We Want to Hire You as Virtual Assistant

Of the people that do a good job on the sample social media VA project I have them complete personality tests so I can learn more about them. This is an optional stage, but I have started doing this to learn more about the candidates before hiring them.  I do not pay them for this because it is tests they can use to learn more about themselves and share with future employers but I think it’s very valuable to make sure they will fit well within your organization.

Subject:I am Interested in Hiring You.

Hi [Name],

I am interested in hiring you.

Before you start I do have one more task for you to make sure you are a good fit for this company and so I can get to know you better before you start. I would like you to complete the following personality quizzes and print your results to PDF and send them to me in an email. I hope to receive them within 24 hours and after I receive them I will make my final decision.

Bird Test

Myers-Briggs

Big 5

Ennegram Problem Solving

These tests are things you can keep and are good for you to learn more about yourself as well.  Also, future employers may ask for these so even if I don't hire you it will still be good to do.

For the job I plan on starting you at  good salary and there will be other bonuses as well.

Other bonuses include:

1. fully flexible work schedule - (you can work more hours if you would like, or stick to right around 40), also I will not require certain days or times.
2. 13th month bonus - you will get an extra months pay at the end of the year, which will be prorated depending on how long you have been with me
3. Group bonus for hitting goals - I will have a bonus that the whole team gets if we hit some goals I set for my companies
4. Opportunity for Personal Bonus (this is TBD)
5. Opportunity for a raise
6. Virtual Assistant Retreat - Next year around February/March I will fly you and all the virtual assistants out to another country for a 5 day or so retreat all expenses paid.  I am currently thinking Bali or Japan.

I will be having you track your time using hubstaff since I have multiple companies, it's a very easy system that I will explain to you.  I don't usually check it except for payment unless there is a problem in which case I would check it and usually what happens is I realize you are working hard, but the project takes longer than I thought it would.

My goal is for you to be 100% happy here, but first I need to get those forms.

Thank you,

Travis

1st Day Email

Hi,

Here is the first orientation doc

Throughout this whole process your job is to tell me anything that doesn't make sense.

I want to hire a second person soon to help me with social media, and I want them to be able to learn everything without me teaching them.  Meaning that everything they need to know including the step by step should be organized.

A lot of it already should be organized but anything that isn't it's your job to make it more clear so the next person we hire will be able to read the documentation and know what to do without you having to teach them.

Hopefully get some of this done before your first day so we can hit the ground running but if you don't that is okay.

Please keep track of your time while you are setting everything up. I will be paying you for this time.  But in the future we will be using Hubstaff to track your time.

Thank you,

Bruce Tambling