COVID has made it possible for a lot of people to work remotely, which means working virtually. With the sudden and abrupt change the world has gone through. It has potentially affected our comfort levels around hiring virtual assistants. In the past, many companies preferred to have in house employees as opposed to virtual assistants. However, in the last year, it’s become clear that people can get anything done while working remotely.
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Hiring virtual assistants is quickly becoming a viable way to get the help you need while not hiring a full time employee. In some cases this is what works best for the person doing the hiring. Long gone are the days when hiring a virtual assistant meant hiring a freelancer for a one off project. Today, virtual assistants are hired for part-time and full-time hours becoming an integral part of your company’s team. All you need to do is decide what tasks you need to delegate and create a process around the task so that itès done properly by your virtual assistant.
Pavel Stepanov joins The Marketing Trench to talk about what kind of person should hire a virtual assistant. Pavel is the CEO of Virtudesk, an online service where real estate professionals can go to hire vetted virtual assistants.
Episode Highlights:
00:00 Introduction
2:56 Who is a virtual assistant for
4:57 Building a team of virtual assistants
7:18 Finding the best virtual assistant for you
10:19 Acclimating VAs to an existing culture
14:59 Who is your virtual assistant?
16:46 How to get past the doubt of hiring a VA
21:01 Part-Time Vs Full-time
27:46 What does it cost to hire a VA?
29:38 Do you need to train your VA
37:09 When to hire a VA and when to hire an employee
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