Tuesday 11 February 2014

Some Questions about a VA

If a business has been newly setup, how do you measure a business which has started growing? The answer to this is very simple; we may assume that a business has started growing when the business owner feels the need of a virtual personal assistant because he can no longer handle the stress and the responsibilities alone. A business has many needs of its own and most of the time, a single person cannot handle them all unless the business is dealing only a single client. A business owner clearly puts his heart and soul in the business and it is his right to have an assistant as soon as the business starts spreading its wings and the pressure starts building up.

The question often rises, when a business person, who has started a business recently (about a year or two ago) and it has started to grow, can he hire a virtual assistant? If so then how and where can he find the best virtual assistant? These questions are asked very often by the people who have never worked with a VA before and it will be the first time they work with a VA. Below are some answers to these questions.

How good is a VA?

A virtual assistant is a professional to the core unlike any assistant and is capable to handle all the tasks a normal assistant would do. The only difference between a VA and any other assistant is that the VA works remotely; he fulfills all the tasks in the same manner but without coming to the office.

Is it worth hiring the virtual assistant?

When it comes to professionalism and performing the duties in the right way, there is no discrimination between the VA and the assistant you hire to come daily to your office. When the business is in the growing stages and has not yet expanded to its full capacity, it is better to keep operational costs to the lowest possible level and the VA costs a lot cheaper than the in-house assistant. Hiring a VA would not only ensure that your work gets done on time, but it would ensure that you do not drain your entire savings on a salary.

Where to find one?

This is an interesting question because the biggest problem faced by an employer is to find the right candidates. Since the VA’s are spread all over the internet, searching them on the giant search engine Google is easy. Just enter the phrase virtual personal assistant and you will get the links to a variety of such service providers. From these links you can choose the one which seems suitable both in terms of money and the services.

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