Why You Should Hire a General Virtual Assistant
As a business owner, do you often find yourself performing repetitive tasks that take too much of your time? if the answer is yes you are not alone. Most entrepreneurs that come to us face this same problem, and to solve it we recommend hiring a general virtual assistant.
The day only has 24 hours, in which to live a healthy life you should sleep, spend quality time with your loved ones, and take care of yourself. This leaves you with only so many hours to work.
In this blog, you will learn all the benefits of delegating tasks to a VA, to increase your business productivity and live a better quality of life.
Benefits of Hiring a General Virtual Assistant
In the last 3 years, remote working has become the most popular way to do business. It has been demonstrated that on-site workers waste time and money traveling to an office, while remote workers are able to get the same amount of work done while working from all different parts of the world.
1. Cost-effective
Hiring a general virtual assistant to work remotely can save companies money. This allows you to hire someone from a different part of the world and currency exchange is a huge benefit. Entrepreneurs are able to save anywhere from 40% to 75% on expenses compared to hiring a VA based in the U.S.
2. More Done, in Less Time
To ensure the productivity of a remote workforce, entrepreneurs can use different productivity tools to track the performance of their virtual assistants. You don’t have to worry about receiving quality work, employee monitoring software allows you to notice how much time it’s being spent on each task, motivating talent to work smart and efficiently.
Some productivity tools ideas: Hubstaff, Time Doctor, Harvest, TopTracker, etc.
3. Time Efficiency
We believe that the most significant benefit of hiring a general virtual assistant is time-saving, by delegating tasks to your VA you can save anywhere from 10-40 hours a week.
Ask yourself this question: What do you dread doing that you could outsource? when outsourcing you are investing in both your business and yourself. It’s completely normal not to be able to handle it all.
Remember: time is money, make sure you are spending your time wisely!
4. Experience
There are several tasks a general virtual assistant can perform for your company. Some of those tasks are cold calling, content creation, lead generation, social media, marketing, bookkeeping, appointment setting, etc.
If you want to save time during the training stage, we have great news! We work with professional VAs that are highly trained and have work experience in the use of tools and software platforms.
This makes training less complicated and makes results come faster.
5. Strong Work Ethic
A general virtual assistant position requires sustained effort to achieve a goal or a result, especially when overcoming obstacles, that’s why it is important to look for determination and confidence in your candidate.
The selection process is a very important step, before hiring someone make sure she/he will be able to meet your expectations and bring great fuel to your business.
If you need help in the selection process of your general VA, we will guide you through the whole process. We start by presenting you with possible candidates based on your requirement, so you don’t have to worry about finding talent yourself.
With There is Talent you don’t need to stress about checking their background, conducting boring interviews, hiring them, etc. We will do everything for you! So the only thing you need to take care of is which tasks to delegate.
You can hire a Virtual Assistant to work for you for 10 hours, 20 hours, or 40 hours per week.
Steps To Follow When Hiring a General Virtual Assistant
If you are ready to hire a general virtual assistant, you can get them privately, that is, through freelance directory platforms like Fiverr and Upwork or through agencies such as There is Talent.
With a freelancer directory platform, you have to dedicate yourself to the selection of the ideal person for the position. One of the important and sometimes ignored details is that you can’t always find the expected quality of work.
Without a doubt, the best place to find a VA is in Latin America, mainly because of the time zones but also because of the familiarity with the American culture.
There is a growing demand for virtual assistants in Latin America because business owners have discovered their potential, which is characterized by positive personalities and strong work ethic. In Latin America, you have highly trained, customer service savvy, and bilingual people who are time and money savers.
At There is Talent, we are proud to have an incredible team of virtual assistants that meet all of our clients’ requirements.
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