Suppose you’re an entrepreneur, CEO, or high-level company executive. Hiring a virtual executive assistant is something that will help you immediately free up time and increase productivity. 

The main reasons for hiring a virtual executive assistant instead of a traditional executive assistant are as follows:

1. Salary savings: By hiring an executive assistant in the Philippines (remotely) you can save thousands of dollars per year by reducing employee costs by as much as 80%.

2. More for your money: Because you will save thousands of dollars on employee costs by hiring a virtual executive assistant, you can now optionally use that money to hire additional staff that can fill other vital roles in your business. This means you’ll get more people for the exact cost.

3. No quality compromise: If you hire a remote executive assistant in the Philippines, then you’ll be able to employ degree-educated, English-speaking, and highly competent people.

By creating a free employer account on VirtualStaff.ph, you have access to thousands of virtual workers. You can directly hire the best virtual executive assistants in the Philippines without going through middlemen companies. 

Here is how easy it is to hire executive assistants:

1. Post a job

2. Shortlist, message, and interview applicants

3. Send a job offer (click the button inside your VirtualStaff.ph account)

It’s as easy as those three steps.

An executive assistant assists high-level executives and is often trusted with complex duties and sensitive information.

In addition to general administrative work, an executive assistant may be in charge of scheduling meetings, taking minutes during sessions, maintaining databases, and producing reports or presentations for their executive leadership.

You can hire a virtual executive assistant for between $3.00 and $12.00 per hour.

The actual hourly salary rate that executive assistants cost depends on the person. The most honest and transparent way to see the most up-to-date asking salary rates is to search the Virtual Staff database.

Include everything necessary, but make sure not to write anything for the sake of writing it. We have found that job posts with excess filler usually get fewer applicants than those that are clear, concise, and easily readable by potential applicants.

• Executive assistant needed to act as our point of contact between the executives and internal or external colleagues
• Need remote executive assistant to perform a variety of administrative tasks and support our company’s senior-level managers

Job Details: Keep it simple, but include what the executive assistant’s day-to-day job will involve? What skills do they need to know? Who will they be reporting to?

Salary: How much is the hourly salary rate? For example, “$6.00 per hour”. You are in complete control over this, and it’s a decision that only you can make. (Remember to make it fair to attract the best quality executive assistant candidates).

Work schedule: How many hours per week is the job? Do you require your executive assistant to work Monday-Friday? What timezone will they be working?

Here are some examples of an executive assistant job responsibilities:

• Manage calendars, make travel arrangements, and prepare expense reports.
• Act as the point of contact among executives, employees, clients, and other external partners.
• Manage information flow in a timely and accurate manner.

Be sure to include any requirements and qualifications you’re looking for in an executive assistant. Here are some examples:

• Work experience as an Executive Assistant, Personal Assistant or similar role
• Excellent MS Office knowledge
• Familiarity with office gadgets and applications (e.g., e-calendars and copy machines)
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills