The most important thing you need, besides your skill-set, is an existing market you can tap into. And by that, I mean lots of people you personally know at lots of firms who need the kind of work done that you can provide. Starting out "cold", with no leads, will be tough.
Ideally, your customer set will be behind your move into self-employment. Even more ideally, you'll have a job or two lined up when you quit your day job.
Edit: of course another route to market is via (contract) recruitment agencies. If there is (regular) activity in recruitment channels for your particular specialisation, then obviously that is something you can leverage too.
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The most important thing you need, besides your skill-set, is an existing market you can tap into. And by that, I mean lots of people you personally know at lots of firms who need the kind of work done that you can provide. Starting out "cold", with no leads, will be tough.
Ideally, your customer set will be behind your move into self-employment. Even more ideally, you'll have a job or two lined up when you quit your day job.
Edit: of course another route to market is via (contract) recruitment agencies. If there is (regular) activity in recruitment channels for your particular specialisation, then obviously that is something you can leverage too.