🤩 Why do entrepreneurs hire assistants?

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EK Memos comes back after the winter holidays. We have prepared even more useful information for high-quality business development in 2024. What is the subject of discussion today? Read on to find out what benefits assistants will bring to your business and whether you need them. 

Who is the assistant? 

Usually helpers are divided into two types. Personal assistants help you and your family with household matters: they order food, clothes, pay bills and organize travel. A business assistant helps the boss in the development of projects. The main tasks of such employees are to monitor statistical indicators, help the manager to achieve goals, and sometimes even organize production. Glassdoor shared that the average salary of personal worker in the USA ranges from $30,000 to $88,000 per year. The business assistant receives from $42 thousand to $61 thousand per year. 

Decide which kind of helper you need at the moment. Some entrepreneurs are trying to hire a person who will do everything at once. From time to time you can find such responsibilities in vacancies: financial reporting, business assistance and "ordering lunches". In my practice, I also read "you’ll do everything", and the assistant should also "find the best solution for completing tasks". Someone wants to combine the "organization of business trips" and "execution of other / personal orders of the head." 

Only you decide whether to hire one person or two at once. Sometimes helpers themselves have a strong desire to perform two types of tasks. In addition, this is a great chance to try several directions and understand in which area an employee can bring you the most benefit. 

What benefits will you get from the assistants?

I talked about two kinds of assistants and what types of tasks they perform. Next, I’ll share specific examples of what issues helpers will benefit you in. You’ll also learn which way to develop them in order to get the maximum effect. Subscribe to read more. You get a 14-day trial period for free.

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If earlier everyone was trying to get an assistant who would control everything and complete tasks without unnecessary questions, now everything has changed. I recommend choosing a real expert. You’ll definitely benefit if your employee is familiar with the practice of personal management and helps you in matters of personal effectiveness. 

In addition, the working process requires a lot of responsibility. The assistant has to make sure that meetings are held with the greatest benefit for you, offer ideas for optimizing your work schedule and organize events. Your helper is a worker who is completely immersed in internal processes and fully participates in them. In fact, it’s your right hand that takes over some of your questions. 

How to develop assistants correctly?

An important aspect of personal helpers is strong soft skills. But with hard skills, things are different. The strength of such employees is communication, negotiation and problem solving. That’s why personal assistants often work their way up to the head of the family office. They deal with household issues of the family, at home, and sometimes even financial matters. 

By the way, I also want to tell you about the chief of staff. This is the person who sets up communication between the manager and the rest of the staff. In fact, you’re handing over to the chief of staff the hiring and management of newcomers, as well as the work with accounting. This is your connection with your subordinates. 

An assistant can’t work without creativity in solving issues. Therefore, their development lasts indefinitely. In addition, you can grow a decent specialist for marketing, PR or sales. In practice such people often become CEOs of their own projects. How do you like the idea of doing business together in the future? 

I recommend you to indicate in the vacancy areas of growth for a potential helper. For example, mention the conditions for salary increase or the chance to move to the position of manager, boss, or even producer of the brand. 

Remember that investing in an assistant is an investment in the overall result. Don’t spare courses and educational programs for your right hand, take a helper with you to business meetings so that he learns from your example. Imagine that the assistant will communicate with your audience and develop your horizons. With this simple method, the ward learns how the business works and gets to know real intellectuals. Believe me, this enhances education and gives an ability to take a fresh look at future chances. 

However, you shouldn’t expect that the development of the assistant will match a single scenario. Some employees don’t try to start their own business or go into marketing. Nevertheless, you’ll get reliable support that will make your project more efficient. 

I hope that you’ve already thought about finding an assistant and have started to create a vacancy. See you in a week!