When you can’t hire new employees, the work you wanted them to do still needs to be done. That’s why companies large and small have turned to remote executive assistants, AKA offshore virtual assistants, to simultaneously reduce costs and increase…
When the new Chief of Staff for one of the world’s largest asset management firms joined the company, she was immediately overwhelmed. She reported having dozens of open recs for on-site executive assistants but faced difficulty finding candidates. When she…
It is always a good time to check organizational efficiency, even more so in an uncertain economy. When growth slows, revenue declines, and operations leaders must find ways to do more with less. One of the first places to look…
“Every CEO I know is doing some level of recession-planning,” said Camille Fetter, CEO of the executive recruiting firm Talentfoot. “Everyone got nervous when the tech layoffs happened when the market crashed. As a result, they are saying, ‘Let’s not make…
Security breaches are expensive. Remote breaches are more expensive. The average data breach costs a company $9.5 million, and remote security breaches cost $1.07 million more. Remote breaches cost more because of the time it takes to locate the remote device,…
The virtual executive assistant market grew 41 percent in 2020 and continues to grow. Fueled by a shortage of traditional administrative assistants and a pandemic-generated openness to remote work, businesses are tapping into a global supply of college-educated, English-speaking teammates from areas of the…
“Quickskill is the best place to work in Guatemala because you are treated like a person.” Those are the words of a Quickskill Productivity Assistant (PA), Ana, in an employee survey. “Your time isrespected here, you are empowered to invest…
“I fired my first virtual assistant because they didn’t get enough done.” We hear that a lot. It may or may not be the virtual assistant’s fault. Executives and entrepreneurs often think an assistant will magically “organize me.” That is…
A frequently asked question by people looking for a virtual assistant is, “how much experience do your virtual assistants have?” It is the wrong question. “Experience is overrated,” said Stephen Covey. “Some people say they have twenty years’ experience, when, in reality, they only…
Is your schedule out of control? Are you trying and failing to manage your time at work? Does a day or week go by and you feel like you didn’t get anything done? Most people want to be productive. We…
