et all rates in ch
a way that you will be guaran
teed a profit. In other word
bet re you establish your per
hour or per-room cleaning rate,
you mus first total your weekly
expen and then t your
cleaning rates ch that profit
is guaranteed.
You don t need an
to do this, You need a calcul -
tor and a knowledge of ba ic
math. Plea don't be intimi-
d ted. me people and
c ed e pert have m d the
concept of going into busine
for one If em far t com-
plicated. You can d it.
o. - Learn quickly.
Re d and learn a much you
can pri r to launching your
ff rt. But be prepared to
learn quickl fr m trial
very thin cann t
n up front. Thu,
develop you must be a
qui le mer even though a
clean in can be a re-
I tively ri busine
ende VOT.
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By Ch Ie E. Belle, 8u. e
Editor
One of the most startlin
statements on the national out
I 0 for employment by an
power Inc., third quarter 1987
Employment Outlook Survey i
that 'the forecast i favorable
across a wide spectrum of
indu tries, with the ron est
improvements expected in the
manufacturing and servi e c-
tors." Services employer
should record their best third
quarter ince 1979, 'before the
Ronald Reagan era. ' othing
new about the latter prognosis.
But, manufacturing jobs have
been taking a beating with the
beginning of Reaganomics.
BUSI E S WEEK bible of cor
por te Americ comments is
be t on the mar "manuf tur
ing employment ceased dropping
last Septemb r, yet there has
been no real turnaround. J b
growth in the rvice-producing
area is coming strong 'in spite
of the spiraling lab r force.
Which brin u to the problem
of unemployed Bla k American
male worker .
ile the number of j bs
have increa d m de tly many
more worker are in the ork
force. omen, white women
in particular have particupated
in the me er job opening e -
pansion exceedin their previous
workforce p rcenta e pre nee
for significant rea n. Di-
vorce rate hav increased b-
stantially in bite Ameri a
forcing more white women to
ork to support themselves and
supplement their child pp rt
payments which have been ut
due to more equal" divisi n
of pr perty and alim ny ttle
ments under state law. orne
women have als opted to
wor rather than get married
at an early a e. Other have
decided to remain Ion er in the
wor force to maintain a higher
standard of li in or have just
impl learned t love their
work. tever the b .
rea n the result are reflected
in the astounding 10 unem
ployment of men in the
American wor orce. The
j bles rate f r h
fallen to 6.1%, the
it has been belo
men' cording t
the Bureau of L b r t tisti .
ince w men have com int the
labor for e in greater number
ain since orld ar II, they
have been tymied in the am
old fashi n at the top corpor
ate level. A li of one hundred
top corporate women by
B SI SS E in 1976 is
today left with only one quarter
of them till or ing. hile a
fe ere fru trated but remain
ed in the wor force ith their
n firms m t were f reed
ut in the end. This t rt and
tall ta tic of white male meri
till take pl ce today for
women and min rities arternp-
ting t climb the rporate
ladder. The m t pr mi in
pIa for ementing ntinued
pr m ti n f r me. min riti
or v m n i the m nuf turing
plant. Perf rman i d iffi ult
t in the manuf turm
in e thi i a d indlin
. b h re 1
ld.