 Gayle Buske is the founder, president and CEO of Team Double-ClickSM, one of the country's foremost virtual staffing agencies. Her experience spans 18 years with companies such as Eastman Kodak Company, Honeywell, Inc. and Jeane Thorne Temporary Services.
Her entrepreneurial endeavors include owning and operating a transportation company and brokerage where she drove the company to unprecedented levels of growth. After determining that the transportation industry did not suit her vision, Gayle centered her focus on how the communications power of the Internet could facilitate a business connection between clients and independent contractors from across the globe. As the head of a virtual staffing agency with over 18,000 virtual professionals in its pool, she is uniquely qualified to aid her clients' growth through virtual outsourcing and to discuss the ins and outs of the virtual staffing industry.
In her real estate interview at Real Estate CyberSpace Radio she discusses the following real estate information: How to Find a Virtual Assistant - If hiring on your own, look for someone with integrity, experience and the right skills for your work; Buske suggests having more than one interview with a person to test whether responses are consistent.
- Bring the VA on as an independent contractor not an employee; have a confidentiality agreement as protection when the VA leaves; a contract should spell out the relationship, including pay rate and term.
- An agency will do the preliminary work for you; Team Double-Click screens with skills tests, work-personality assessments and three interviews (interviewers must be unanimous about hiring); you contact the agency to request the kind of VA you need, and the agency assigns a match.
- You have direct contact with the agency VA however often it is necessary to delegate tasks.
In this briefing she also covers the following useful real estate topics: The Basics on Virtual Assistants Why Agents Should Use a VA How to Get Started The Advantage of Dealing with an Agency Strategies for Sending Gifts Satisfaction with VAs Web Resources for Virtual Outsourcing
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