Before hiring your first virtual assistant, you might want to interview all of your candidates. Hiring a virtual assistant is like employing someone for your business (whether you’re hiring an independent contractor or an actual employee) so don’t skip the interview process. PSI Select International says that the interview should confirm two things: Whether the candidate can successfully do the job Whether the candidate has the motivation to be a part of your business When you’re hiring someone to handle a portion of your business, doing the job is never enough. Your virtual assistant should be passionate about your business and even feel excited about working with you. You’ll find…

Now that you’re ready to hire a virtual assistant, it’s important that you ask them the right questions during the interview process. Below is a list of questions that you can ask your potential virtual assistant. Be sure to include questions that are specific to the tasks that you are hiring for and questions related to your business. Why did you become a virtual assistant? Your virtual assistant is a human being. Asking this question gives you an idea of what your virtual assistant’s experiences are and what they may feel comfortable sharing with you. It may be a red flag if your virtual assistant seems closed off or doesn’t…

It’s ironic that I’d be writing this blog post on the best time to hire a virtual assistant when I’m working with a client who hired me before the business idea fully materialized. That alone should be the answer to the question: The best time to hire a virtual assistant is whenever you want to. Don’t worry; I’ll go more in-depth with this post. There are several ways to gauge whether you’re ready to hire a virtual assistant. When your business starts overflowing Your business might have started as a one-person show. You were able to juggle every hat that your company needed, from bookkeeper to customer support specialist. You…

The language barrier is one of the primary reasons why some people don’t want to hire an overseas virtual assistant. When I asked my client about obstacles regarding the language barrier, he said, “You can’t even tell that they’re overseas, sometimes. They barely have accents, and most can speak English like a native speaker.” See, even as a virtual assistant myself, I didn’t know that my overseas counterparts had such a firm grasp of the English language. Why You Might Not Want to Hire a Local Virtual Assistant If you want to hire an American as a full-time employee, you’d have them on the payroll with a plethora of taxes…

You might be reading this blog and shaking your head. The idea of delegating or hiring a virtual assistant leaves a bad taste in your mouth because you’ve had terrible experiences with virtual assistants in the past. Bad experiences happen. The good news is that not all virtual assistants are the same. Understand why the past lousy experience happened You have to understand why your past experiences failed. Was it the virtual assistant? Was it you? The answer is most likely: a mixture of both. A common problem with delegating to a virtual assistant is that people aim for the cheapest virtual assistant. After all, how difficult can it be…

Not all virtual assistants are created equal. You have virtual assistants who are fantastic with customer support.Virtual assistants who thrive in creating written content.Then virtual assistants who are graphic designers. Some days, you’ll strike gold and get a virtual assistant who is a jack-of-all-trades. The primary focus is ensuring that the virtual assistant is capable of doing the tasks that you have for them. Getting on a Live Call with the Virtual Assistant Deleg8te was created by a client who decided to hop on a call with his virtual assistants first. A live interview is the first step to seeing if a virtual assistant is whom they say they are.…

You’ve probably had a business meeting with someone who came at you with ideas that seemed off the wall. They’re either so creative that you can’t wrap your mind around it or they’re looking at something through a perspective that you can’t see. Sometimes, that’s how it feels as I write this blog. Here is a client who wanted his virtual assistants to be the thought leaders and faces behind his budding business. He’ll eventually step into the roles himself, but for now, he wanted the spotlight to be on his assistants. I haven’t met many entrepreneurs who didn’t want to head their own business. This is new to me.…

You’re ready to hire a virtual assistant, but you’re not sure how you can trust a total stranger with your business. You don’t know whether the virtual assistant you pick will be honest, reliable and trustworthy. These terrifying questions are running through your head: What if my virtual assistant steals my strategies or business secrets and sells them? What if my virtual assistant steals money from my accounts? Is my virtual assistant charging me for hours when they’re not working? What if my virtual assistant becomes my future competitor? What if my virtual assistant is trying to poach my clients or using my client list for themselves? You can bet…