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#8: What To Do Before Hiring a VA
Hiring Virtual Assistants isn’t rocket science, but it also isn’t as simple as it might seem. We often think we can just click a few buttons, send out some emails with directions and then it's as if, some sort of mystical solution guided by unicorns and rainbows is created, and all your problems go away. No…unfortunately, VA’s aren’t elves with superpowers. VA’s are people too!
Learn More: https://www.cloneyourselfu.com/workshops
VA’s Are Similar to Employees
We need to look at VA’s as if we were to hire them as our EMPLOYEES.
THINK ABOUT IT FOR A SECOND… If you’ve ever hired or trained an employee (and if you haven’t … think about the last time you were hired for a new job)... there’s a lot of work involved. Everything from crafting the job description equipped with responsibilities, KPI’s (that’s key performance indicators), the interview process, the on-boarding process and finally of course realizing that your new employee will likely have growing pains.
If we want to get rid of this overwhelm by the number of tasks and projects on our plate, then we need to look at VA’s as employees and do the upfront work before even thinking about clicking that hiring button.
In this episode of Clone Yourself, I’m going to give you 3 options to help uncover the tasks that are wasting your time.
You can catch the full pod by clicking here.
#1: Where Do You Spend Your Time?
FIRST, is by using my Time Audit worksheet. Link here: https://www.cloneyourselfu.com/roi
#2: Delegate & Conquer Worksheet
Another option to uncover some tasks you can hire a VA for is by using my Delegate and Conquer worksheet. This is a simple 3 column worksheet that you can download from the same link I mentioned previously (click here). This worksheet is if you are 100% positive you know all the tasks you do and feel like the time audit would just be a waste of your time.
Once you snag the worksheet you’ll see that you are simply plugging your tasks into columns based on the level of skill needed.
Honestly, this is the easiest of the 3 options I’m giving to you in this pod. But, to use this one you really need to have a list of documented already of all the tasks you (and your team) already do.
#3: Skills / Thrills Worksheet
Finally, your third option is downloading my Skills/Thrills worksheet which can also be found on CloneYourselfU.com/ROI.
When getting started with a VA look for those mundane and repetitive tasks that are simply wasting your time. You’ll clearly see these tasks after working with any of these worksheets.
ACTIONS
First, go to CloneYourself.com/ROI to download all 3 of these worksheets and use the ones that resonate with you most!
To hear the full podcast, head on over to Spotify, iTunes or any other pod player to listen to the full podcast!
LINKS & RESOURCES
- Worksheets Mentioned in this Podcast
- ROI Calculator (Use this quick tool to see how much you will save by hiring a virtual assistant)
- FREE Guide (In this guide, I offer a few suggestions on easy tasks to outsource and a canned template to instruct your VA how to do the task)
If you have any questions at all, hit me up! Email is [email protected] and you can schedule a time to chat with me by going to Calendly.com/CLONE.
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Hiring Virtual Assistants isn’t rocket science, but it also isn’t as simple as it might seem. We often think we can just click a few buttons, send out some emails with directions and then it's as if, some sort of mystical solution guided by unicorns and rainbows is created, and all your problems go away. No…unfortunately, VA’s aren’t elves with superpowers. VA’s are people too!
Learn More: https://www.cloneyourselfu.com/workshops
VA’s Are Similar to Employees
We need to look at VA’s as if we were to hire them as our EMPLOYEES.
THINK ABOUT IT FOR A SECOND… If you’ve ever hired or trained an employee (and if you haven’t … think about the last time you were hired for a new job)... there’s a lot of work involved. Everything from crafting the job description equipped with responsibilities, KPI’s (that’s key performance indicators), the interview process, the on-boarding process and finally of course realizing that your new employee will likely have growing pains.
If we want to get rid of this overwhelm by the number of tasks and projects on our plate, then we need to look at VA’s as employees and do the upfront work before even thinking about clicking that hiring button.
In this episode of Clone Yourself, I’m going to give you 3 options to help uncover the tasks that are wasting your time.
You can catch the full pod by clicking here.
#1: Where Do You Spend Your Time?
FIRST, is by using my Time Audit worksheet. Link here: https://www.cloneyourselfu.com/roi
#2: Delegate & Conquer Worksheet
Another option to uncover some tasks you can hire a VA for is by using my Delegate and Conquer worksheet. This is a simple 3 column worksheet that you can download from the same link I mentioned previously (click here). This worksheet is if you are 100% positive you know all the tasks you do and feel like the time audit would just be a waste of your time.
Once you snag the worksheet you’ll see that you are simply plugging your tasks into columns based on the level of skill needed.
Honestly, this is the easiest of the 3 options I’m giving to you in this pod. But, to use this one you really need to have a list of documented already of all the tasks you (and your team) already do.
#3: Skills / Thrills Worksheet
Finally, your third option is downloading my Skills/Thrills worksheet which can also be found on CloneYourselfU.com/ROI.
When getting started with a VA look for those mundane and repetitive tasks that are simply wasting your time. You’ll clearly see these tasks after working with any of these worksheets.
ACTIONS
First, go to CloneYourself.com/ROI to download all 3 of these worksheets and use the ones that resonate with you most!
To hear the full podcast, head on over to Spotify, iTunes or any other pod player to listen to the full podcast!
LINKS & RESOURCES
- Worksheets Mentioned in this Podcast
- ROI Calculator (Use this quick tool to see how much you will save by hiring a virtual assistant)
- FREE Guide (In this guide, I offer a few suggestions on easy tasks to outsource and a canned template to instruct your VA how to do the task)
If you have any questions at all, hit me up! Email is [email protected] and you can schedule a time to chat with me by going to Calendly.com/CLONE.
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