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Business Owner & Freedom Fighter in One
By admin | February 4, 2009
It is time to begin looking closer into a part of our economy and our society that has been forgotten and rarely highlighted for too long. For the past 18 months Iwe at AMC have been involved in the birthing of a new non-profit organization. It wasn’t a smooth path, step by step, everything happening as one would hope or expect. It was more an on again – off again engagement.
Last week we accepted a driving role in the new organization to help it collect funds utilizing modern methods as well as delivering the help it intents to provide to the business community. The full name of the organization is: “Citizen Soldier Business Recovery Foundation”, or CSBRF. The mission of the foundation is to help business owners in their time of need. These are not just any regular business owners who might have made a bad financial decision or failed in leading their company. These are….
Individuals who are Business Owners and Freedom Fighters in one person. How do you get to be these two things in one person, you ask? Well, first of all our hope is that we all agree that anybody serving in our military is fighting to protect and defend the freedoms we all enjoy every day. That makes all men and women in military uniform freedom fighters.
Some of them, actually about 55000, have served in the military on active duty for many years. When they retired or completed their commitment, they decided to remain available to serve our country. They signed up for the Reserves or National Guard. Up until 4 years ago, the current generation of these individuals could expect to train about 1 weekend per month and be ready to help when disasters strike, natural catastrophes require support, or in limited support roles for the military.
With the advent of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq that situation changed dramatically. As more and more active duty units were send to these wars, it became clear that the rotations could only be maintained when reserve and guard units would also get involved. The required directives were crafted and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld began to activate these units for combat duty.
Can you imagine going from being called a weekend warrior to being in the middle of a nasty war? Now, try to imagine you have served your duty in the military, signed up for the National Guard or Reserves, and began to develop your own business. After a few years you have employees, you have revenues and profits, you have products and services, and you have people who depend on your leadership.
Suddenly you receive a call, or letter, or both telling you to get ready for activation of your reserve or guard unit. You will go to a training camp immediately followed by deployment to Afghanistan or Iraq. For 9-15 months you will be away from home, away from your family, and away from your company.
That’s when you realize that you are a Business Owner and Freedom Fighter all in one person. The CSBRF foundation is using its funds to support the companies of these heroes. Dedicated consultants are dispatched to the companies of the citizen soldier business owners to help their organizations survive while they serve and protect the freedoms we all enjoy.
By helping these leaders keep their businesses alive, the foundation supports the local economy and maintains employment for those individuals working in these companies. All the support services of the foundation occur without cost to the citizen soldiers on deployment, or the company. The support can extent to post-deployment times as well, in case certain initiatives need to be completed.
If you are gone from your own company for a year, it takes a little time to get back on track, get everything back under your control while you are trying to cope with all the impressions and burdens that you were exposed to while fighting a war.
Regardless of political views about the current wars, it should be clear that these citizen soldier business owners deserve our support to keep their companies afloat, especially in these trying economic times.
We are working on creating an easy, online way to give donations to the CSBR Foundation, so the team at AMC can help the companies and the Business Owner Freedom Fighters survive.
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February 4th, 2009 at 9:20 am
It should be achievement-oriented. It should elaborate on specific achievements for which he is responsible while operating his own business. It also should outline some of the skills, both managerial and manual, that he acquired during the course of his work in his business, because they may be transferable.
It should remain within the guidelines of a standard resume in terms of length and information. Certain categories concerning personal information and background would remain the same. He would maybe benefit from using a lot of business references who do not present a threat as rivals.
I think your friend should visit his local human resources office and ask whether any sample resumes are available for reference. I have found one on the Internet, but I think I have seen better sample resumes for individuals who have remained in the same position for a number of years.
http://www.freeresumesamples.org/samples/sales/outsidesales.asp
As well, he might benefit from looking at different links on the web site shown above.
Having owned and operated his own business would not necessarily be a negative factor. I think it is more likely to be a positive influence, because it generally seems to be an indicator that he is well-motivated. How much of an influence it would be could depend on the type of job he is seeking and on the individual personalities involved. Whether he is over-qualified for a job would depend on the position under consideration.
February 4th, 2009 at 9:40 am
Everything you need to know about how to petition for a foreign worker can be found on the following websites. Please read these websites very carefully before you apply.
Overview of the Immigration forms:
http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.eb1d4c2a3e5b9ac89243c6a7543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=db029c7755cb9010VgnVCM10000045f3d6a1RCRD&vgnextchannel=db029c7755cb9010VgnVCM10000045f3d6a1RCRD
Temporary Workers:
http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.5af9bb95919f35e66f614176543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=a7cc6138f898d010VgnVCM10000048f3d6a1RCRD&vgnextchannel=48819c7755cb9010VgnVCM10000045f3d6a1RCRD
Petition Form
http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.5af9bb95919f35e66f614176543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=f56e4154d7b3d010VgnVCM10000048f3d6a1RCRD&vgnextchannel=db029c7755cb9010VgnVCM10000045f3d6a1RCRD
Employment based immigration (Permanent):
Overview:
http://travel.state.gov/visa/immigrants/types/types_1323.html#labor
Petition Form:
http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.5af9bb95919f35e66f614176543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=4a5a4154d7b3d010VgnVCM10000048f3d6a1RCRD&vgnextchannel=db029c7755cb9010VgnVCM10000045f3d6a1RCRD
February 4th, 2009 at 9:44 am
It sounds like you are at that point. If it feels like too much, it probably is and if you are in the black, you can definitely outsource now.
If you are concerned about handling the legal aspects, book keeping, etc. of a new hire, you can go through a temp. agency first.
That way, you pay the agency and they handle payroll, etc. for their employee. The agency can coach you through it. You can always keep the person on, too, if it works out.
February 4th, 2009 at 2:48 pm
you should go to your local city hall/building and construction department and ask.
February 4th, 2009 at 8:28 pm
Legal documents should be mailed to the business's address for service of process. If it's a sole proprietorship, this is the residence of the owner. If it's a corporation, it's the address filed at incorporation.
You can also hand-deliver documents or have them served by the Sheriff.
February 6th, 2009 at 7:52 am
Register your store name as an assumed business name in the state/county of your residence. Then apply to the IRS for a federal tax ID number.
February 7th, 2009 at 1:27 am
Legal aspect depends on whether you are sole trader or any type of public enterprise.
Accounting aspect – when you stop pulling your wage your company costs go down, your profit goes up and so does your income tax.
You will have no social securities and depending on your age it will hurt your pension volume if you pull your wage out.
February 7th, 2009 at 11:08 am
Read … It wont take you long to go through these books.. and they are SUCH a help to anyone thinking about going into business…
February 7th, 2009 at 1:02 pm
Depends on how much capital is invested. 3-5 % profit is OK.