Hiring a Virtual Employee Do’s and Don’t’s
“Money comes from the money invested; but it is not absolutely true. In fact, money comes from a good idea when get executed in a systematic manner!! In 21st century, the buzz for Intellectual property has reached at its best. In fact, the biggest corporate industry of the universe i.e. IT industry is dominated by the intellectual property and there are billions of IT professionals working around the globe to serve the industry in a methodical manner. With telecommuting, the industry has crossed all the geographic barriers and the virtual employees are playing the most important role in the business. Though it is highly productive way of doing futuristic business but at the same time, comes with many risks and shortcomings. It’s not that much simple to onboard a virtual employee for your business for a superior yield”.
Do’s of hiring virtual employee:
Understanding the responsibility level of the Employee: While hiring a virtual employee for your business you must understand all the shortcomings and risks associated with the process. The most important thing is that, you can’t trace your employee’s behaviour all the time when he was on duty. If the employee tries to deceive you, then it may lead to serious hamper to your business. So you must keep your eyes open and always try to know the status of your work done by the virtual employee. You must try to hire a responsible employee for your purpose so that you needn’t to bother much about his progress and you can focus more on your business. While screening the resume of a virtual employee you should try to find out his previous record and how he had performed during that period. Again you can also do some questionnaires with the virtual employee to know his responsibility persona. You must understand that a responsible employee can give you a marvellous end product.
Intention of the Virtual Employee must be considered: Though it is quite difficult to understand the exact intention of anyone but still you have to give your maximum effort to know the intention of the virtual employee; because it can be the deciding factor for the success of your transaction. No matter how efficient or hardworking professional you are going to hire, you must consider his intention because a professional with bad intention is extremely hazardous for your business. Imagine you are going to hire someone with whom you have never interacted before and you are going to discuss all your business policies and ideas with the person that means you are taking an immense risk indeed. Hence you must try to know the intention of the virtual employee and should share the business ideas with him gradually in a professional and responsible manner.
His track record should be considered: The track record of any virtual employee must be well thought-out; because from that, you can at least get some practical information about the employee. His track record will definitely make easier for you to take the decision. From his track record you can extract various personality trends of the employee like responsibility level, honesty, hardworking and result oriented nature etc. For the same, you can contact his previous employer for different information about him.
Don’t’s of hiring virtual employee:
Don’t test unnecessarily: Remember, virtual employees can definitely help you in saving a good portion of your investment but at the cost of risk i.e. cost cutting comes at the cost of risk. Hence you must determine whether you should give priority to risk than investment or vice-versa. If you don’t want to take any type of risk with your business then it is better not to hire a virtual employee. In fact domains like banking and insurance sectors never take unnecessary risks for cost cutting purpose. Understanding this fact, you should be serious enough while deciding for hiring any virtual employee for your business. It is always suggested not to become over aggressive and take unnecessary risks for a healthy business. So stop unnecessary tests if they are not required.
Don’t be hurry in offering the appointment letter: The virtual employee can sometimes turned out as a real threat for your business if not handled with responsibility. A bad intentioned virtual employee can make a serious hamper to your business. So, you must chew over various criterions before appointing a virtual employee for your beloved business. You should make a strict and thorough back ground check of the employee before you onboard him for your business. You can do the same by some reliable third party organization that has very good reputation in the industry. Many private detective agencies can help you in this regard.
Don’t depend upon the Virtual employee without considering his previous dependencies: While hiring a virtual employee for your client you must conscious enough because a small mistake from your end can cause a severe financial loss for your client. Before you put a virtual employee for a project you should thoroughly consider his potential and expertise so that he can serve your client with utmost care. A wrong employee will lead to an imperfect output and hence the dependency of the virtual employee should be considered before projecting him for any project. For the same you can go through his previous work experience and his performance.
Don’t let your client fed up for your wrong decision: Remember client is the most important asset of your business just like your employee. If there is no client, there is no employee and there is no business. Providing better service to client should be your top priority from the very beginning of your business. The profit that you make from your business comes from your client’s pocket. Hence it is your responsibility to provide utmost quality of service or product for your client. For the same you must hire quality resources from the industry for your business partner. The employee who will work for your client should be efficient and effective enough in fulfilling all demands of your client and provide him quality service during the transaction. Hence you should hire a good employee who is not only efficient but should possess effective communication skill to interact with your client. Never let your clients suffer for your mistake and hence you should hire a quality resource for your client so that you can do a smooth business and that will definitely bring good reputation for you in the industry.
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