i went straight self employed and am learning as i go, i'm fairly practical so can work out a way of doing things, weather it's the easyest way i dont know, i proberly take a lot longer than spark that has been doing the job for 10y but i'm getting there.
if you want to work with someone you will need to ask, it depends on how busy there are i suppose, i do abit of subbing myself, just happend to bump into someone.
the coures i was on had a few companys that they work with and the company put ads in the place for jobs. aslo a good adviser on week 4 to help find employment or help with marketing if you so wish