Has there ever been a better time to consider how you and your employees work and by saying 'how' you work, I am referring to location/environment/circumstance? Is it time that your organisation considered outsourcing specific services to virtual, digital businesses.
Today's ever improving technical advances are securing a huge increase in the remote workforce. Business leaders and employees alike are benefiting from the capabilities of being able to work literally anywhere that has good internet access.
In a survey carried out jointly by the British Chamber of Commerce and BT Business in 2015 it clearly revealed how widespread the growth of remote workers is:
"The survey polled more than 300 high-ranking decision-makers from small to medium-sized businesses.
The results showed that 91% of firms in Britain have at least one employee working from home and 19% of companies claimed that they had over 50% of their employees working remotely, away from the office.According to the statistics gathered by the British Chamber of Commerce:
"In the first quarter of 2014, 4.2 million staff across the UK were working from home. This figure equates to an astonishing 13.9% of the workforce and is still growing."
With the continued growth and capability of Smartphones and Digital Technology, as long as reliable internet connectivity is available, flexible working is now proving to be the norm for many businesses.
Organisations are also benefiting from an expanding talent pool of remote workers, which in turn lowers the costs of accessing difficult to find expertise. By taking on freelance remote workers they can seek the talent needed without being confined to logistics and National borders.
This improved flexibility is also responsible for creating an entirely new generation of Entrepreneurs and Digital Nomads, specialising in providing digital services and expertise. Remote workers, often business owners in their own right, are taking advantage of these opportunities by acquiring the highly demanded skills and services needed and achieving very lucrative positions.
Some of the benefits of hiring remote workers include:
Increased Productivity
Happier More Relaxed Employees
Increased Creativity
Improved Work/Life Balance
No Wasted Commuting Time
Larger Talent Pool
Increased Financial Benefits
At a recent Networking event it became clear that the amount of wasted time spent travelling and parking that commuters and business owners undertake, just to get behind their desks costs organisations enormously.
SERVICES
Diary Management – Telephone Dictation – Email Management – Social Media – Research – Bookings/Reservations – Expenses – Property Search
Diary Management
Effective diary management promotes increased efficiency which will enable you to go about your business safe in the knowledge that the gatekeeper of your day is organising and booking appointments, meetings, client visits both business and personal to ensure the smooth running of your week, safeguarding duplications or timewasting and allowing you time to focus on the important things. With diary prompts and notes you will always turn up on time and well prepared.
Telephone Dictation
The services of the Virtual Assistant come into their own with this fast and effective method of producing correspondence, emails and notes at anytime and anywhere without the need for Wi-Fi or documentation available to hand. With speed and accuracy guaranteed you can literally run your business as if the office was strapped to your back.
Email Management
With the endless stream of external communication, we all receive in today’s technical environment; email management is possibly the most time saving of all our services. The average CEO spends around 30% of their time scanning through their inbox. By understanding you and your business, inbox management will enable you to concentrate only on the important emails you need to see.
Expenses
By simply taking a photo of any receipts to be logged and filed and sending it to me, a paper-free method of recording expenses is achieved. All expenses can then be logged in a monthly report for your records.
Social Media Management
Social Media is proving to be the fastest growing and most cost-effective form of marketing for any business, however, in order to be effective, it is time consuming in providing an on-going attendance across all the various platforms available. I can provide a tailored package to increase your business on-line visibility and presence.
Research
I can take the leg work out of any business or personal project you may be working on whether it’s your next cutting edge business acquisition or the annual holiday I can free up your time by providing the information you need whilst you carry on with the day job.
Bookings and Reservations
It may be business or pleasure but I can organise all your travel arrangements, book flights and accommodation. Restaurant reservations, tickets to the theatre or merely find out train times. Using a variety of resources to achieve the most cost effective and easy solutions leaving you to concentrate on the trip itself.
Property Search
Thinking of moving or purchasing another property. With knowledge and contacts within the property sector I can research and line up a list of viewings of relevant properties according to your requirements having already viewed and shortlisted them for you.
Please contact me for more information or an informal chat about how I can help with any of the above.
