Hiring a Virtual Assistant

How to Find and Hire a Virtual Assistant for Your Small Business
Gregory Go (Wise Bread)

Aug 11, 2009 –
If you’ve read Tim Ferriss’ 4-Hour Work Week or any number of productivity blogs, you’ll get a sense of the excitement small business owners have for hiring Indian virtual assistants. The hope is to hire an entry-level, college-graduate backoffice employee for around $5 per hour. But it’s not as easy as putting up a flyer at the local community college. Working with someone remotely (ie., not physically in your office), and in another country, presents some unique challenges.
In the end, it’ll cost about $10-15 per hour, but you’ll have an employee that is a college graduate (sometimes with advanced degrees) at around minimum wage. And if you hire a firm, instead of an individual, you can get multiple expertise in “one employee.”