Okay. So, now you know where to find virtual assistants to hire. If you
watched our last video. That's in our last video, of course. Now, we're going to
talk about how to get them started. How to actually hire them. Alright, in a
previous video, we talked about where to find people to hire as a virtual
assistant. Now we're going to talk about how you actually hire them. I've got some
tips. So, I've been outsourcing for over 8 years. Beautiful. And it works
really well when you follow these steps we're going to talk about right now.
Let's do this. Okay, what are they? Okay. So, using the tool that we talked about in
the previous video, the virtual assistant tool, you want to narrow that list down
to 30 or 40 people. Okay, so you might start with... There's a couple hundred
thousand people there. Narrow that list down to 30 or 40 people that are
qualified, okay? And then you send them an email message through the system. You
just hit the send button and you wait for those to reply. First of all, the
message that you send them is going to be brief. You don't need to go into all the
ins and outs for the details of the positions, what you're looking for, what
the pay is. You just basically give them an idea. "Hey, this is me. I've been hiring
in the Philippines for for such-and-such a years. This is what we do and we're
looking for another video editor. If you are available for a position like this,
email me back and I'll let you know more details." Which is good. That's all really
a job seekers wanting at that moment anyway. Yeah. So, out of the 30 or 40 that
I send that message to, a half or some percentage will reply. And those people, I
will then take a second look at like, "Okay, is this..." Maybe start to do some all
filtering in my mind. But I will actually make them a custom video. Not a
professional one. I don't get out my Canon cameras or anything. But I'll just
take a selfie video like this or my webcam on my Mac but. Right. And I'll talk
to them. And usually, I will use my Macbook, actually. Because I'll show them
myself on the webcam but then I'll switch over and I'll show them my
website and show them some of the things that we do on YouTube. Yeah. And the
reason that I do that is they're not a person that's coming into my office and
shaking my hand. Yes. And seeing where I work and seeing my studio and my
equipment. They don't know me. And so, just as much as I want to find an employee
that I can hire, that I trust them, they want to find a boss that they can trust.
Of course. Yeah. So, being in a video, letting them see me, showing them around, my
YouTube channel, showing them what we do. Showing them the different, you know,
all the views that we've had on our videos, it gives them a sense of
legitimacy of this position and whatnot. So, I make them a video. Probably talk to
them for 5 or 8 minutes or something like that. And explain in
general terms, what the position is that they would fill and what I'm looking for.
That's kind of instead of writing out a lengthy job description, I need this and
I had this, you need to be a problem-solver... It's easier to just
verbalize it. Yeah. It really is. And too often also, when you know you have to
write out the job descriptions and all of those requirements, it's so
verbose. And we always try to be so, "Well, this is how we're supposed to write
these lists. And this is what they should sound like." And most job seekers can't...
They don't understand what exactly I will be doing for you at work that day.
And so, for someone to be able to say, "Here's the situation. I make these videos.
You're basically going to be cutting them together and adding certain things --
elements that are already sort of templated out for you." You know, I mean
you get to it a lot quicker that way. I would loved if somebody... If a potential
boss sent me something like that. Plus it's personalized because it's
coming to me. And it's not just some shotgun generic video, right? I mean,
you're making this specifically for this guy, right? And then at the end of my
video, I tell them how to apply. So, now they know a lot more details about what
I'm looking for and they know all the details about my company. I tell them and
this is a challenge because there... When I outsource to the Philippines and it's a
third-world country. But I tell them, "I want you to make me a
selfie video." You know, whether you have a phone. Most of them have phones or you
know, set up a webcam or something. It doesn't have to be professional, don't
worry about the lighting. Don't worry about anything. I just need to be able to
hear you and what you say. Yeah. Talk to me. Maybe face a window and explain to me
why you want to work for my company? You know, and I list off a couple of things
that I would like to hear like, talk to me about how your experience relates to
what hiring. And they'll send me, you know, a
smaller portion of them. Some people won't be willing to take those
steps and that's a good filter. Yeah. The people that reply by email, only a
percentage of those will actually take the step to make a video. I found that to
be a really great filter because if they're not willing to, you know, try and
figure something out or do something hard.
I'm smiling and all because I'm thinking of, "I just hired a guy." The video he sent me
is so good. Like he made his video but the he mentioned the video. Yeah, I've
actually had to film this a few times to get it right because I kept messing up.
But then at the end he added some of his bloopers and it just was... Anyway, I just I
just love that. And that I could tell that he really wanted to impress me by
the effort he took. And obviously, it was great to see him and his personality.
Personality. You want to connect with somebody. Yeah. You want to know that they
have a sense of humor. You know, when are so tightly wound. Now this is kind
of a sign up and you might find this as odd. But I've never hired somebody... I've
never talked to them on the phone. It just... It seems weird to me. I love
making videos and sending it to them and having them send a video to me. There's a
new app that I've started using with my team, just in the last few weeks. It's
called voxer which is like a walkie talkie
app. You can look that up. People make a video about it because it is actually
pretty cool. And there's... I'm using the free version
right now. No, I just upgraded four bucks a month. Yeah, to think that I've hired
somebody and I've been working with with my team for 8 years and we've never
had a phone call conversation. Not even in the hiring process, kind of
interesting. But this is what it's worked for me. Maybe you'll do something
different in that regard. But I do recommend giving them that assignment of
making an application video. And then maybe if you want to, you can do a Skype
call. That's a great idea. Fun recruiting process and you'd know
where you stand with somebody like Nate. Because it's showing your personality as
well. Love it. Okay. So, now you know how to hire your first virtual assistant or at
least most of the things that you can do. Yeah or if you've done it in the wrong
way in the past and it hasn't worked, try it this way.
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