| One of the best ways to enter the jewelry business | | | | do better for your future customers as well as to |
| world is to have worked with a jewelry company | | | | improve personal financial gain. |
| and as you work with them learn as much as you | | | | On the other hand if you have been working a job |
| can as an employee. Observe business practices and | | | | that is unrelated to your costume jewelry business it |
| methods and learn. Refine the information by | | | | is not a lost cause. Do not shortchange yourself into |
| attending business, advertising, and marketing classes | | | | thinking that you do not know business. |
| to increase your knowledge base. | | | | Sit down with a sheet of paper and list all that you |
| Note: Do not steal employees or clients from the | | | | have done in your employment: |
| company that you used as on the job training. You | | | | - List types of machines including serial numbers. |
| have already been compensated for your labor. The | | | | - What types of office equipment have you used? |
| knowledge you learned, the experiences you gained | | | | - What were your administrative responsibilities? |
| are yours to keep. | | | | - What were your job responsibilities and job duties? |
| It is always exciting to go into business, but do not | | | | - What other job responsibilities not related to your |
| be quick to dispose of this company. There may be | | | | job description did you perform? |
| several ways that your new business and this | | | | - What in-house or seminar classes did you attend? |
| company could work together and be beneficial to | | | | - What advancements or promotions did you |
| each other. One of those ways may be displaying or | | | | receive? |
| marketing your line of costume jewelry until your | | | | - What was your starting pay, your ending pay? |
| open your own location. | | | | - What business or craft experiences did you do? |
| Imagine your surprise when you learn that this | | | | After you compile this list you may be surprised by |
| company has been watching you and now that you | | | | your talents and experiences in both the business and |
| are ready to start your own business they may have | | | | the arts and crafts industries. |
| some ideas or suggestions to not only help | | | | After completing your list you will know what |
| themselves to increase business but to also help you | | | | knowledge or experiences are missing. You may wish |
| in ways that you could not have imagined. | | | | to correct your shortcoming by attending a local |
| You are going into business not only because of the | | | | business college. |
| knowledge you have but because you feel you can | | | | |