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 […]
Let us define core values first. Core values are the guiding principles that dictate action and behavior. They support the vision and reflect what a company values. If you are beginning to think about putting your company’s core values on paper, here are some questions to consider: What do you and your company stand for? […]
We all use many forms of communication, but most of us haven’t spent much time understanding the different forms of communication. Which form of communication we use the most and whether or not it is effective. Understanding the different styles of communication is essential if we’re aiming to develop the effectiveness on how we interact […]