Listen to the podcast #37 of Fail Fast Podcast by Quin Amorim as Mark and I were invited to share some great advice and guidance on how to select an outstanding Virtual Employees as we answered most FAQ’s that I know you’ll be interested in. Click here to listen If you would like to know […]
When talking about HR best practices, you must consider, what are the best practices in Human Resources (HR) and why are they essential to the growth of a business? Human Resources is the part of an organization that takes care of the recruitment and onboarding of new employees or staff. They may also handle payroll […]
If it’s your first time hiring a virtual employee, you might be asking what tasks can you assign and furthermore, how to delegate tasks. Task delegation is necessary as it helps boost the productivity of your business. It also helps to make sure your staff is maximizing the use of their time and your time […]
When hiring help for a customer service job, you’d have to have a clear outline of your customer service job description. This includes the main job tasks and responsibilities, educational and minimum experience requirements, key competencies and systems requirements if the person you are going to hire will be working from home. It is important […]
There are different approaches when creating strategies that can help you and your virtual employee become more productive and efficient working as a team. The goal is to establish better results with consistency for the benefit of a successful and long-term work relationship. So here are a few tips on how to effectively strategize with […]
Why should we concern ourselves with employee retention? The cost for re-hiring is very high. It is much more cost-effective to keep your staff if possible. Employee retention is a strategy that supports employees/staff to keep them engaged and productive with the company for a longer period of time. We not only need to take […]
Time is very valuable. It is our least plentiful resource, and if you are most entrepreneurs, you are often trying to fit in multiple tasks in a single hour to maximize your time. Yet, often we end up doing a lot of things halfway and not gaining any momentum. Bottom line is we all want […]
Remote team building activities is a great way to enhance your relationship with your internal and external staff. We have talked about building an atmosphere of trust to effectively manage remote employees in our last article and team building activities is a great way to build trust and rapport. It is easy to talk and connect to […]
How much does an employee cost? We answer this question a lot. Hiring a new employee is not as simple as anyone thinks it is – aside from the salary itself, there is the cost for the recruitment, training, equipment, taxes, benefits, and the list goes on and on. Hiring is the most difficult and […]
If you are thinking of building a team remotely, you are probably wondering how to monitor work from home employees. How do you know if your virtual employees (VE) is doing what she said she will be doing for the hours you’ve paid her? It can be tough especially since she is working continents and […]