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Nov '22
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VAs and Security
I have recently added a new VA to my team and am planning to use her as my personal executive assistant. She will be working directly with me and only me. I am all set to give her access to my email and calendar and then I got to thinking. I don't have any sort of background checks, any references or anything else to satisfy myself that she's not going to steal my own or client information. I know that the same thing can be the case when we hire in-person staff and I've had some bad experiences in that regard in the past. When we hire in-person staff, we usually have them sign a non-disclosure agreement and an additional document about online security and we do a background check. I could obviously do the same thing with her, but I don't know how I'd ever enforce something like that with a person in the Philippines and I'm not sure about background checks for foreign nationals. At any rate, I'm looking for any insight any of you can provide as to how you handle this issue.
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You may want to check out @Whitney Dellafosse's post about NBI clearances here in the Philippines. https://www.skool.com/mylegalacademy/why-request-an-nbi-clearance?p=67dfa92f
Apr 8
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Dec '22
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Virtual Assistants not from the Philippines and client info
Has anyone had any experience with VAs who were not from the Philippines? Should all VA hiring be limited to the Philippines? Also, how do you all deal with VAs having access to sensitive client information; social security numbers, DOB etc? Thanks.
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@Diego Galer and @Steven Jones -- There is an area in the southern Philippines that speaks a local dialect called Chavacano (Spanish-based creole language). The language is 90% Spanish, if I'm not mistaken. I've worked with VAs or call center agents from that area and most of them work as a bilingual employee. I suggest having them talk to someone who speaks Spanish in your firm to see if they can comfortably carry out a normal conversation before hiring one. I hope this helps!
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@Sam Mollaei There is an area in the southern Philippines that speaks a local dialect called Chavacano (Spanish-based creole language) -- check out my reply to Diego's post above. I don't have much experience hiring or getting hired through other platforms other than Upwork, but I suggest having the NDA or any confidentiality concerns be done through Upwork (or other platforms). Even if there isn't really a jurisdiction for it, if a VA breaches that agreement, they will be flagged in Upwork or even be banned from using the platform. Most PH freelancers wouldn't want to hurt their chances of getting job opportunities so doing this will be a good way to deter any VA from violating SOPs and other privacy agreements. Good to know -- Upwork does a good job verifying freelancer profiles in the PH. You can't sign up for multiple/new profiles if you've been banned or have an existing profile.
Jun '23
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