thankyou so much for your help. the myob course i did went through everything including basic payroll. It was beginner, intermediate and advanced MYOB V.15 with the accounting college so i did it externally learning it athome from the booklets and cd. but it was in 2005, so i think i need to go over it all again.

so if i was to do another mYOB course again and really work on the payroll section, i might get lucky with a small business? it seems that everyone wants 2 years experience + lol, how are you supposed to get the experience? :P

my current occupation is as a phlebotomist (i take blood samples and other pathology specimen samples) but the pay isn't fantastic, and being a single mum i need a better paying job.

First, the pay as a payroll officer is not that great - for smaller businesses you would work across all bookkeeping areas particularly with MYOB. I don't know what a phlebotomist earns but a payroll officer (or general bookkeeper ) doens't earn a lot. Not more than $20 per hour.

You could always set up a home bookkeeping business - do both jobs. It is just a matter of buying in a full version of MYOB and then selling your services to the small businesses around your area. Get some experience that way then approach the various accountants and offer them your services.

There is not a lot of money in bookkeeping when you work for someone else - work for yourself and you can make a reasonable income - and you can do the work at night when the kids are in bed.

thanks for your help :)