Maternity Leave Cover Using A Virtual Assistant

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What You Stand To Gain

Let’s start with the benefits of hiring a VA. In addition to instant maternity cover you get:

An experienced PA or Administrator
A ready trained person
New skills and ideas
Holiday and sickness cover built-in
Efficiency, you only pay for hours worked

What managers like most, is that an experienced VA is “ready to go”. They have all the essential office and IT skills needed, and will pick up their work quickly and effortlessly. Better still, they need little supervision because they are self-motivated and take pride in the quality of their work. Managers find it refreshing that they simply give instructions and work gets done. It’s how management ought to be.

An added benefit is that managers get to see what the true work content of a job really is. Because VAs time-record and only charge for the work they do, the manager instantly gets a picture of staff productivity (less the down-time, breaks and chatting). If anything, this tends to raise their expectations and the standards of permanent staff.

Selecting The Right VA

Finding the right VA for maternity leave cover requires careful consideration, but once you’ve found her you have her for this and any other situation that arises in future – you’ll be an important client, so she’ll always be there when you need her.

We believe there are five important steps to finding the right VA... these are:

        Step 1: Decide What You Need
        Step 2: Do Your Research
        Step 3: Qualify Each Candidate
        Step 4: Evaluate Proposals Carefully
        Step 5: Engage In Appropriate Ways

Our article Admin Outsourcing Partner Selection...Getting It Right explains about each step in detail.

Find out more about the virtual temps option and admin support services.

About The Author

Anna Isaacs is the founder of Office Lifeline, a Warwickshire based Virtual Office Services business, providing Virtual PA, Admin and Typing services. Anna had a successful career as an Executive PA in several blue chip companies before setting up Office Lifeline in early 2007. In 2010 she won the prestigious National Women On Their Way Award for Best Online Business.

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