What happens when you hire your 2nd OFS

When you hire your 2nd OFS, everything becomes easier. You have more time (from the first OFS). You understand the hiring process. You know what to write in your job post and how to message jobseekers in the OnlineJobs.ph database. You know that if you don’t get...

Training your OFS solves a lot of problems

It’s shocking to me the number of times someone emails me and says “I need to find someone with experience with X, Y, and Z and I can’t find that person so I’m not hiring.” Look…I know you don’t want to train someone. I know you’re too...

Increasing your chances of finding a great VA

Once you hire an Online Filipino Specialist, you start to notice things. Most people think that outsourcing is the same anywhere, regardless of which country you get your workers from. But when you hire an OFS, you notice they’re great people who just want to...

My extended vacation to Italy

I’m in Italy right now. At least…if all has gone well, I’m in Italy right now, riding bikes across northern Italy, Slovenia, and Croatia with my family. I schedule my newsletters ahead of time because I don’t like being beholden to schedules. And…that’s what this is...

The future of the Philippines

I talk about Julia all the time. She’s one of my right-hand people. She writes this newsletter (mostly…I always edit them…and sometimes I write them). She doesn’t like to take vacations. I was really surprised when, a few weeks ago, she (and...