E1- Hiring your First VA: The Hiring Process

E1- Hiring your First VA: The Hiring Process It's been a month since I've hired my first Virtual Assistant and it's been incredible! Let's talk about the hiring process I went through in hiring my first VA. In this podcast, I'll be talking about [1] the prerequisites for the hiring process, [2] different online job boards like Upwork and Onlinejobs.ph, [3] when to post your job and how long it will take, [4] narrowing down the number of candidates, and finally [5] hiring the best candidate for the job. If you're thinking of hiring a Virtual Assistant (which I suggest that you should), this podcast will take you through each step! If you already have a VA for your business, follow me on Twitter: @WesAdvance and share with me how you went about hiring your first VA. Want Business, Code & Design updates sent directly to your inbox? Subscribe to the newsletter at http://businesscodeanddesign.com. Hosted by: Wesley Vance (@WesAdvance) Specific Show Notes (with timestamps) [0:01] Introduction [1:07] Researching information to find VA’s, expected hourly rate, the hiring process, etc [1:26] Upwork vs. Onlinejobs.ph [2:01] Timeframe of the job posting: how many days the jobs has been activated, how many applicants have applied and how many times the job posting was viewed [2:31] Narrowing down candidates by including a little trick to weed out the majority (60%-70%) of the applicants [3:16] Narrowing more down with the remaining 20 – 30% of applicants [3:35] What I did with the remaining 10% of the total applicants [4:50] Interviewing and hiring one of the top 3 Checkout the full post at: https://www.wesvance.com/posts/hiring-my-first-virtual-assistant-the-hiring-process