Virtual Assistant Interview Questions: How to Find the Right Fit for Your Business

You know you need help to get your business running efficiently, but where do you begin? And when it comes to hiring help, you can’t always get by with the same interview questions. As businesses become increasingly digital, hiring strategies must also become more tech-savvy. That’s where virtual assistants come in. The right virtual assistant can be your business’s secret weapon, offering specialized skills and services that support your company… Read More »Virtual Assistant Interview Questions: How to Find the Right Fit for Your Business

Social Media Virtual Assistance – Unlock Your Social Media Potential with VA Services

Unlock Your Social Media Potential with Social Media VA Services Are you tapped out from the struggle of trying to get your social media presence up to snuff? Is your idea of a content calendar a scribbled mess of reminders in the margins of your desk calendar? Do you look on with envy at other entrepreneurs and media personalities who seem to have days to themselves while still posting top-notch… Read More »Social Media Virtual Assistance – Unlock Your Social Media Potential with VA Services

How to Effectively Recruit and Retain Millennials

There are some blatant misconceptions when it comes to recruiting Millennials – they are not loyal employees, they only care about what’s in it for them, etc. The truth is, Gen Y is simply motivated by different things. In lieu of salary and stability, this generation values freedom, personal growth and meaningful work. They command autonomy, empowerment and flexibility. They want to be challenged and inspired and they want to… Read More »How to Effectively Recruit and Retain Millennials

How to Handle Counter Offers as a Hiring Manager

Our dreaded fear…the “counter offer”. As the talent war heightens so is the likelihood that a potential candidate you are interviewing will get a counter-offer. It is vital that you are prepared as a hiring manager so that you can in turn prepare your candidate. Research has shown that the typical counter offer is between 15 to 20% of the employee’s current salary though the company making the counter offer… Read More »How to Handle Counter Offers as a Hiring Manager

How to Avoid Bad Hires

The Harvard Business Review estimates that 80 percent of mis-hires are caused by bad hiring decisions. Hiring the wrong person can cost your company thousands of dollars. In fact, the latest statistics show that you could waste three to five times the amount of the employee’s salary simply by hiring and then having to replace an employee within a year of hiring them. Let’s break it down. If you hire… Read More »How to Avoid Bad Hires