7 Reasons To Hire A Virtual Assistant
Managing a company takes a colossal amount of effort, time, and resources. From overseeing your team’s productivity to planning, attending to clients, and so on. With the growth of digital technology, Virtual Assistants are also on the rise as we have been enabled to do our work remotely and efficiently at much less cost than your conventional Personal Assistants.
What is a Virtual Assistant? A VA is a contractor who works remotely to provide administrative support to a business or individual. The tasks performed by a VA may vary according to a client's needs.
1. Maximizing your productivity
As a business owner, you are probably wearing multiple hats; working on different tasks for your business. However, how can you achieve more in the same amount of time? Hiring a virtual assistant may be the answer you were looking for. In addition to freeing up your time to focus on the critical parts of your business, a VA can help you improve your productivity.
Repetitive tasks can eat up a lot of your time to accomplish. While they are still vital to your company’s operation, VAs are trained and efficient in doing these tasks. Here are some examples (but not limited) of these tasks.
- Inbox Management
- Calendar/Scheduling
- Web Research
- Data Entry
- Database Management
- Social Media
- Administrative Tasks
2. Flexibility on your operating hours
With a Virtual Assistant, you can work when it's convenient for you - even if that means working from home on a weekend or taking care of your work during your vacation.
A typical structure of a company is only located in one area; however, most of its patrons are spread across the globe and in different time zones. Since VAs work remotely and on an hourly basis, we can have our work schedules aligned with what the clients require.
3. Having the best talent that fit the required task
Unlike full-time employees, a VA can adjust to the job description based on your needs. Whether it's specialized knowledge or sector-specific expertise, a VA team can source candidates matching each project's qualifications and skills.
VAs are typically ready on the get-go with years of experience behind them. There would be no need for training compared to a typical newly hired personal assistant and direct supervision can be minimized. Weekly & monthly reports can be furnished concerning the work accomplished.
4. Scaling the size of your company
Since the company’s peak and downtime seasons are spread out unevenly through the year, so does your company’s workload. On a typical company setup, a regular personal assistant would be paid regardless of the output; VAs on the other hand are paid for their services on an hourly basis as needed.
The biggest challenge for any company is finding the right way to grow without putting too much strain on its resources. Outsourcing some of your tasks to a VA is a good way to take on more projects without having to invest in additional staff or equipment.
5. Frees up time for strategic thinking
Delegating non-core day-to-day workload to your VA can have you free up your valuable time and redirect it to more crucial tasks such as the company’s strategic planning for the company’s growth.
6. Reduced costing
Hiring a full-time employee can be expensive, especially when you consider the cost of training, employee benefits, and office space.
VAs are usually paid on an hourly basis as needed and on specific tasks, compared to a typical personal assistant, aside from your minimum salary and overhead costs for benefits and equipment, are necessary.
7. Work and life balance
Your time is precious and you want it to spend the things you love with the people you love. Hiring a VA allows you to do things that matter most to you while letting the VA handle the rest of the work.
Since the bulk load of menial tasks has been delegated to your VA, you now have more time to focus on your life and be more present in your family activities and holidays without worrying too much if the company is running smoothly. We can connect and chitchat online to check on important updates needed.
Remotecrafty is ready to help streamline your operations to run efficiently and be more organized so you can have more freedom to create and perfect your craft.