Five Important Ways Of Hiring A Virtual Assistant

Hiring a Virtual Assistant (VA) will be easy if you know where to find them, as well as if you also know very well what are your needs and why you plan to hire such a remote employee. Employers would think it a very risky situation because you cannot directly follow through the activities of your employees if they come from different corners of the world. However, outsourcing has already become a trend, so that it is now considered a better alternative, especially for small businesses or start up entrepreneurs.

Here are five important ways of hiring a virtual assistant:

1.   List down what you need from a VA – This is very important. Before you will proceed to hiring a Virtual Assistant you need to assist your needs first what you really need from a remote assistant. List down the activities in which you cannot do because of hectic daily schedule, and you want it done by a Virtual Assistant. Well, this is an outsourcing job as you are going to hire a worker from other country. This sounds a little risky in your part but you need to do it. Outsourcing is now very famous all over the world and employers are able to minimize the cost of hiring a fulltime employee.
2. List down your requirements of hiring a VA. – Okay, this is also a very important step you need to follow, if you want your future VA to be as knowledgeable as you are. Let the applicants submit their resume. In this way, you will have the chance to check on the resume: the previous job experiences related to the main business of the client; which company and how many years did it take for the applicants to serve.
3. Look for the sites which you can get a good number of VAs – Yes, you’re right. There are websites now which have a database of college graduates who are willing to work online. It would be better if you can invite more than 10 applicants so that you will have good choices who among them really display the qualifications and criteria you had set up for a qualified VA.
4. Find virtual assistant groups – There are also groups or associations of Virtual Assistants. If you know one of these groups, that would be an advantage because you can get good recommendations if you plan to hire one.
5. Make your hiring final with interview over Skype. This is the final step into hiring a Virtual Assistant. You should be able to conduct an interview so that you will know more about the applicant. This is also the best thing to learn more about the applicant’s work experiences, additional skills and all other pertinent information you want to know.