Virtual Assistant Checklist
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- Selecting Virtual Assistant
- Try several virtual assistants at the same time.
- Come up with a few basic tasks that will give you a good idea of their skill level.
- Use tasks that require several skills.
- Take the top candidates and give them a second, more difficult, project.
- Settle on whomever you prefer to work with.
- Key Skills of Your Virtual Assistant
- Good spoken and written English.
- Proactive.
- Quick learner.
- Well-organized.
- Training Your Virtual Assistant
- Have her/him go through some online video training that fits your project.
- Keep your training resources organized.
- Keep a document with links to everything you have asked your assistant to read as part of training.
- Create a list of how to do tricky things step by step.
- Have her/him create documentation of processes and the steps to do various things.
- Managing Your Virtual Assistant
- Set task duration expectations.
- Make sure to give enough background information to work effectively.
- Make sure you have some type of low priority task to work on if she/he run out of things to do.
- Make sure that something isn't taking a lot longer than you expect.
- Create a regular timesheet.
- Create screen casts.
- Set up screen sharing so you can take a peek at what your assistant is working on.
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Who it's for
This Virtual Assistant Checklist is for teams that want consistent execution, less rework, and clear ownership.
- Standardize quality - run the same Virtual Assistant steps every time, regardless of who executes
- Save time - reuse a proven Virtual Assistant workflow instead of rebuilding processes from scratch
- Improve accountability - assign owners and see what's done vs. what's pending
- Onboard faster - use the Virtual Assistant checklist as the SOP and training guide
- Coordinate across roles - handoffs are clear and everyone works from the same source of truth
How to use it
How to use this Virtual Assistant Checklist:
- Start by saving it - save as a Template if you'll reuse it, or as a Checklist if it's a one-off project.
- Customize it once for your workflow - remove what doesn't apply and add your team-specific steps.
- Assign ownership and execute - set owners/due dates where needed and track completion as work happens.
- Reuse without rebuilding - when Virtual Assistant comes up again, start from your saved version and run it with clear ownership.
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