Well-known companies that use outsourced virtual assistant professionals [Innovation & Value]

By: Jeremy | Updated: March 31, 2021
two executives working virtually with a virtual assistant

The old idea that you need to be in the same place as someone to work with them is no longer accurate because employers are now hiring full-time virtual assistants to balance the workload of local employees.

Some of these companies include:

AMD – Adobe – Amazon – Airbnb – Apple

The list is endless and this post goes into much more detail about what it means for businesses, employees, and economies.

The rise of virtual outsourcing has been a long time coming, and now that it has finally arrived many companies are embracing this new trend. One of the most common types of virtual outsourcing is virtual assistants – employees who act as personal assistants to their bosses, managing tasks like answering emails, or scheduling meetings. Instead of hiring an individual temp, they use an online company such as MyOutDesk — one that brings together both employers and seasoned remote professionals.

Well-known companies that use outsourced virtual professionals

The list of companies using virtual assistants is growing huge. They have found a way to hire cheap people over the internet that saves them money in the long run. Outsourcing to virtual assistants is becoming one of the hottest ways to save money and increase productivity as well as hiring flexibility and growth. Some start-ups are even looking at hiring full-time virtual assistants, without having to deal with recruiting employees.

Virtual assistant employers report that they pay between $9 to $12 an hour, which is significantly lower than any other job or even the standard temp jobs at places like ManpowerGroup or Robert Half.

Other companies that hire remote workers & virtual professionals include:

LinkedIn – GoDaddy – Groupon – Instacart

There are companies that are also starting to experiment with outsourcing their entire workforce and replacing all employees with cheap freelancers. Companies like Groupon, Kayak and Living Social have already started outsourcing their customer-facing staff.

It is interesting to note that there are many more benefits of outsourcing than just cost savings.

… Companies are able to:

  • Cut expenses
  • Improve efficiency
  • Be more flexible with their work schedule or location
  • Grow capacity to serve more clients & increase sales

It may seem like a great idea for businesses to work alongside outsourced staff. This makes it easier for a business to scale and be flexible when dealing with much smaller groups of employees. While outsourcing to virtual assistants, allows for different operating models, controlling the type of work that is being done at specific times, and having different people do the work at different times or locations.

Industries have benefited most from virtual assistants in the last 10 years:

– Insurance

– Consulting

– Marketing

– Real Estate

– Financial M, Mortgage, Lending

– Healthcare

– E-commerce & Retail

– Biotech

– IT 

It has been reported that a growing number of firms have started hiring virtual assistants that specialize in analysis, marketing, operations, and sales development. Virtual assistants that are specialized in recruitment coordination, research, and development, have led to growth in industries such as information technology, biotechnology, and healthcare/life sciences.

Growing a small enterprise with virtual assistants more accessible than ever before:

– Hiring a virtual assistant is accessible to small businesses and start-ups

– Lower cost alternative to offset the workload of local employees while scaling operations and growing business capacity.

Project management software, like project management software such as Asana or Trello, is the backbone of operations in most companies. It allows companies to hire virtual assistants for just about any job – from administrative tasks, sales, and marketing work, blog posts, and transcribing sessions. It has become more affordable for businesses to hire virtual assistants — one of the factors why outsourcing is so popular with companies today is that quality remote work is easily accessible.

See For Yourself: A Closer Look at Virtual Assistants

The popularity and acceptance of virtual assistants will grow over the next decade. It is estimated that, in 2020, 40% of the entire US task force are virtual professionals. Today’s use cases for these task-oriented professionals are vast. “Freelance virtual assistant services” will be one of the biggest industries in terms of employment and global revenue by the end of the decade.

“Outsourcing makes the hustle better — because you’re not burdened with many/growing expenses that you’ll need to figure out how to cover and hit profit”

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