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rih

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Hi Guys

I am a certified Pastel Partner and Evolution Technician. Please can someone help me get into the industry. I currently work for a dealer but do not have much work to do so I am considering offering my services privately. Please advise as to how I can get into contact with ppl that require assistance.
 
Maybe explain what you mean by "offering services privately". Do you intend to quit and start your own business or do you plan to do this on the side?
 
Look up Petrol its run by a lady named Penny give her a call I lost her conact details but if you resourcefull enough I'm sure you can find her.
 
rih

its actually really simple man, if you know your stuff and keep up to date with pastel

look in the yellow pages and white pages for accounting companies, phone them and see what happens man

also dont be stupid and charge as much as everyone else

go in at 200 bucks an hour to get some clients

at 200 bucks an hour you could still make a more than healthy living
 
Chances are good that "on the side" will be a violation of your current employment contract.

That aside, it's going to be seriously difficult to build a customer base from scratch without industry contacts.

I'd suggest that you rather hunt for a job that is more to your liking on the side. I'd start with the consultancy division of auditing firms, assuming the course you did included some GAAP.
 
Thanks a mill for the advice guys.

I am currently doing a CAT and the suggestion of joining an auditing firm does sound appealing although I do enjoy being a Pastel Consultant and am very keen on pursuing that... I do have extensive experience in this and have completed many migration and upgrade projects on my own.

The contract I have with my current employer does not limit me to work on the side provided that it does not include clients from their clientbase and preference with regards to time is given to their clients.
 
well in my experience, working things on the side is no go in terms of service

you may not be able to offer new clients the kind of time needed due to other work/jobs etc

i found it extremely hard to do my promo job and sell pc's, even though my promo job gives me alot of freedom

i found my promo job took presidence and my pc clients left waiting and waiting

might be different in your situation but service and speed is the name of the game in the IT world
 
Thanks a mill for all the tips guys

If any one else has more info please post it
 
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