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Top 10 Tips for Successful Outsourcing
©2016 V Broomes Your Small Business Coach www.yoursmallbusinesscoach.co.uk
1. Have Clarity
Be clear about what skills or services you need in your business, when you need them, for how long and the size of your budget to hire contractors.
2. Be Specific
Ensure you specify what is required from your contractor and achievable. If you do this, you increase the likelihood of your contractors completing jobs to an acceptable standard and your preferred quality.
Top 10 Tips: Successful Outsourcing
3. Hold Interviews
Always interview before you hire! This is a basic and such as essential rule you should stick to. Be consistent in applying this rule, even when you are hiring a new contractor at rather short notice.
4. Agree defined working hours
When hiring someone from a different time-zone, you can choose to have the person work during the working hours of your business, or in their time-zone, as appropriate to the needs of your business.
Top 10 Tips: Successful Outsourcing
5. Have regular updates/ meetings
If your contractor works full-time with you, it is useful to schedule twice monthly conference calls on Skype or other suitable tool or app. This helps to build rapport, deepen understanding and to identify at a very early stage any issues your contractor may be facing with your project/job.
6. Prepare training guide
This can be an Operation or Process manual on how to complete the tasks for which your contractor has been hired. This is a simple and less time-consuming way of having your virtual team member being consistent when working online for your business.
Top 10 Tips: Successful Outsourcing
5. Have regular updates/ meetings
If your contractor works full-time with you, it is useful to schedule twice monthly conference calls on Skype or other suitable tool or app. This helps to build rapport, deepen understanding and to identify at a very early stage any issues your contractor may be facing with your project/job.
6. Prepare training guide
This can be an Operation or Process manual on how to complete the tasks for which your contractor has been hired. This is a simple and less time-consuming way of having your virtual team member being consistent when working online for your business.
Top 10 Tips: Successful Outsourcing
5. Have regular updates/ meetings
If your contractor works full-time with you, it is useful to schedule twice monthly conference calls on Skype or other suitable tool or app. This helps to build rapport, deepen understanding and to identify at a very early stage any issues your contractor may be facing with your project/job.
6. Prepare training guide
This can be an Operation or Process manual on how to complete the tasks for which your contractor has been hired. This is a simple and less time-consuming way of having your virtual team member being consistent when working online for your business.
Top 10 Tips: Successful Outsourcing
5. Have regular updates/ meetings
If your contractor works full-time with you, it is useful to schedule twice monthly conference calls on Skype or other suitable tool or app. This helps to build rapport, deepen understanding and to identify at a very early stage any issues your contractor may be facing with your project/job.
6. Prepare training guide
This can be an Operation or Process manual on how to complete the tasks for which your contractor has been hired. This is a simple and less time-consuming way of having your virtual team member being consistent when working online for your business.
Top 10 Tips: Successful Outsourcing
7. Effective and timely communication
This is a main pillar to successful results. If you want to have the work done the way you want, so as to achieve the necessary result, then you need to community clearly and in a timely manner the scope and the deadline of each task that you will outsource.
8. Measure and Assess
Evaluate your contractors as you would for any employee. In doing this, do not hesitate to ask questions.
Top 10 Tips: Successful Outsourcing
9. Ending contracts
Regular meetings with your virtual team will allow you to confirm you and your team
are on the same track as well as flag at anearly stage any problems that may arise.
10. Rewards and Thank You
Saying thank you for a job well done should be part of the Best Practice for small businesses.
Top 10 Tips: Successful Outsourcing
Top 10 Tips: Successful Outsourcing
Veronica BroomesBusiness Coach, Mentor, Business Advisor
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