How to Hire a Virtual Assistant: A Simple Checklist to Find the Right Fit with Compound Assistants
- Compound Assistants
- Jul 14
- 2 min read
Hiring a virtual assistant through Compound Assistants is one of the smartest ways to streamline your operations, free up your time, and grow your business—without the overhead of hiring in-house.
But if you're unsure how to begin or what to look for, this quick checklist will walk you through everything you need to know to find a virtual assistant who can make an immediate impact.
✅ Step 1: Identify Your Needs
Before we match you with the perfect assistant, it’s helpful to clarify exactly what you’re looking for:
Tasks to Delegate: Cold calling, lead generation, CRM management, appointment setting, marketing outreach, or admin work? Let’s list it out.
Skill Set: Do you need someone with real estate or lending experience? Proficiency with tools like HubSpot, Salesforce, or Excel?
Daily Priorities: What are your top goals? Keeping your pipeline full? Booking meetings? Boosting brand awareness?
The more we know, the better we can align you with a high-performing VA.
💰 Step 2: Understand Your Budget
With Compound Assistants, budgeting is easy. Our flat-rate pricing of just $9/hour means no surprises, no long-term contracts, and maximum value.
We’ll help you evaluate:
Part-time vs. full-time support
The return on investment (many of our clients see VAs pay for themselves within weeks!)
Tools or platforms you’re already using — our VAs are trained and ready
🎯 Step 3: Let Us Screen for You
Skip the headache of reviewing resumes and holding countless interviews. Our internal HR team at Compound Assistants vets, tests, and trains all VAs before you ever see their profiles.
Still want to dig deeper? We help you ask the right questions:
Relevant experience and track record
Time zone coverage and availability
Familiarity with your systems and CRM
Communication preferences and reliability
Initiative and ability to solve problems independently
🔍 Step 4: Test and Match
We don’t just throw resumes at you. We match you with 2–3 candidates who already meet your criteria, then coordinate a short trial or intro call to assess fit.
Want to see how they handle:
A mock call script?
CRM data entry or lead tracking?
A basic outreach campaign?
We’ll help you put them to the test — no commitment until you’re confident.
🚀 Step 5: Onboard for Success
Once you've chosen your VA, our team stays involved to make sure they hit the ground running:
We help you build a clear onboarding plan
Provide tools and best practices
Schedule weekly check-ins to ensure performance and progress
Plus, you’ll always have support from our leadership team to troubleshoot, monitor results, and scale as needed.
Why Hire Through Compound Assistants?
Simple: We remove the guesswork and deliver real results. You tell us what you need — we take care of the rest.
✔ College-educated, fluent English-speaking VAs
✔ Trained for real estate, lending, marketing & more
✔ 200+ cold calls per day, expert CRM usage, admin reliability
✔ No contracts. Just growth.
So instead of sifting through job boards or rolling the dice on freelancers, let Compound Assistants pair you with someone already qualified, proven, and ready to go.
Ready to Hire Smarter?
Schedule a quick intro call today and discover how a virtual assistant from Compound Assistants can transform your workflow and help you scale — faster, cheaper, and more effectively.
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