Tips on Hiring a Freelance Virtual Assistant
Many VA’s are associated with a freelancer company. This can make life a lot easier for you, because depending on the company, they can track your VA’s hours, what they have been doing, and handle payment processing. Although, if you have never hired from a freelancer company, you don’t want to find yourself unprepared. Make sure you find an applicant that you trust as they could be handling sensitive information.
Include a test the applicants must complete.
Creating a small task that is consistent with the work you want the VA to do can help weed out applicants that are unable to help you. This task should only take a few minutes and then you are able to evaluate them on efficiency and quality of work.
Interview the applicant.
Hopping on a video call to talk with your potential VA is a good step in evaluating their English and overall communication skills.
Start with a trial period.
Explain to the applicant that there is a paid trial period for the position, such as two weeks. This allows you to assess the work the applicant is capable of and if it benefits you. If you are not satisfied with the applicants work, it is easy to let them go and begin your search again.
Be absolutely clear.
When hiring a VA, you want to be very specific on the tasks you want completed and the hours you would like them to work. This assures they are always available when you need them and there is no miscommunication on their job.
