Recruiting

• November 23 2011 Finding your team My last post titled “Getting started today” was really just a brief summary of three things you need to do to get started with a remote team. In this article I want to focus more on the second point which was finding your team, being the whole process of recruitment and interviewing peop ... 0 Comments posted by Adam

• November 22 2011 Getting started today As we head towards the end of the year it is a good time to sit down and evaluate how this year has been, and begin to prepare for the next year. Too often we put things off that we need to do, and if 2011 has been for you as it has been for [...] 0 Comments posted by Adam

• July 23 2011 Who Made you the Boss When I talk with my clients about outsourcing, or provide consultancy and answers to their questions, the assumption is always that they are required to be the boss, to manage their staff and to grow their business. If you have been a reader of outsourcemadesimple.com for some time, you will know th ... 0 Comments posted by Adam

• July 21 2011 Is it Ethical? The number one objection I have from people regarding my views on outsourcing is that what I do is not ethical. In honesty, I can see why they would assume that, but in reality it is a very naive approach to assume that outsourcing is exploitation without doing any research into it. I talk about [.. ... 0 Comments posted by Adam

• July 19 2011 You Never Finish I have some relatives who are very keen gardeners. Their backyard is immaculate, their lawn is always perfect and they spend a lot of time outside attending to their gardens. When I think of gardening however, I think of one weekend a year where I can dedicate that time to get it all done and [...] 0 Comments posted by Adam

• July 17 2011 The debate over the term virtual assistant The debate over the term virtual assistant is one that is often discussed online. I have yet to join any discussion regarding this, but  do have quite a strong view on it. To put it simply, I do not like the term “Virtual Assistant”. Even though it is used by both employees and employer ... 0 Comments posted by Adam

• June 16 2011 What Makes Up a Job Description? I have seen scores of different job descriptions for a whole range of roles. The only aspect that I see common between them all is the fact that I find them frustratingly boring to read, full of jargon and contain as many words as possible.My simple rule is that you should not need a university [... ... 0 Comments posted by Adam

• June 10 2011 Jack of All Trades When I first started my online business I was creating websites for people. This began out of the passion of enjoying creating an online presence and I turned it into producing an income. Something that I quickly worked out was that I could produce satisfactory websites – websites that were ki ... 0 Comments posted by Adam

• June 01 2011 Staff Entitlements One of the first consultations I gave to a client on outsourcing was to review the employment contract they wanted to use for their team. From memory, I didn’t get paid for the consultation because of the advice that I gave in regards to the employment contract. This contract was setup to complete ... 0 Comments posted by Adam