5 Ways A Virtual Assistant Company Simplifies Assistant Hiring, Payment and Management


Hiring an independent virtual assistant can have pitfalls – there is unlikely to be any guarantee of a private professional’s credentials. Using a virtual assistant company, however, provides a no-risk way to find competent, contract-based support staff.
Here are five ways a virtual assistant company (VAC) simplifies assistant procurement:
- A virtual assistant reduces the risks of hiring a new assistant – instead of having to vet potential assistants carefully yourself, you can acquire an assistant via a company that performs careful background checks on its own in-house assistants. You will not have to scour job listings pages for someone with sufficient experience, tech-savvy, and reliability – your virtual assistant company will do this before employing staff.
- Staff replacement is a non-issue – ordinarily, having an assistant resign or releasing an assistant from your employ means going back to job boards to find a replacement. When you use a VAC, an account manager will handle any necessary assistant replacements for you.
- No more paying for work-free hours – Having a salaried assistant can equate to paying someone to do nothing, as administrative workload may vary. When you use a virtual assistant company, you pay per hour, and this means that every minute you pay for is a productive one. It also means that you can schedule tasks and hours according to your budget.
- Additional assistance is always available – If you have a frenetic week with a higher than usual workload, it is easy to take on additional temporary assistants employed by your VAC. You will not be tied to long-term contracts.
- Using a virtual assistant company provides access to multi-talented service staff – when you obtain a virtual assistant through a service company, you can simultaneously have access to designers, web developers, and other specialist functions. A virtual assistant company which maintains a network of service professionals makes it easy to acquire not only assistants but also the services of experts in other fields, when you need them.
Updated on December 9th, 2022