Message #1532

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Winkiebear, I can give you another example too...  Two years after I passed my CPS exam I left my job of 10 years (they were scaling down) and I opened my own secretarial business, Secretarial Outsourcing Services (SOS when you need help).  This was before Virtual Assisting was popular.  I would not have had the self-confidence nor the knowledge (albeit with some help from hubby) to write my own business plan and take it to the bank for a small business loan to purchase equipment that I needed for my business. I'm sure the loan committee had to have taken my CPS into consideration.  Having my CPS set me apart from other do-it-yourselfers in the phone book.  I had my business for 2 years before my family moved to another City.  I decided not to start up the business there.  Having the CPS/CAP certification has only been positive for me.