Outsourcing Secrets Excerpt

Outsourcing Secrets Excerpt:

" Had my client known the difference between QuickBooks and Quicken, he would have known that the bookkeeper he hired wasn’t qualified to complete the task of managing his business’s finances for the year. Without being a bookkeeper himself, however, he had no way of knowing this. It was therefore his responsibility to research what a bookkeeper for a small business needs to do to be effective in the position. You have the ability to research what a vendor needs to do through any of the following methods:

• Ask other small business owners that hire out similar tasks
• Look at comparable job descriptions through career search engines like Monster.com and CareerBuilder.com and determine what components of the skills are necessary
• Read a book or manual about the task you are hiring out
• Conduct basic Internet-based research on relevant websites through search engines like Google.

Once you’ve researched what the vendor needs to do to complete the skill, begin your definitions by listing each component under the respective skill. Start with a verb (e.g. prioritizes work, engages appropriate shareholders, etc.), which makes the component more active, relevant, and easier to convey to potential vendors. Below is the list of definitions that corresponds to the sample skills chart for the administrative assistant."

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