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How to Qualify, Hire, Manage and Empower Virtual Assistants

In Step 10 we discussed how you can get 2-10X more done in the same amount of time, if you stop trying to do it all yourself.

Your ability to delegate and manage important tasks outside your few vital functions is the key to you rising above your current performance, thus income level.

This post is to outline the best practices I have learned in hiring virtual and local assistants to help me stay focused on high-value functions in my unique strength zone.

Benefits of hiring virtual assistants

• Offload non-core functions
• Free yourself and executive team from day-to-day process problems
• Focus on strategic thinking, process re-engineering and managing trading partner relationships
• Control operating costs
• Improve speed and service
• Level out cyclical or seasonal fluctuations
• Eliminate peak staffing problems
• Provide value-added services
• Acquire access to best practices and proven methodologies
• Increase efficiency by consolidating and centralizing functions
• Reduce overheads, free up resources
• Minimize capital expenditure
• Get access to specialized skills
• Save on manpower and training costs
• Have access to a larger pool of talents
• Avoid paying employee tax
• Get more out of the man-hours you pay for
• Build a virtual team and have a global delivery model

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