Avoiding Virtual Assistant-Hiring Pitfalls

By Gayle Buske, President and CEO, Team Double-Click
I can hear it now, “What?? All this time you and others have been telling us about the benefits of hiring virtual assistants and now you tell us there are pitfalls?” I feel like the old Endust® commercial “And now Pledge® says to watch for build-up?” It’s as true with hiring virtual assistants as it is with anything else - there are common pitfalls and you, as a consumer, must be aware of and you must protect yourself.
Unfortunately, as the industry grows and as more and more people “think” they can be virtual assistants; bad apples are bound to pop up. Our company alone has seen an increase from 500 VAs in 2003 to 18,000+ currently and growing at a rate of about 200 per week. So let’s talk View the rest of this article