FRANCHISE ADVICE
"If you’re worried that gaps in your CV mean you can’t take the leap into self-employment, consider launching a franchise; franchisors offer their networks of franchisees a wealth of support across the board including marketing, accounting, IT support and training, and much more"
more at personality and assess your interchangeable skills than the sector you come from, as ultimately you just need passion to make your franchise work.
3. Prioritise your mental health Financial hardship at home causes a lot of anxiety. Money worries are a major disruptor, and anyone made redundant – during the pandemic or not – will be concerned about where their next pay packet is coming from. During this Covid-19 era, there is then the additional, and understandable, pressure on our mental health since we are faced with a situation we have not encountered before, sometimes on a daily basis . This will be just as relevant to the newly self-employed. Starting a new business is stressful; it
will test your strengths and weaknesses, and there are pitfalls you won’t have even considered until you live through them. As such, it’s essential you make allowances every single day, to prioritise your mental health. Without it,
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your business may suffer and feelings of low self-value you may have experienced when made redundant could return. It’s a vicious cycle – but one that can be broken. Over 50 per cent of our ChipsAway
and Ovenclean head office teams are mental health first-aid trained; they look out for the signals and triggers that indicate our franchisees might be struggling to cope and provide them with the mechanisms to get through. We’ve made interventions during lockdown to relieve the strain on our workers’ mental health, but we also know that – especially for those who’ve turned to franchising after redundancy – there is a strong fight to feel worthy and confident again. The best thing you can do for your
mental health is to look beyond money. Your career is a choice and unless you’re happy in what you’re doing every day, there will be an impact – big or small – on your overall wellbeing. We invested in our mental health training because healthy franchisees deliver a better
service, but ultimately we want our team to be happy. Redundancy can highlight a lot
of different routes to re-employment, but those who fit into the franchise model become motivated owner- operators who deliver for their customers. It’s an uncertain time, but franchising offers the opportunity to reclaim control, step into a career you know you can excel in, and generally become a healthier, more well-rounded person. Most franchisees who sign up with trepidation, proclaim within three months that they’ll never be a full-time employee again. For them, redundancy and franchising has provided the liberation they never knew they needed.
TIM HARRIS is managing director of the ChipsAway, Ovenclean and Barking Mad brands, owned by Franchise Brands .
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