Replacing a $10 an hour bookkeeper can cost a company thousands of dollars in advertising costs and lost work time. Testing a potential bookkeeper's skills before hiring him may help avoid the cost of ...

Accounting skills and abilities are practical and useful in any business, big and small. People with accounting aptitude are typically detail-oriented and are good in analysis and logical thinking.

There are some excellent tools to help hiring managers make better decisions, but introducing them at the wrong time in the process can have disastrous results.

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Entrepreneurs need to draw on a wide variety of skills to succeed. In the course of a single day, you may wear 10 or more different ...