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TexasBushwhacker

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5. I'm a bookkeeper, so here are my concerns

Thu Jul 23, 2015, 02:55 PM

Jul 2015

Exactly how much help is needed at the front counter? Would they have to be available to work at the front counter throughout the day?

When I'm working on someone's books, I want it quiet and without disturbances as much as possible. What you're trying to do is combine a fairly low skill position with a higher skilled position. It's kind of like saying you want one person to be your interior decorator AND your maid. A bookkeeper with decent skills will be hard to find for less than $20 an hour. In some markets it could be $30 an hour or more. Why not hire a part time bookkeeper and a part time counter person for the busiest time of the day, or the busiest days of the week?

Right now I have a 3 day a week permanent bookkeeping job which is enough for me to squeak by on. The rest of the time I take clients on a freelance basis. Trust me when I tell you, you don't want a bookkeeper with marginal skills. The work I do freelance is often fixing other bookkeeper's messes.

Just my 2 cents.

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I'm in need of a part-time bookkeeper/sales-counter person... [View all] ret5hd Apr 2015 OP

You need a well defined job description... Phentex Apr 2015 #1

First, thanks for the info. Second, ... ret5hd Apr 2015 #2

I do both of those jobs at times in my business and can tell you mahina May 2015 #3

You can add, "and other duties as assigned from time to time." mahina May 2015 #4

I'm a bookkeeper, so here are my concerns TexasBushwhacker Jul 2015 #5