Category: Xero Courses

EzyLearn’s Xero Courses are the most updated courses available.

Xero accounting software is changing regularly and we keep our training materials up-to-date every quarter.

Read about changes and updates in the bookkeeping and accounting industry to manage your accounts better or find work using our Career Academy.

Learn about Xero integrations that add features and functionality to the leading online accounting software.

Our Xero Courses are available as the COMPLETE Xero course package or individually as:

If you prefer to learn using the training manual, these are also available separately.

See Xero Course Training Manuals.

These blog posts relate to Xero and work and tasks in the accounting industry.

Posted on March 12, 2019March 19, 2019 by Steve Slisar

The smart cover letter to get your next accounting job

Use a smart cover sheet to get an accounting job using Xero & MYOB training course skills online

So you’ve switched on the job alerts with SEEK and accounting jobs, part-time or contract accounting jobs are coming into your Inbox! Jobs galore! Everyone needs accounts people, right?

IF YOU’RE RECEIVING the job alerts everyday — indeed, you may even have applied for some jobs already — but you’re still not getting called up for interview, then the following questions of doubt may be brewing:

Why haven’t they picked me?
Have I been filtered out for some reason?
Was my cover letter not good enough?

Posted on March 6, 2019March 12, 2019 by Steve Slisar

Why such cheap online Xero & MYOB courses?

woman with laptop talking with business man

Good quality can be cheap and poor quality may be the most expensive

OFTEN IN LIFE we’re told that if something seems too good to be true then it probably is. Along the same lines as this is the expression that you get what you pay for. Indeed, I’ve commonly used the phrase: “Pay peanuts and you’ll get monkeys” but naturally, there are exceptions to this and plenty of cases where low cost can simply mean low cost – without meaning that quality or value has been compromised.

Posted on January 7, 2019January 7, 2019 by Steve Slisar

Reasons Why Seek is Number 1 for Accounting Job Search

Our team did a little research into job sites for accounting jobs and thought we’d explore a bit about why people like using the major job board in Australia.

The biggest reason is that they are the biggest job board in Australia so most advertisers spend the little bit extra to promote their positions available at the site. But there are some great tools for job seekers to be registered on the site. Continue reading Reasons Why Seek is Number 1 for Accounting Job Search

Posted on December 10, 2018December 11, 2018 by Steve Slisar

Are You Finding Xero’s New Navigation a Pain in the Proverbial?

Xero short courses, training courses updates - new navigation released in November 2018 - Dashboard, Business, Accounting, Organisation

My first thought when a software company changes its navigation (in a significant way) is that there were issues with the previous version.

THIS BLOG POST comes in the wake of Xero promising to improve their navigation in October 2018. Xero has now subsequently released those changes and our online support team are receiving lots of requests for help!

First and foremost, if you’re an EzyLearn student, please note that we’ve already created an update addressing the navigational updates and this is available in all of our online Xero Training Courses.

Continue reading Are You Finding Xero’s New Navigation a Pain in the Proverbial?

Posted on November 30, 2018July 5, 2019 by Steve Slisar — 1 Comment

How Does QuickBooks Compare with Xero?

smiling woman using online quickbooks and xero accounting software

ONE WOULD THINK that an accounting software program that is actually developed by accountants would be the best. However, some believe that the user experience is better with QuickBooks and Xero.

We’ve previously blogged about how QuickBooks accounting compares with MYOB. We’ve also done a comparison of all three accounting programs — MYOB, Xero and QuickBooks.

In doing so, it’s interesting to note that QuickBooks, for small business owners, at least, was the clear winner against MYOB in terms of reporting and user experience. But how does QuickBooks stack up against the increasingly-popular Xero? You may be surprised at the results.

Continue reading How Does QuickBooks Compare with Xero?

Posted on November 10, 2018December 29, 2021 by Steve Slisar — 2 Comments

FREE Xero Accounting & PayPal Training Workbook

FREE Xero Accounting Training Course Workbook

WHEN RUNNING YOUR business, is most of the contact you have with your customers via your mobile phone?

In late 2017 I was involved in a renovation of a Newcastle investment property. During this, I came in direct contact with many tradespeople including:

plumbers
electricians
carpenters
asbestos removal contractors
painters
builders, and
labourers

— and one thing really stood out: the way they all seemed to live and breath via their mobile phones but rarely get onto a computer!

This Xero Accounting and PayPal training workbook is our free gift to you. It’s designed for all tradespeople — and anyone else — who does the bulk of their work (and their pricing) ‘out and about’.

It’s designed to help people who just want to get the financial aspect of their work sorted out — so they can get back to doing what they do best. In the case of these tradies, it was doing a great job on the tools.

Posted on October 2, 2018November 2, 2018 by Steve Slisar

I’m a Bookkeeper – How Do I Find Good Work?

As mentioned in an earlier post, job boards offer the best-quality jobs for people in professions that translate to any industry; and this includes bookkeeping and accounting jobs.

And as another post showed, there’s a vast number of bookkeeping jobs posted to those sites every day, be it for casual, part-time or full time work. In this post I’m going to explore some ways to do well in the job market. Continue reading I’m a Bookkeeper – How Do I Find Good Work?

Posted on September 20, 2018November 9, 2018 by Steve Slisar

What Do Employers Want From Bookkeeping Job Sites?

THE ULTIMATE GOAL of a job site (and they are not all created equal!) is to deliver the highest volume of candidate applications to the job poster (the recruiter or employer), while also providing candidates (job-seekers) with access to the highest volume of top-quality job listings.

Since recruitment classifieds moved online more than two decades ago, the ease with which job-seekers could apply for jobs increased.

Job posters went from getting a handful of applications over the course of a few weeks to hundreds all at once. This spawned the need for businesses to best manage and dare I say it, automate and systemise the hiring process. Continue reading What Do Employers Want From Bookkeeping Job Sites?

Posted on September 10, 2018November 9, 2018 by Steve Slisar

Watch out for FAKE Statements of Attainment for Xero & MYOB Short Courses

I’VE WRITTEN MUCH ABOUT accredited training in the past, relating particularly to the use of the term “Diploma”. Just recently, I discovered more murky marketing by a newcomer to the bookkeeping short courses industry.

What’s scary about these training course providers is that they make claims to offer a Diploma, and then after 2 years in business, they apologise for “something beyond their control” like a change in legislation which tells them to stop calling their courses Diplomas, when they are NOT and NEVER WERE IN THE FIRST PLACE!

Want to know why they do this?

Continue reading Watch out for FAKE Statements of Attainment for Xero & MYOB Short Courses

Posted on September 1, 2018November 2, 2018 by Steve Slisar

How to Become an Accounts Payable Officer

ACCOUNTS PAYABLE OFFICERS are responsible for paying invoices owed by a company to its suppliers or vendors.

They typically work in medium to large-sized businesses, where they may also be called an accounts officer and be responsible for investigating the cost of wages, materials, overheads and other operating expenses.

Here are some of the other common tasks you’ll find in an accounts payable officers job description.

Continue reading How to Become an Accounts Payable Officer

Posted on August 1, 2018September 13, 2023 by Steve Slisar — 1 Comment

ANNOUNCEMENT: Cert IV in Bookkeeping and Accounting with Bookkeeping Academy Membership Limited Time Only

EZYLEARN HAS PARTNERED with a registered training organisation (RTO) to provide Cert IV in Bookkeeping!

However, previous to this we have consciously made the decision NOT to become a Registered Training Organisation because it was surplus to our needs. In other words, not being an RTO has never stopped us helping thousands of students go through our Bookkeeping Courses — as well as Microsoft Office and Marketing Courses — and focussing on creating great learning journeys using real world scenarios.

Posted on July 27, 2018November 27, 2018 by Steve Slisar

How Aussie Mums are Starting their Own Businesses

mum_parent_starting own business learn business course online training videos

THERE IS A FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT gender imbalance for executive positions in the corporate world. Sure, there are notable exceptions, but men in managerial positions in the workplace still outnumber women two-to-one.

But when you look at some industries, like Bookkeeping, the numbers are massively swayed towards the female gender and one of the reasons is it can be the perfect business to run from home.

Continue reading How Aussie Mums are Starting their Own Businesses

Posted on July 18, 2018October 9, 2019 by Steve Slisar

SPECIAL OFFER: MYOB, Xero & QuickBooks Online Courses ALL for One Low Price

Bookkeeper Combo Bonus Courses learn Xero, MYOB AccountRight & MYOB Essentials and QuickBooks Online Training

The Internet has spawned several cloud accounting software program all over the world including:

Continue reading SPECIAL OFFER: MYOB, Xero & QuickBooks Online Courses ALL for One Low Price

Posted on July 12, 2018October 26, 2021 by Steve Slisar

Xero, MYOB, ERPs and Supply Chain Tools

ERPs, or Enterprise Reporting Planning systems, are divided into three categories or tiers. Xero, MYOB, QuickBooks and other cloud accounting software used by small businesses, sit at the low end of the scale; they’re tier three ERPs.

Xero is using it’s 3rd party app integrations and its API to climb up the ERP food chain and some good bookkeepers are being dragged up along with it.

Posted on May 4, 2018May 4, 2018 by Steve Slisar

Xero Training Course May 2018 UPDATE

Cloud Accounting Software is CONSTANTLY Updated – SO IS OUR XERO COURSE

Xero Product Releases, LIFELONG Learning, LIFETIME Course access, Updates, best Xero Training Course When I made the decision to convert EzyLearn from a Bricks and Mortar training centre to an online only provider of training courses I realised that we were going to have to get good at:

online digital marketing,
online pre-sales and student support, and
course content creation.

EzyLearn has been in business helping job seekers, business owners, managers and clients of rehabilitation providers learn how to use software for over 20 years. Read our story here..

I’m lucky today to have a professional team who’s sole focus is on getting better at all of these tasks – every week! I guess this post is as much a thank you to all of them for their help as it is an announcement that ALL of our XERO courses have recently been updated!

Beginners and Advanced Xero Training Course updates

Almost every course has been touched in our latest updates but here is a summary:

Xero Course 512 (Level 2 Advanced Aspects of Daily Transactions using Xero) has been updated (videos and workbook contents)
Knowledge Review tests for Daily Transactions and End of Month & Journal Entries Courses
Updated instructional videos for GST, Reporting and BAS using Xero (Course 514) as well as Cashflow, Budgets and ROI Advanced Xero (Course 516)
Advanced Payroll (Level 2) for Payroll Administration using Xero (Course 515)

One reason that students choose EzyLearn for their online training courses is because they receive access to new added content and course updates.

Available to New, Current Students and LIFELONG Students

The usual time to finish the COMPLETE set of Beginners to Advanced Xero Courses is 3 weeks but one of the reasons we offer 12 months course access (and the LIFETIME Xero Course Access) is so that students can go back and review the contents when they need it in their business or job.

Get all the Xero Course details at our FAQ’s.

Current Discounts for Xero Training Courses

If you’re interested in enrolling into a Xero course take a look at the current special offers and subscribe to our Discount Voucher program to receive the discount codes.

Posted on April 26, 2018July 5, 2019 by Steve Slisar

MYOB Launches Single Touch Payroll Trial Product

LAST WEEK, MYOB LAUNCHED a beta trial of its single touch payroll (STP) product, as it gears up for the July 1, 2018 compliance deadline.

Businesses with 20 or more employees need to have transitioned to the ATO’s Single Touch Payroll initiative by July.

Businesses with fewer than 20 employees have until July 1, 2019 to be compliant but for these small business owners and contractors the ATO has a new free app. Continue reading MYOB Launches Single Touch Payroll Trial Product