Recruitment Hack #84 - Hire A Virtual Assistant
Hire a Virtual Assistant
Need help with all those dull admin tasks? Need it done by someone with more qualifications than your entire team? Want it done for a reasonable price?
If you said yes to all three, I bet you told you, and why wouldn't you?
VAs are the secret weapon that many entrepreneurs and businesses swear by.
So what is so great about hiring a virtual assistant from India or the Philippines?
Both locations have a great pool of highly educated graduates keen to work and learn.
The wage differential means that you can get rudimentary tasks done at a fraction of the price of a domestic staff member doing them.
Many providers of VA services will even cover holidays so you get coverage 5 days a week 52 weeks of the year.
To get you started, check out Tasks Every Day, Timetc and Ask Sunday
India and the Philippines have really led the way in virtual assistants, however, over recent years this trend has also progressed to the UK and the US, and with a quick Google search, you can find many great local assistants.
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This Recruitment Hack is excerpted from my book 'Recruitment Hacks,' which is accessible in both Paperback and eBook formats.
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