at the same time as delivering it? Will I earn enough to match my current salary or the money I could earn in a new salaried role? Do I know enough about revenue, profit/loss, VAT, income tax, and so on, to run my own financial affairs? Am I prepared to work longer hours, from home, at weekends? How will I market myself and my business? Do I have enough contacts to go it alone? Building/refreshing your CV "Keeping your CV up to date and a portfolio of work is much easier when it is done regularly, rather than having a last-minute panic trying to remember key achievements and success stories," says Staniland. If you are considering moving from the public to the private sector, it is imperative that you understand the differences. For example, the public sector is still led by application forms whereas the focus is on a CV in the private sector. Staniland says many public-sector candidates will be thinking about job hunting for the first time in years and may have missed the importance of online networking and the emergence of the competency-based interview. Mills suggests that before writing your CV, you do your research. Study job adverts, talk to recruiters and business contacts to understand what their selection criteria are likely to be. Then write your CV with the aim of showing clearly how you meet those criteria. Collect examples of your recent achievements to include in your CV. Look at your key personal and team