Recommendations for faculty members who are secure in their positions are offered to promote career alternatives beyond those prescribed by their institution. The recommendations cover the implementation and operation of self-help organizations. A survey of faculty members found that faculty members were almost completely dependent on their institutions for all their professional and many of their personal needs. Those facing no job emergency were reluctant to see any urgency in action to improve their occupational and personal options. Attention is directed to the freelancer as a model for faculty emulation. The following functions are suggested for self-help organizations: assessing the faculty member's interests, skills, and preferences; personal financial planning services; providing information concerning the nonacademic occupational world; providing resources to the member who wishes to conduct a private search concerning alternative roles; providing office facilities; and providing training (e.g., the use of microcomputers). In addition, it is proposed that the organization can act as an agent for individual faculty members in marketing their services. Ideas for more advantageous financial arrangements (e.g., proprietorship) and the issue of conflict of interest are also addressed. (SW)