This is a short conversational segment from a YouTube video where John Jonas (with another speaker) addresses a common hesitation to hiring virtual assistants: lack of time. Jonas argues hiring need not take long (should not exceed five hours), relays an anecdote of someone spending 200 hours interviewing, and the other speaker recommends a realistic recruiting time of 1–2 hours when using a reliable process. The segment emphasizes hiring as the way to regain time.
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So one of the most common hesitations to hiring a VA that I get is I'm just too busy. I don't have enough time to hire someone. And I think a big part of that is because people think it's going to take a lot of time and a big commitment to find someone. So, like, recently I had a guy email me and say, john, me and my team have spent over 200 hours interviewing people to try and find a great person. And I was like, dude, you are doing this wrong. Like, way wrong. There is no reason this should take you more than five hours to hire someone.
And realistically, in total time spent, you shouldn't spend. You probably spend about an hour or two at least. When I recruit, that's how I do it. And I find a great person almost every time. It's just a matter of finding a good process and following it. The other side of this is if.
You don't have the time to hire someone, man, I can't think of a better reason to hire someone. It's the only way to get time back. Otherwise, you keep doing what you're doing.
Nothing ever changes. When I hired my first person, it was like the most liberating experience I ever had. And for the last 10, 12 years, I've worked 15, 17 hours a week just because I have these people in the Philippines who are so talented and capable doing everything that I was previously doing and so much more. So if you're worried that you don't have enough time to hire someone, you're too busy to take the time to hire someone. Number one, recognize it's the only way you're ever going to get unbusy. Number two, this should not take you long as long as you do it the right way. At 1vaoa.com, I'll walk you through my process of how I find people, of my recruiting, of why I don't do a Skype interview, all kinds of things that'll make it so much easier and faster for you and basically guarantee if you find a great person the first time, 1vaoa.com.
