[DamonHD]

I was a consultant so was ready to be canned at a day's notice anytime, though only a fewf times got pushed in decades. And IIRC each time (other than one, which was mutual) that that happened the client tried to change its mind and have me back, but I was already sorted with something new. So IMHO it's often random and irrational, thus you shouldn't read too much into your experience, nor generally into apparent clusters of such events.

It suited me not to be at someone else's beck and call on their payroll...

[cgb223]

> I was a consultant so was ready While I'm enduring this current layoff I'm thinking about consulting for local businesses in my town.

Any tips on how to get this off the ground? I've got the business entity set up and I'm going to meetups to try and network. What else should I be doing to land my first clients?

[shinryuu]

When a company has a job ad they advertise they have a need. You can sell your services to them as a consultant based on that job ad.

[DamonHD]

That has indeed been one successful tactic.