Self-employment/working from home

Self-Employment/Working from Home

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Books

Search our catalog online at http://www.vsac.org/LibrarySearch. Patrons may borrow books either by coming to the Resource Center in downtown Winooski, or by making an interlibrary loan request through their local school or public library.

The Business Startup Checklist and Planning Guide: Seize Your Entrepreneurial Dreams! (2005)	Call # 658.4 Chandler
Careers for Homebodies & Other Independent Souls (2007)	Call # 331.7 Goldberg
Careers for Self-Starters and Other Entrepreneurial Types (2005)	Call # 658.041 Camenson
Doing Business in Burlington: The Streetwise Guide for Starting, Expanding, and Relocating Your Business in Vermont’s Queen City (2003)	Call # 917.43 CB
The End of Work as We Know It: The Common Sense Guide to America’s Workplace Revolution (2002)	Call # 331.7 Mockler
The Everything Home-Based Business Book: Start and Run Your Own Money-Making Venture (2006)	Call # 658 Jeffrey
Finding Your Perfect Work: The New Career Guide to Making a Living, Creating a Life (2003)	Call # 658.041 Edwards
How She Does It: How Women Entrepreneurs are Changing the Rules of Business Success (2007)	Call # Cayal Heffernan
It’s a Jungle Out There and a Zoo in Here: Run Your Home Business Without Letting it Overrun You! (2003)	Call # 658.041 Demas
Not Just a Living: The Complete Guide to Creating a Business that Gives You a Life (2002)	Call # 658.11 Henricks
Soul Proprietor: 101 Lessons from a Lifestyle Entrepreneur (2001)	Call # 658.4 Pollack
Start Your Own Business: The Only Start Up Book You’ll Ever Need (2001)	Call # 658.4 Lesonsky
Turn Your Passion into Profits: How to Start the Business of Your Dreams (2001)	Call # 658.041 Allon
The Vault Guide to Starting Your Own Business (2002)	Call # 658.4 Aspatore
Ultimate Guide to Personal Finance for Entrepreneurs (2007)	Call # 332.024 Sander
What No One Ever Tells You About Starting Your Own Business (2004)	Call # 658.041 Norman

Vermont Web Links

Champlain College offers the following:

Certificate program in small business and entrepreneurship — http://extra.champlain.edu/cps/undergrad_programs.php#business
BS in business with a focus in e-business management or small business & entrepreneurship — www.champlain.edu/Undergraduate-Studies/Majors-and-Programs/Business.html

College of St. Joseph offers an entrepreneurship minor in its business department — www.csj.edu/academics/academic-programs/business

Community College of Vermont offers several small business and e-business classes — www.ccv.edu/degree/business or http://andromeda.ccv.vsc.edu/Learn/Course/NewCDEOsearchform.cfm

Goddard College offers a concentration in social entrepreneurship in its MA program — www.goddard.edu/masterarts_businesscommunities

Johnson State College offers a certificate program in small business management — www.jsc.edu/Academics/BusinessAndEconomics/SmallBusinessManagementCertificate/default.aspx

Lyndon State College offers a BS in small business management & entrepreneurship, and a business concentration in e-business — www.lyndonstate.edu/ProspectiveStudents/MajorsMinors/OurPrograms/BusinessAdministrationBSAS/tabid/349/Default.aspx

Southern Vermont College offers an entrepreneurship minor in the business administration program — www.svc.edu/academics/degree.html

University of Vermont offers the following degrees:

BS in community entrepreneurship — www.uvm.edu/academics/programs/community_entrepreneurship
BS in business administration with a concentration in entrepreneurship — www.uvm.edu/academics/programs/business_administration

Vermont Cyber Cottage in Grand Isle offers classes in e-commerce — www.vtcybercottage.com

Ed2Go, in partnership with several local Vermont Career and Technical Centers, offers online classes on small business topics — www.ed2go.com

Vermont Department of Economic Development offers a wide range of resources for the small business owner, including a variety of classes — www.thinkvermont.com

Vermont Family Business Initiative, a statewide organization led by UVM’s School of Business Administration, helps give Vermont businesses the tools to compete successfully both locally and worldwide through a series of interactive forums — www.uvm.edu/familybusiness

Vermont Small Business Development Center offers training, free counseling/advice, e-commerce resources, and more — www.vtsbdc.org

Vermont Micro Business Development Program was established to help low- and medium-income Vermonters start and operate micro businesses — www.vtmicrobusiness.org

Women’s Small Business Program offers training for women in the skills necessary to start and run a successful business — www.mercyconnections.org/php/wsbp.php

Vermont Women’s Business Center provides resources, training, and networking opportunities for women statewide — www.vwbc.org

Labor market information is available from the Vermont Department of Labor — www.vtlmi.com/occupation.cfm

Vermont Department of Labor provides a job bank, locations of statewide career resource centers, and Vermont labor market information — www.labor.vermont.gov

Area Vermont Career and Technical Centers offer:

Evening and/or weekend classes geared towards adults (both free and fee-based).
Daytime programs geared towards high school students that are also open to adults (by state law).
- Free for adults without a high school diploma or with a GED.
- Fee-based for adults with a high school diploma or adult diploma (on a space-available basis).

The following centers offer business/entrepreneurial programs:

Barre Technical Center (Barre) — (802) 476-1487, www.barretechnicalcenter.org
Center for Technology, Essex (Essex) — (802) 879-5559, www.go-cte.org/welcome.php
Green Mountain Technology & Career Center (Hyde Park) — (802) 888-4447, www.gmtcc.info
Hannaford Career Center (Middlebury) — (802) 382-1012, www.hannafordcareercenter.org
Hartford Area Career and Technical Center (White River Jct.) — (802) 295-8630, www.hartfordschools.net/Schools/HACTC/tabid/56/Default.aspx
Lyndon Institute (Lyndon) — (802) 626-1109, www.lyndoninstitute.org/podium/default.aspx?t=123872, www.nekcareersolutions.org
North Country Career Center (Newport) — (802) 334-7140, www.northcountrycareercenter.org
Northwest Technical Center (St. Albans) — (802) 527-6513, www.nwtcace.net
Randolph Technical Career Center (Randolph) — (802) 728-9595, www.randolphtech.org
River Bend Career & Technical Center (Bradford) — (802) 222-5212, www.rbctc.org
River Valley Technical Center (Springfield) — (802) 885-8300, www.rvtc.org
Southwest Vermont Career Development Center (Bennington) — (802) 447-0220, www.svcdc.org
Stafford Technical Center (Rutland) — (802) 770-1033, www.staffordonline.org
St. Johnsbury Academy (St. Johnsbury) — (802) 748-8171, www.stjacademy.org/page.cfm?p=335, www.nekcareersolutions.org
Windham Regional Career Center (Brattleboro) — (802) 451-3589, www.wrccvt.com

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Software Resources

VT Guidance Central is a web-based, personalized, self-guided program that provides comprehensive career, college, and education planning tools

You can use VT Guidance Central as a tool to:

explore career possibilities
plan the training you need for specific careers
search for colleges/universities that fit your desired criteria (e.g., location, size, programs/majors, activities, costs)
learn about financial aid options
and much more!

Visit the VSAC Resource Center in Winooski to utilize other assessment, career, and education planning software tools.

Updated: May 2009

Compiled by: VSAC Resource Center, 10 East Allen Street, PO Box 2000, Winooski, VT 05404
Call: 800-642-3177 toll-free or Burlington area 802-655-9602 • Fax: 802-654-3765 • E-mail: info@vsac.org

The Vermont Student Assistance Corp. was established by the Vermont General Assembly in 1965 to help Vermonters obtain the information and financial resources they need to pursue their education goals beyond high school.

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