Hiring a virtual assistant and the benefits of it

Hiring a virtual assistant and the benefits of it ---

                   Virtual assistants (VA’s) are generally self employed individuals that provide services to you and/or your company online and/or by telephone. Most virtual assistants offer services which may include:

-Manage customer spreadsheets

-Manage meetings and calendars

-Handle travel arrangements

-Billing and accounting

-Newsletters (preparing and sending)

- Handle inquiries by phone and/or email

-Research

-Writing reports

-Maintaining websites

            Each assistant offers a different ability; when beginning to search for virtual assistant make sure to check that their abilities will meet the tasks that you will need to be performed. We wouldn’t hire a piano player as a chef or a chef as a piano player, would we? If you need someone to schedule meetings, handle emails or take phone calls the assistant should have experience in these or they may not work out too well. Hiring a virtual assistant to handle tasks for you can be a great asset in keeping your stress levels down along with the workload. If you are a small company that is operated from your personal home and would not like for employees to be there a virtual assistant would be the perfect solution.

The benefits of hiring a Virtual assistant:

-Assistants pay their own taxes and benefits (this also means less paperwork for you.)

-Assistants use their own office supplies and equipment (will lower the costs of having employees and providing the necessary items for them to complete tasks.)

-Pay only for time spent on tasks (because of this you will not have to pay for employees who spend most of their time browsing the internet or chatting with co-workers.)

-NO risk of harassment, unfair dismissal and discrimination suits (Assistants work from their own personal office.)

-Is committed to you and your company (the assistant will focus only on tasks that are for your benefit during their working hours.)

-You select the times/days/hours they work (most assistants have flexible schedules that will meet your needs.)

In this fast paced world companies are starting to turn more and more towards Virtual Assistants to get tasks done quickly and effectively without a lot of hassle. IF you have a heavy workload and are possibly under stress look more into hiring a VA.

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