Onboarding Your First Virtual Assistant

Hopefully you've found a great virtual assistant by this point and are ready to onboard your first virtual team member.  If you haven't done so already, check out my Virtual Assistant Guide where you can find a lot of great resources around finding and hiring your first virtual assistant. Now that you think you've picked out the right candidate, here are the next steps to take to hire and onboard your virtual assistant.   Welcome, Introductions, and Legal The first thing you typically need to do if you went through a service like Virtual Staff Finders in notify the HR Director that you originally met who you plan to hire.  Then, you should send a welcome email to your virtual assistant.  In this email, thank them for their … [Read more...]

My Guide to Finding and Hiring a Virtual Assistant

So far, my virtual assistant series has been one of my most "asked about" topic.  It seems like outsourcing and getting help is something that most online entrepreneurs (and offline business owners) have considered doing, but really didn't know where to start. So far, I've written about what tasks you can outsource to a virtual assistant and how a virtual assistant has helped me, so I thought it was a good time to share how I found my virtual assistant and a guide to help you find one as well. Since this has been one of my most popular topics, I've also created a total Virtual Assistant Guide to help anyone find the tools that they need to hire the right help and the right time. Here's my guide to finding a virtual assistant for … [Read more...]