Jen Lawrence

APRIL 18, 2019

For instance, an accountant may be better to handle your bookkeeping and taxes rather than searching for a virtual assistant who offers it as a service. If this is your first time hiring a contractor, consult with an accountant to confirm you need to hire them under a 1099 for your business (psst, you likely do!) Tip #7: Do It Right.

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Jen Lawrence

APRIL 18, 2019

For instance, an accountant may be better to handle your bookkeeping and taxes rather than searching for a virtual assistant who offers it as a service. If this is your first time hiring a contractor, consult with an accountant to confirm you need to hire them under a 1099 for your business (psst, you likely do!) Tip #7: Do It Right.

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ProAssisting Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Financial Expertise for Optimal Bookkeeping Accurate financial management is critical. A remote executive assistant adept in bookkeeping handles invoicing, expense tracking, payroll, and other financial tasks, maintaining the business's financial health.

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Success

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

consultation with a potential client who’s clearly annoyed. Yes, in a startup of one, you’ll need to tackle bookkeeping or mop floors. Picture this. On Friday morning you rush to the hospital with a sick child. Your partner is crying and you’re suffering from chronic lack of sleep. You cancel your 11 a.m. Play to your strengths.

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Success

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

If you have 20 years of experience in marketing, consider selling your consulting services. You could use your store to sell diving excursions to tourists, dog walking to busy professionals, or your coaching/consulting/accounting/speaking skills. This is true if you’re selling tchotchkes or your consulting services.

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Success

DECEMBER 26, 2022

We would all love to quit our 9-5 to open our bar or bakery or consulting gig so we can do what we love all day. It’s because most new entrepreneurs don’t end up doing what they love, but spend their waking hours on payroll, bookkeeping and clogged toilets instead of making those artisanal flourless cupcakes.

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Ask a Manager

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

I set up a meeting with a bookkeeper to get us sorted out. I also had a budgeting session with our bookkeeper because frankly I had no idea what our financial situation looked like, and she reassured me that we are doing fine and while we’re on a tight budget, we are not on a shoestring, which was great to hear!

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Ask a Manager

JULY 31, 2020

As a new grad with a Philosophy degree, I got a job doing office admin and loved helping with the bookkeeping. Without exaggeration, massive: this is the type of assignment I would normally hire a consultant for, and was easily 12 hours worth of work to do properly. They wanted it completed within 72 hours!

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Ask a Manager

APRIL 6, 2023

Sometimes we have something that we absolutely need and we hire a freelancer or consultant; sometimes we manage to find a volunteer for that same kind of project. These volunteers do a wide range of things, some of which require significant professional skills and qualifications and others which can be done by anyone interested.

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Ask a Manager

MARCH 29, 2018

We’re hiring for a hospitality/front desk position, not like a corporate consultant/shark/CEO-thing in a television drama. .” The other manager and my owner both like the idea of someone who “knows all of our competitor’s secrets” and want to give her a try, but I totally disagree!

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Success

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

In a world where people are experiencing increasing levels of workplace burnout —which is fueling a widespread desire to find more work-life balance—freelance careers, sometimes called gig work or consulting, are attracting more and more American workers. workforce and adding $1.27 trillion to the country’s economy.

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Ask a Manager

MARCH 11, 2021

It can be very minimal, just a few hours a month, but that’s not something you need to explain on your resume or in an interview, and it will fill that space on your resume so you don’t have an apparent employment gap.”. • “Freelance consultant or something similar would be a good example.

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Success

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

She turned to consulting small businesses since she had a background in finance and accounting. What started as a few clients grew into BookSmarts Accounting & Bookkeeping , which is now a seven-figure, all-women business. Groberg needed to earn money remotely at a time when remote work wasn’t yet common.

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