subject: A Cost Effective Hiring Guide - Hire A Virtual Assistant [print this page] Any business owner will tell you, the most expensive part of their business goes toward employees. Labor costs seem to rise every quarter. Between salary and benefits; taxes, insurance and extra office space, employee related expenses eat up profits faster than anything else. Independent contractors are the solution to the problem of ever-expanding payrolls.
A Virtual Personal Assistant can help reduce cost by getting work done remotely in the place of your in house employees. The rates are much lower than what you would pay in house. Plus, your in house employee will get paid even if they do nothing all week, but your virtual assistant only get's paid for the work they complete.
A Virtual Assistant can have a whole arsenal of skills at their beckon, from basic data entry skills to completing complex real estate deals. This is something a regular employee may not be able to provide in house. Not only can a Virtual Assistant have a more varied list of skills, they can also take a significantly lesser piece out of your profit margin. Typically Virtual Assistants are very goal oriented, so you don't have to worry about lost time. The Virtual Assistant is hired with a specific goal in mind and they can achieve that.
At current estimates, there are over 35,000 Virtual Assistants actively helping customers in the worldwide economy and this number is expanding every day. By hiring a Virtual Assistant, you can ensure you have an experienced Personal Assistant and save you some money both in the short run and the long run as well. There really is no better method to help your business grow than by hiring a Virtual Assistant.
So if you're looking for a way to get all your pending work done, why not give a Virtual Assistant a chance? It may just make the difference between running a successful business and being buried by too much work.
