Have you considered hiring a support staff to help better manage your workload? Before you do, it’s important that you first determine whether or not your practice can sustain an additional employee and second, make preparations to hire the right applicant.
Generally an accounting practice begins with just the accountant who can do the majority of the work alone. However, as the practice begins to grow you may consider hiring support staff that will enable you to complete more billable hours while the employees perform the more menial tasks. Whether you choose to hire one additional employee or several, how do you know when your business is ready? And then, how do you prepare to hire the right applicant? Here’s a worksheet that might help:
