5 Big Mistakes People Often Make When Hiring Virtual Assistants

In today's video, I'm going to be digging into five mistakes that I find people often make when it comes to hiring virtual assistants. By the end of this video, you'll hopefully be able to avoid making these mistakes yourself in the case where you are starting to scale up your virtual assistant team. 📥 DOWNLOAD my free Virtual Assistant Jumpstart Kit to better manage your remote team → https://www.growwithwill.com/va-jumps... 🔔 Remember to SUBSCRIBE to get new videos every week: https://www.growwithwill.com/subscribe ☕️ Did I help you out? Buy me a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/growwithwill 0:00 - Introduction to 5 Big Mistakes People Often Make When Hiring Virtual Assistants 0:13 - Mistake #1: Don't treat your VA like this What I mean by this is that even before the virtual assistant has truly started on their work, the business owner will often make the mistake of thinking that if things just don't work out, then they can just fire the virtual assistant. And I think that's the wrong mindset when you're thinking about how to hire and scale a successful virtual assistant team. 1:12 - Mistake #2: Make sure you are not doing this When you are hiring a virtual assistant, especially for the first time on your team, you are going to find that you may have to do some more handholding in the first few weeks of working with that virtual assistant. That's supernatural because if you think about it, they have to understand your work style and you need to understand their work style. To combat that, what I would recommend you do is actually take a step back and just start to phase in task over time. You don't have to hand over all the keys to the castle, so to speak on your first day of working with your new virtual assistant. Instead just chunk things in terms of a couple tasks at a time, that way you're not overwhelming them and that way they can also prove to you that they are competent in the sorts of tasks that you want them to do. 3:29 - Mistake #3: Paying the lowest possible wages I see this all the time when going through Upwork proposals for people that are seeking virtual assistance, they are consistently paying just pennies if even just a couple dollars per hour. If you're in the situation where you can afford to pay a little bit more than you should, it's not only beneficial for you, but it's also beneficial for your virtual assistant. In my personal experience, I've found over time that just paying a fair wage has been a big game changer in terms of making sure that my team is happy as well as that I'm getting the quality at level of work that I'm expecting of my team as well. 5:17 - Mistake #4: Profit over people Essentially what this is referring to is when you are given the opportunity to treat your virtual assistants well, you don't take the opportunity to do so. In other words, the business owner is just taking all the profits or all the wins that the virtual assistant team might have worked really hard to help him or her achieve. And that's something that I think is a mistake. Some of the things that I like to do to treat my virtual assistant team is at random points in the year whether that's every quarter or every half year, I try to work in many bonuses for people that I know that have been working really hard for me or in the case where I know that they haven't taken a few days off. And so, ultimately you win as the business owner as well because people know that you'll take care of them and therefore they're gonna take care of you too. It's a very reciprocal nature of just human nature. When someone does something nice for us, we want to do something nice for them too. 7:29 - Mistake #5: They don't really self-reflect on what is not working out If you're ever having a churn problem in your virtual assistant team, in which people are leaving you, it probably is because you're kind of hard to work with, or there's something that's clearly not being met in terms of what virtual assistant want out of the work relationship with you that is causing people to leave. ✍️ COMMENT BELOW: Are you making any of these mistakes when hiring virtual assistants? Grow with Will is all about helping you grow your business, get more customers, and hone your business acumen. I teach you the real-world business skills you didn't learn in school to help take you from zero to self-starter. 🔔 If you find this helpful, SUBSCRIBE for new videos every week: https://www.growwithwill.com/subscribe 📸 My YouTube Gear: https://kit.co/GrowthWithWill/my-yout... Disclosure: Some links and products are affiliate links, meaning Grow with Will will earn a commission if you make a purchase through our links, at no cost to you. Disclaimer: Grow with Will does not provide tax, legal, or accounting advice. This video, and the ideas presented in it, are for informational purposes only, and is not intended to provide, and should not be relied on for, tax, legal or accounting advice.