• You pay only for the services you need, when you need them

• You can hire an Administrative Specialist according to specific services required and skill sets offered rather than one office assistant with only general skills or one area of speciality

The obvious considerations in hiring an Administrative Specialist include skills and services offered, availability and cost.  While these are all important, perhaps even paramount considerations to most business owers, a number of other key factors should be weighed before hiring.

Professionalism and Customer Service

Is the Administrative Specialist courteous, does she/he respond to your queries in a timely fashion?  Is she/he knowledgeable and competent in your initial communications?

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Rapport

Is the Administrative Specialist friendly, motivated and easy to talk to? Do you “click”? Remember, you will want to have a clear and comfortable relationship with this person even though it may only be over the phone or via email.

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Location

For the majority of services required of an Administrative Specialist, location will not be a deciding factor. However, it is important to consider whether a time zone differential will pose any difficulties in terms of the services you are contracting for.

BENEFITS

Your business can reap both short and long-term benefits from the use of an off-site Administrative Specialist.  The following is a quick assessment of some of the major benefits, no matter what your specific needs or nature of your business.

• Contracting an Administrative Specialist to do the tasks they are skilled at, gives you, the business owner, the time to focus on the things you need to in order to grow your business and ensure your success