Finding the Right Virtual Assistant For Your Small Business
Articles abound advising the business community how to properly screen when looking for a Virtual Assistant (VA). Unfortunately, some of the advice may lead you astray, as it often ignores the fact that VAs are not employees but independent contractors providing professional business to business (B2B) services.
Outsourcing and the Small Business Outlook
We all know that IT and call center jobs have been outsourced to foreign companies, but did you know that accountants outsourced $100,000 in U.S. tax returns to India in 2005? It’s expected that $400,000 will be done there this year. Though some industries are finding that outsourcing hasn’t reaped quite the rewards that were initially anticipated (IT executives said they expected outsourcing to cut costs by 50 percent; outsourcing has—on average—slashed expenses by 10 to 20 percent), outsourcing continues to be a major issue for both large corporations and small businesses.
