Archive for July, 2008
« Previous EntriesWork Smart Not Hard: 5 Reasons Why Part-Time Virtual Assistance is for You
Wednesday, July 30th, 2008Part-time jobs usually invoke the image of students working behind the pizza or fast food joint counter. Then, there are people who do two or more jobs, especially over the weekend to keep their family going. Students tend to love this hands one experience while on job, and enjoy the interaction they get with their [...]
Virtual Assistance: The ‘reliability’ business
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008Are you a virtual assistant? Go ahead! Flash that smile and preen all you want! Before your animated answer loses its steam and meanders into polite conversation on the weather, remember most people probably just have a vague idea about what a VA actually is. The better informed may venture a suggestion that its some [...]
Outsourcing – The Elephant in the Room
Thursday, July 24th, 2008Outsourcing is often represented in the popular media as an approach for cost-cutting in large organizations at the expense of job loss in various sectors. As these facts stand, they represent only a small part of the whole picture. It is, of course, a sensitive subject–emotions rage over outsourcing on blogs and in other media [...]
Momepreneur– 5 techniques to Follow your Career & Kill the Guilt
Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008The female workforce is constantly having to make choices between career and family. After investing heavily both financially and emotionally in their education and building their careers, motherhood can often complicate even the most well-laid plans. Whether plagued by pangs of guilt while sitting in the board room when her child is under the babysitter’s [...]
Selective Outsourcing: - A Strategic Perspective
Monday, July 21st, 2008The outsourcing industry typically encounters two types of investors. Those who are willing to outsource few of their business operations, and know how to do it, and, those who nourish an inclination to outsource, but also harbor doubts because of stories about potential that portray outsourcing disasters. This (second) group of investors, falls into the [...]
How Outsourcing is Helping Human Resources
Friday, July 18th, 2008Outsourcing human resources is creating a lot of interest and buzz presently as it can so easily facilitate support for a businesses’s HR functions.There are various issues to weigh when considering farming out Human Resource tasks:
· It includes aspects that provide knowledge whether to work with a solitary service provider or multiple best-in-class firms.
· It [...]
Outsourcing Through E-mail Expands Business
Thursday, July 17th, 2008Presently email in modern business is regarded as the prime source of record transmission and customer liaison management. Due to this, numerous organizations are outsourcing their non-voice call center requirements, as well as e-mail support services.
How does e-mail support service helps in eCRM (electronic customer relationship management) program of a company?
· E-mail is the main [...]
GTD – Getting Things Done ( Your way)
Monday, July 14th, 2008Why make it hard, when you can make it simple
Before we delve into the principle and tools of GTD, it is my responsibility to tell you that GTD® is the acronym for “Getting Things Done ®“, and are the trademarks of David Allen Company
Don’t we all have our deadlines to meet, personally and professionally ? [...]
Time Management - Virtual Assistant’s Key to Sucess
Thursday, July 10th, 2008Ideally, a client looks at a Virtual Assistant as a part of his extended team so that he can use the time gained to focus on more fruitful aspects of his business. So, while as a virtual assistant, it is imperative that you master the art of time management whithout feeling burnt out by the [...]
European Outsourcing Market
Monday, July 7th, 2008Realizing the benefits of being involved in outsourcing , both as a provider and as consumer, the European market is actively pursuing both segments, with the scales tilted towards providing. It was estimated that the outsourcing market in European Union countries is over 40€ million in 2007. Over the past year this figure seems reached [...]