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In my last article, Virtual Assistant-Hiring Pitfalls we explored the common hot water items companies face when hiring virtual assistants and how to avoid them. Now it's time to talk about possible performance pitfalls and how we can protect ourselves and the virtual assistant when hiring.
What's really most important when hiring a virtual assistant is doing your due-diligence before you make the hire. Just like anyone else, virtual assistants come with their own personality, life
Let's just say it - the real estate market is down and the mortgage industry is, well, a smidge messy right now. It's no secret. The question is how to survive during a poorly performing market. What do most companies cut first when things start to slide? If you answered "marketing" or "staff" you nailed it.
Why is that though? It's human nature to cut the "extras" when business is rough. Marketing is usually out the window first because the bills are typically huge. Followed
I've heard them called by many names as of late: Generation Y, Gen Y, The Plug-and-Play Generation, The Gotta-Feel-Good Generation. What they're all referring to is the new young generation - our current 20-somethings. Every generation "deals" with the generation who comes after them. Their different views, their different ways of doing things, and so on; this generation is no exception.
Why is everyone talking about this new generation now though? They've been coming along for years.
These days everyone is talking about going green: green building, green recycling, and green commuting, green EVERYTHING! And with good reason; all reports indicate that global warming is on the increase; various animal species are on the decrease and near extinction. Much of this is due to the way we, and generations before us, have treated the planet.
As I read a recent copy of Backpacker magazine, the Global Warming issue, I thought about how truly "green" working and hiring
Yep, that's right, I admit it - I'm a control freak. I wonder if there's a 12-step program for that. I wanted to bring this issue up as a benefit to all of those poor people out there (virtual assistants especially) who work for people like me. And for the benefit of all of my partners in making the misery - my fellow control freaks.
Being a control freak isn't as bad as it sounds. You just have to realize where your limits are and of course, it's best if you can admit it so that you can
