Accounting & Bookkeeping & Small Business Forum

Guest · Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2005 3:39 pm Post subject: Interview with Employer

I will be having an interview with an employer for a bookkeeper position. Is it okay to market my bookkeeping service to him during the interview?

Guest · Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 7:03 am Post subject: RE: Interview with Employer

Hannah,

Yes it is. What you might do is to explain your experience and let them know what you have done. I would not try to offer your services at an hourly rate. You want to offer your services at a savings to the employer. You will want to offer a monthly rate instead of houry.

Also, give them a business assessment or other valua added service if you can. Good luck.

Guest · Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2005 11:26 am Post subject: RE: Interview with Employer

Thanks, David. that was very helpful.

David, let me share with you an experience i had with my part time employer. He has cut down my hours from 4hrs/week to 4 hrs/bi-weekly. He pays me $20/hr. I offered my bookkeeping service at $300/mo. And he refused. He wanted to keep me on his payroll. Can you tell me how to handle this situation?

Desperate in California

David · Joined: 16 Aug 2005 Posts: 186

Hannah,

Are you a Universal Accounting Graduate? If not, go to www.universalaccounting.com and request a free DVD. There is a part of teh DVD that will discuss Pricing and that will be very helpful to you. If however you are a graduate, contact our coach line and you can also ask for me and lets dicuss the pricing issue. The way that I do it and that we teach is to price a set fee just like you did. We calculate the fee by calculatig the number of transactions and multiplyinh by 50 cents. Then ad $100. Call me of you are a graduate and we can discuss this.

David