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| Thread ID: 102972 | 2009-09-08 03:24:00 | JOB wanted........ | pctek (84) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 807968 | 2009-09-08 05:01:00 | *chants* America, **** Yeah!! (that will only be mildly amusing to those of you who have seen Team America.:punk |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 807969 | 2009-09-08 05:18:00 | So no more service from pctek? Id also love to be able to make ends meet with just the web design I do but it aint that easy, and no companies in that area are interested in hiring part timers, let alone full timers |
hueybot3000 (3646) | ||
| 807970 | 2009-09-08 06:36:00 | Can you leave my thread alone please unless you have a helpful suggestion? And service still exists, it will never die. But I need something more. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 807971 | 2009-09-08 06:43:00 | Can you leave my thread alone please unless you have a helpful suggestion? I'll try:lol::lol::lol::lol: |
Metla (12) | ||
| 807972 | 2009-09-08 06:43:00 | I take it you ain't interested in a franchise(dial a nerd), or dear I say it a tech at a toaster shop. I know these aren't job offers, but |
plod (107) | ||
| 807973 | 2009-09-08 07:31:00 | Are you not getting the through put PCtek? I work filltime in sales and fix computers part time, lately have been so busy and I have been weighing up the options of running my PC Repair busniess fulltime... But it scares me to think that If i didn't have the work to sustain the business, I would be getting rid of a good and very secure job... |
radium (8645) | ||
| 807974 | 2009-09-08 08:25:00 | Are you not getting the through put PCtek? I work filltime in sales and fix computers part time, lately have been so busy and I have been weighing up the options of running my PC Repair busniess fulltime... But it scares me to think that If i didn't have the work to sustain the business, I would be getting rid of a good and very secure job... Have you considered employing a part time / casual assistant? I do computer repairs part time alongside full time study and are considering this option for next year if the job quantity continues to increase as at times the hours are too much for me. Sorry for cluttering your thread pctek, I wish you luck in finding a good job and I'm sorry to hear the repair business isn't making enough as you are clearly great at it. What promotion options have you persued, out of interest? I found a simple bronze listing on the online Yellow Pages at $50 per month was fairly effective, and have invested this year in two ads in the Yellow Pages book (computer services + computer and printer repairs). I've no idea if that will be effective though, and it was of course expensive. It's a really hard business to be in fulltime I must say. I would love to be operating at that level (with somebody to take the extra hours off my hands), but despite trying to get as much work as possible I find that one week you can work 20 hours (that'd be a very good week for me, not so much for a full time tech of course), and the next you might get no work at all. Complete hell on your cashflow if you're trying to live on the money and don't have a big buffer of savings. Sometimes, sadly, it is a good decision to realise that a business is not going to work and get out, rather than stuggling your way into bankruptcy (as some unfortunate people do). |
george12 (7) | ||
| 807975 | 2009-09-08 20:42:00 | Are we saying that one man repair and build computer business is not viable? | Cicero (40) | ||
| 807976 | 2009-09-08 21:08:00 | We've had to diversify a bit in the business I'm working for now, offering "add-on" services over and above our core. It's what pays the small bills between the big jobs, but it *really* helps! Ever thought of doing programming? There's still quite a bit on TradeMe Jobs for programmers (Then again it's not everyones cup of tea, myself included). |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 807977 | 2009-09-08 21:10:00 | Are you not getting the through put PCtek? I work filltime in sales and fix computers part time, lately have been so busy I think part of it is population. Wainuitech lives in Wellington - 3rd largest city. Here (cause I don't do Invercargill) it's a minor suburb. And no, it's not viable to do Invercargill either. Also I don't know what it is with September, it was crap last year too. Lambing? That was suggested - then again, not everyones involved in animals.... On the other hand down here, I don't need as much. I did the calculations last night and it was horrifying how much I'd need to live in one of the major cities. Compared with here. I loathe the idea really. We like being in a minor suburb. I do advertise in the Yellow Pages - robbers that they are. It cost me $425 for a smallish square. The Yellow Pages annoys me - look how many categories there are - which do you choose? Service? Hardware? Repairs? Consultant? Etc etc. They stuck me in Hardware this year - I told them Service. Whatever... I also advertise in the local free paper for a hideous cost. For now I'll just see how it goes. |
pctek (84) | ||
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