I put an
ad on Craigslistas my business is growing and I'd like to have someone around to help out.
In a nutshell the ad was for a bookkeeper - someone with accounting and Quickbooks experience to work out of my house. I was very clear that this was part time work that would taper off after I was caught up with some projects and I couldn't guarantee any number of hours. Pay... $14/hour to start.
In two days I've had 35 applicants. About 80% have college degrees. Two have MBAs. I included my location in the ad and had people tell me they lived >50 miles away and the drive wasn't a problem for them.
About three people sent nasty-grams telling me what jerk I was for not paying more. My favorite is below... for the record I mentioned in the ad that we have pets. I said an accounting degree "would be nice," but was not required:
"14.00hr????? You need someone with an accounting degree, a Quickbooks expert, willing to go through a background check, willing to work at your hard-to-reach house with rats and birds, putting up with your controlling, dictatorial, micro-managing personality? For 14.00hr???"
