A month ago I made Joven the manager of Onlinejobs.ph. He's the first person I hired and he's amazing.

This question is pretty polarizing. I know some of you believe that Filipino VAs shouldn't meet with clients AT ALL. I also know some who are okay with it and have even integrated it into their processes.

You’ve thought about hiring an OFS but you have questions.

Most high schools and colleges here in the US and in the Philippines don't really prepare you for work. They teach you how to think and take tests, but they don't arm you with valuable skills that you can apply right away. That's why most of us prefer workers with experience and stay away from fresh graduates.

Preparing to get a job in the Philippines takes so much work. Filipinos have to go through a lot of red tape, and it takes a lot of time to get everything done. No wonder a lot of them are looking for work online.

This is the video Bob was stalking about: https://youtu.be/xSPRM7sFrz4

You've thought about hiring an OFS, but you have questions.

I recently had an episode about hiring Filipino workers that are students. I got an interesting response about this from Brett. Brett's OFS is a student, and he found a way to make things work. Want to know how he did it? That's what we'll talk about in this episode.

You've thought about hiring an OFS, but you have questions.

In the last six episodes, I've talked about mindless work from your OFS:

Today, I will talk about things I have done that improved the quality of work.

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You've thought about hiring an OFS, but you have questions.

In the past five episodes, I've been talking about why your OFS works mindlessly. Today, let's start talking about the solutions. Here are some of the solutions my OFS team has recommended. A lot of them have to do with decreasing the Power Distance Index.

You've thought about hiring an OFS, but you have questions.

One of the answers that surprised me when I asked my OFS team why they sometimes work mindlessly is family culture. They care about the work when the company culture makes them feel cared for.

This is the 4th episode in the series about why your OFS will sometimes work mindlessly. 

We're still talking about why your OFS sometimes works mindlessly. It's the 3rd in the series.