Reason Needs a Bookkeeper. Is It You?

We're hiring.

Reason has a job for you*.

*Where you is defined as:

a detail-oriented bookkeeper who holds a B.A. in accounting or a related field with two years of bookkeeping experience at a nonprofit, an understanding of cost center accounting and job costing, and experience with MAS90.

If all of the words in that sentence made sense to you, you're willing to work from our Los Angeles office, and you want to be part of a pretty great outfit that promotes free minds and free markets, you should probably apply for this sweet gig with the Reason Foundation, the nonprofit that publishes Reason. Pronto.

More information: http://reason.org/about/jobs/bookkeeper-job

Application Deadline: February 13, 2015

Comments

[EDG reppin' LBC]

Whats it pay?

[Mike A.]

All the leather jackets you can carry.

[Idle Hands]

Nothing non-orphans need not apply.

[Idle Hands]

Also it's a nonprofit which means they are collecting ridiculous salaries at the top, peanuts at the bottom and presenting themselves as self-riotous do gooders.

[Hugh Akston]

I saw the self-riotous dogooders at an abandoned fish processing plant on the waterfront in Seattle. I got tetanus making out with a girl I met in the mosh pit.

At least I think it was a girl.

[sloopyinTEXAS]

Self-riotous?

Were they punching themselves n the face?

[Swiss Servator, ... Switzy!]

And looting themselves!

[Warren]

You say "bookkeeper", but I hear "scapegoat for funneling Koch money".

[PM]

Those kind of benefits will only be discussed with a suitable applicant.

[Hugh Akston]

"...who gets to skip a percentage off the top."

Sounds like a pretty good deal to me.

[Paul.]

"skip a percentage"?

We can't even use proper criminal terminology. We're amateurs.

[Hugh Akston]

"Bake him away, toys"

[Ska]

What the kid said, Lou.

[Warren]

Skipping a percentage is one of the primary tools in money laundering, and therefore a job requirement.

[Old Man With Candy]

BA in accounting? For a bookkeeper? Why?

[Juice]

My grandmother never graduated from high school, but was a bookkeeper for trucking and logistics companies all her working career.

[Old Man With Candy]

Yeah, that was what got me wondering. My wife ran all the finances for a medium-size non-profit for a decade, but no accounting degree. She could teach accounting, though.

I fucking hate this degree union card shit. (no sour grapes, I have a long string of letters after my name and we're not moving to LA in any event)

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

I have a long string of letters after my name

p-e-r-v-e-r-t

[Old Man With Candy]

Shhhhhhh.

[Zeb]

Up hill both ways in the snow?

[Old Man With Candy]

Don't talk about snow today, OK?

[Zeb]

Why not? We finally have lots of it and I couldn't be happier (well, I could be if I were out enjoying the snow instead of being at work). Snow, snow, lovely snow.

[Old Man With Candy]

We had 19" over the weekend, with 5" more on the way during my commute home tonight. "Enjoy" would not be the word I would use.

[HeteroPatriarch]

Damn, that would be sweet.

[lap83]

Did she make some weirdly specific amount of money per month working from home and could you hardly believe it?

[Paul.]

Welcome to how HR has ruined the job market. Looks like it's not only IT.

[lap83]

My favorites are "Social Media Expert with bachelor's and 10 years experience"

It's like HR reps come from an alternate universe where colleges are on the cutting edge of every fad and technology, rather than this universe where the course material is 20 years outdated.

[AlmightyJB]

"BA in accounting? For a bookkeeper?"

What's funny is that to get my AAS in Accounting 20 years ago, I was required to take more actual accounting courses than were even offered by OSU in it's BA program. Back then you could sit for the CPA with an AAS. Not anymore though.

[KDN]

I think NJ requires Bachelor's + 30 at this point.

[Brian]

In my experience, they don't really mean that.

Every job comes with a list of requirements just to keep the absolute unqualified from even attempting. Otherwise, you just get a bunch of random people who say "Hey, there aren't any required qualifications! I could be a book keeper!"

Any good candidate could talk his way past anything like that. Unless the government is involved (i.e., you need a drivers license to drive a truck, etc.)

[AlmightyJB]

It would be kind of funny if they did require it given all their articles about the worthlessness of college degrees.

[Old Man With Candy]

Usually, an application without all the check boxes gets booted by HR before any sentient creature ever sees it. So there's no opportunity to talk your way past it. Yeah, ironic, given the number of Reason articles questioning the Credentials Race.

[robc]

???

If you can get 50% of the boxes, you are generally a good fit.

Of course, this works better with a company that doesnt have an HR department or even a full time HR person.

[Old Man With Candy]

Miss one and you never get past HR. They've got a pile of resumes, and there's plenty in that pile with all the boxes check. Sometimes it's even done by a computer sort first, in which case you don't even get to an actual human, sentient or not.

And don't underestimate CYA. If someone doesn't work out and you're the schmuck who let them through with something missing (even if irrelevant to the reason they didn't work out), your ass is on the line.

[KDN]

Totally this. My dept is trying to hire a network engineer, not having a BA gets the resume ignored. That's a great way to make sure that particular position goes unfilled for a long, long time.

[Brian]

A Bachelor of Arts in Network Engineering?

[KDN]

Any bachelor's degree. I've not known many that bothered, since that has historically been a job where all you needed was some certifications and experience. Everyone else on that team was hired without one, but now HR's in charge and HR demands boxes.

[Paul.]

Any good candidate could talk his way past anything like that.

If HR doesn't keep him from the interview.

[lap83]

In my experience, they don't mean it because some manager has already hired his nephew.

[Rasilio]

You'd be surprised.

I once had a company pay me more than $70 per hour to design and build a test automation framework for them, but they wouldn't hire me for the full time permanent (and infinitely easier) job of maintaining it because I don't have a degree

Often the degree requirement is just fluff, but not always, some companies are serious about it.

[Juice]

There you go, requiring experience again. A degree in accounting, sure.

[AlmightyJB]

I used to work in MAS90. Pretty straight forward. Not moving to LA though.

[Juice]

Oh shit. LA? I assumed it would be in DC. Fuck that.

[Paul.]

You'd rather... move to DC than LA?

[Andrew S.]

I would. At least moving to the DC area would allow me to live somewhere halfway decent and sane, even if it resulted in a commute. Such a thing doesn't exist around LA.

[Hugh Akston]

Actually there are a number of nice neighborhoods in LA. And you can affordably live where you work just about anywhere.

[Raston Bot]

You can live in VA and easily commute to DC. Can you live in Nevada and work in LA?

[Hugh Akston]

Why would you want to live in Nevada?

[Entropy Void]

Why would you want to live in Gov. Moonbeam's Worker's Paradise?

[Paul.]

When you say "halfway decent" and "sane" in the context of DC, you must be thinking of entirely different factors and metrics than I am.

[Juice]

The DC area, to me, is very conservative (not politically). If you're a button down type of person, it's a good fit. Not so great for "free spirits."

[Juice]

You'd rather... move to DC than LA?

I already live in the area.

[sloopyinTEXAS]

A degree in accounting today is the equivalent to a high school education from the early 90's. Don't knock Reason for requiring the same qualifications for a bookkeeper as Kohl's does for working a register.

[Idle Hands]

Hey, I resent your honesty pal. Compared to some of my peers I practically have a phd degree in rocket science.

[Idle Hands]

*phd degree
It's this type of stuff that proves your point.

[Swiss Servator, ... Switzy!]

Hey, this isn't rocket surgery here!

[Juice]

Um, "d" doesn't stand for degree if that's what you meant.

[Palin's Buttplug]

Job costing? Reason assigns costs and books profit by project?

[Paul.]

Who doesn't?

[Palin's Buttplug]

Any repetitive manufacturer. Banks. Brokers. Newspapers. Publishers.

Job costing involves the calculation of costs involved in a construction "job" or the manufacturing of goods done in discrete batches. These costs are recorded in ledger accounts throughout the life of the job or batch and are then summarized in the final trial balance before the preparing of the job cost or batch manufacturing statement.

Wikipedia

[HeteroPatriarch]

You're a fucking moron.

[DJF]

Does the job involve real money(gold/silver) or that paper stuff?

[Zeb]

Flax-script.

[AlmightyJB]

You get paid in Emoticons.

[Entropy Void]

And get to "Drink!" every-time you walk under the Reason sign out front.

[The Late P Brooks]

Who wouldn't want "Mesmer Ave" as a business address?

[Clich? Bandit]

I have founded two start-ups and sold securities for one. I could teach business finance at this point.

[Scarecrow Repair]

Does the position require ALT TEXT skills?

[Entropy Void]

Apparently, those are frowned upon company-wide.

[Lord Humungus]

This looks like a good chance for SugarFree to try out his Nutrasweetnomics

[Certified Public Asskicker]

Hmm, if I take the job, am I still allowed to spend time commenting?

[Scott S.]

Fair warning: Your office would be right next to mine.

[AlmightyJB]

This comment is way better than an alt-text:)

[John Titor]

*Rips up application*

[HeteroPatriarch]

Can I do it remotely?