Endless Options with a VA

Owning a growing business is what we all desire but as our pockets are getting filled more and more on a daily basis, there is a drawback which results in an increasingly hectic lifestyle. With the increase in revenues, the responsibilities are increased. Both of these have a parallel relation and as one increases or decreases, the other is affected in the same way. As the responsibilities increase, the best thing to do is hire a virtual administrative assistant. With the help of an assistant the tasks are distributed and the lifestyle becomes less hectic. 

The reason that I have suggested to go for a VA directly rather than having a secretary in the office is based upon the most crucial matter business people have to face especially the ones who are growing newly, money factor. When you feel that you are in a position to hand over some tasks to an employee and keep him engaged for the hours, it means that your business is growing. You post a job and start calling in people for interviews and keep on interviewing people until you find the right candidate. Now you have hired him and he is asked to report in at your specified time from the day he is available to work.

What if when you have hired him and the business suffers a loss or there comes something that brings down your profits? You wouldn’t be making the same great amount and the employee you have hired would have to be paid as per agreement. This sudden drop in your profits would be hurt even badly when you have to slice the small profits and hand out the salary to your assistant. Now what do you have left behind, a nominal amount which is not sufficient to meet neither your needs nor the business’s. This sudden change puts you in a complex situation because you can’t fire your employee nor can you afford to keep him. If you fire him, he surely won’t be returning and you would be losing a good resource, but since you can’t pay him, you have to make the decision involuntarily.

Now consider the situation where you have hired a virtual administrative assistant. First of all the fee that he charges is so low that even if you have gained no profit, his fee wouldn’t dent your bank statement even to the slightest. If you feel that you do not have enough work to keep him busy for the whole time, reduce the work hours and you’ll be paying less. Your options with the VA are endless, you can even freeze the work and get back when you have enough to hand out, but with the office secretary, the only option is to let him go and hunt for a new one when you are back in business.