The 4 most important rules!
After a decision is made to hire a personal assistant, the question arises of how to choose who to work with, there are so many options. In the next article we will try to make order and give iron rules in choosing the most suitable personal assistant for you .
First rule: First, understand with myself exactly what I need and can someone do for me, a rule that I clarify with myself exactly what I need and what is more or less important to me, that way I can more easily find the ideal service provider for me. It is recommended to create like a grocery list of expectations and tasks that I would like to pass on.
Second point: From the list we created, it is possible to create a list of requirements, required skills and character traits that will characterize the service provider. For example: if my business involves a lot of dealing with reports and numbers, I will define from the list of requirements that I will need someone with knowledge and affection for numbers, on the other hand, from the list of requirements it appears that there is a lot of interaction and customer service in my list of requirements I will need someone who is good with people, who enjoys communication and interaction, in any high verbal abilities.
Third rule: Market survey – A market survey can be a very good thing and even recommended to do, but it can also be very confusing. There is a very large offer in the market and how do you say? You cannot see the forest for the trees. It is important to do a targeted market survey with three to four companies at most. In order to really examine in depth, the offers, and the differences between them and create an effective selection process that will serve us in choosing the service provider. Fourth rule: Terms of engagement: Sometimes we do not pay enough attention to the most critical stage in the relationship, which is the engagement agreement, the definition of things in an open and orderly manner. It is very important at this stage to refer to the terms of payment, working times, response time, regular updates, and anything else that is important to you that should be carried out and must be defined in detail.
Another and very important thing in this context are termination of engagement. But one does not want to think at this stage of the relationship about the moment when we break up, but this situation may happen, and it is very important to regulate the rules and laws in the context of a breakup already at this stage. Emphasis should be placed on: information sharing processes, transfer of overlap and learning at the end of engagement to the replacement, ownership of materials accumulated during the work (files and more).In conclusion: a virtual personal assistant can be a great resource for any business. In some cases, businesses engage virtual assistants for short-term projects. In other cases, businesses have chosen to work with external office services throughout the life of the business. Whatever your specific need, DHO office services can be a great advantage for your business.
