UGUST 16 - 22, 1987
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.