Sunday, 26 August 2012

What and When of Virtual Outsourcing

Who is a Virtual Assistant? That question puzzles many business owners. A Virtual Assistant is someone who provides professional administrative, technical, or creative assistance to clients from its own home office.

A VA is not directly employed by any company on a permanent capacity. So the client is not responsible for any employee-related fees or tax. For the remote working professional, a client does not have to provide office space, equipments or software.

Providing professional assistance to clients, a Virtual Assistant  works only when a company requires the work at fixed hours. They can be hired on an hourly basis or project basis.

Hiring virtual services provides flexibility to a business and less pressure on the operational budget.
For small businesses a virtual assistant can give solid support by handling an array of tasks.   Partnering with a virtual assistant helps a business owner to reduce business expenditure. It makes the life of the business owner easier and less cumbersome.

Deliverables of a Virtual Assistant:-

More time: Outsourcing of time-consuming activity releases quality time in growing the business rather than sinking it.

Productivity: Creates new strategies, services and products.

Satisfaction: More time to focus on the core business.

Improved quality:
Good experience in administrative tasks with knowledge and specialized skills in various domains.

Technology: Well versed in the latest technology

Reduced stress: Gives essential, flexible support

According to a PWC Whitepaper the basic premise of outsourcing is working smarter and letting go what is not possible and focus on the things that only you can do.

Logically speaking outsourcing makes more sense when all those activities that do not make money directly, are given out to another person who can do it in a better way.

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