Virtual Business Support Firm Offers Cost Effective Staffing Solution

April 27, 2012 - PRLog -- CHANTILLY, VA – In today's challenging economy, businesses everywhere are seeking new ways to stretch, save and leverage valuable business resources. Many companies, in their quest to find cost-cutting staffing solutions, have turned to outsourcing and are finding that working with a virtual associate has many benefits.

“Every business has administrative needs,” says Linda Maddox, founder of Cyber Associate, a Virginia-based virtual support firm, “but not all businesses can afford, or have the need, for a full-time onsite employee.”

Cyber Associate offers a practical, cost-effective alternative to the long-term commitment of hiring a traditional in-house employee, or the quick fix solution of working with a temporary placement agency and perhaps many different temps.

Technology has dramatically changed every aspect of how we do business, allowing us the ability to communicate instantly, collaborate with geographically dispersed colleagues, access information, and share files seamlessly. The Internet has revolutionized the way in which we connect and work with each other, and business owners can save a great deal by outsourcing to a professional virtual associate who can provide the same services as their traditional in-house counterpart, but at a fraction of the cost.

As an independent contractor and business owner, Cyber Associate allows business owners to eliminate the overhead costs associated with hiring and training traditional full-time employees, employment taxes, health insurance, vacation time, and other benefits. Also, as services are provided virtually, clients benefit again by not having the responsibility of providing additional office space, furniture, computer equipment and other expenses.

Although at first glance, the hourly rate of a virtual associate, ranging between $35 and $75+ per hour, depending on services and specializations, may seem high compared to a traditional employee, it is far less expensive than maintaining a salaried employee. Additionally, along with employee overhead costs, businesses spend a substantial amount each year, per employee, on lost productivity. According to a recent salary.com study, Wasting Time at Work 2012, employees surveyed admitted to visiting non-work related websites every day during work hours, with most people checking their personal email, monitoring their social media websites, and shopping online.

“In contrast to the traditional employee productivity costs, when utilizing virtual business services, clients are not billed for employee breaks, water cooler gossip, personal business, or time away from the office,” Maddox explained. “Clients are only billed for time devoted directly to their tasks. This achieves 100% productivity, 100% of the time.”

The Cyber Associate client lists includes legal professionals, financial consultants and life coach counselors, but services are not limited to these specific industry sectors. Offering a powerful combination of skills and extensive global administration, communications, and information design experience, services are tailored specifically to meet their specific and individual client needs. Whether an ad hoc project or a longer-term assignment, Cyber Associate is truly committed to meeting and exceeding your business expectations.

About Cyber Associate, LLC
Cyber Associate is an independent virtual business consulting and support firm dedicated to providing document management and information design services to new business ventures, small and home-based business owners, nonprofit organizations and entrepreneurs.