The Job for a Hiring Manager Sometimes is Hard

by Francis
(December 19, 2012)

My virtual assistant takes on many of my tasks for me. Recently, he started managing other virtual assistants in my place.

This way, I can have a team or a network of virtual assistants working for me with acceptable time investment on the side of managing all these people.

My main virtual assistant works as a hub, in some way. I instruct him and he updates me. At the same time, he has to take care of managing several people at times. Normally, this works out very well.

Shortly, we invited someone very promising on our team. He did not have any experience on oDesk before. But he had some specific knowledge only a specialist could have. So, we gave it a try.

As always, I peeked into the screenshots provided by the oDesk software to see what my virtual assistant is up to.

I was not sure if I should have pity with my virtual assistant or if I should be amused. This specific provider had extremely high problems getting started with his job.

First, there were internet connectivity problems.

Then, my virtual assistant really had to explain to the new guy every step of the way in excruciating detail.

I know the feeling very well. I’m not sure my virtual assistant has made this experience as a hiring manager until now.

Sometimes, managing a virtual assistant online can be extremely tiring, time consuming and challenging.

That’s something everyone who seriously considers doing outsourcing with more than one personal assistant should deeply keep in mind.

In the end, I don’t know how far the new provider on our team will make it. Will he get how the job is done and deliver the high quality results we expect from him?

Or, will our patience go to an end at some point in time and we will have to let him go?

Let’s see. It’s up to him.

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