| When you are hiring staff you generally go | | | | Those who pass the first phase of the interview |
| through an interview process with the applicant | | | | will have to prove themselves by sending samples |
| and you get to ask them questions about their | | | | of their work which you can go over. Some will |
| capabilities as a worker. The other thing that you | | | | give you work of others and this you will never |
| will have hold of is their CVA or their resume | | | | know, the only way to filter through these is to |
| where all their experiences are listed. They will | | | | give them an instant test. Example, if you want |
| have a letter or two recommending them to the | | | | work like article writing, then on the messenger |
| potential employer and last, you will get to test | | | | apparatus, ask them to type in their article of so |
| out their credibility through a trial period. | | | | many words after you give them a keyword to |
| This is the same thing when you are thinking | | | | use. |
| about outsourcing your work to overseas | | | | Once they pass this crucial test, then you can |
| freelancers otherwise known as the virtual | | | | now try out their skills on a larger scale article. |
| assistant. The difference is that you do not get to | | | | Send them a trial keyword with specific |
| meet them face to face; neither do you get to | | | | instructions on how it is to be written. Send links |
| talk to them, unless you require that they have | | | | to base their articles on. And without their |
| applications like Skype, YM or MSN. In short, the | | | | knowing it, scan their articles through software |
| interview is done through email and messenger | | | | which will determine if there is plagiarism or not. |
| applications. All text based, never eye balling each | | | | Once you have gone through these, you already |
| other. | | | | have gotten to know your VA better, and |
| So how do you get to interview or get to know | | | | hopefully the relationship will flourish after the trial |
| your potential assistant? Simple, when posting a | | | | period is over. Never, ever just hire out of |
| job, make sure that you already list down the | | | | nowhere. Always go for trusted companies and |
| requirements for the applicants. Second, make | | | | resources. The preferred route to take is to hire |
| sure that when the applicant is available, you get | | | | VA agencies. They have better infrastructure and |
| to 'talk' to each other using the different | | | | better management in place. They often have |
| messenger applications. And third, make ready a | | | | teams so you can be sure that you will always |
| test that they could fulfill. This way it is clear on | | | | have someone ready to assist you. |
| who gets filtered out and who stays in. | | | | |