the Cost of Temporary Accounting Employees

There are four employees and two owners/CPA's in a small accounting office. There's an effective routine during most of the year, but during tax season (January through April) there's a need for a huge increase in staff due to the number of personal tax returns that the office does.

He contacts the local community college and hires accounting majors.

The students who work in the office love it !! They are making a little bit of extra spending money. It looks GREAT on their resume. They also get a on-hands preview of what a job in a private accounting office entails. There are many different kinds of accounting jobs; working for a big accounting firm, working for any company in their accounting department, and a private accounting firm are the biggest three. It's hard to know which one you want without experiencing it. This arrangement gives the accounting students a little exposure to one of those kinds.

To hire a temp service for part-time accounting services is A LOT more than $10.00 an hour. The accounting students were happy to make the money and consider it a fair salary.

Be careful who you hire !!! The accounting field is a very trusted profession. You are exposed to a lot of very private, very personal information.