While the coronavirus pandemic may be in its final stages, it has permanently altered the global economy and labor market. At the start of the pandemic, with much of the world experiencing lockdowns, businesses suffered major losses and had to enforce cost-cutting measures.
Many US companies laid off their administrative staff during the first half of 2020—with much of the work being outsourced to remote virtual assistants and offshore virtual assistant agencies. In fact, the hiring of virtual assistants through offshore agencies rose by 41% in 2020, according to a report from NanoGlobals.
Even with the world gradually opening up and many businesses introducing hybrid work and return-to-office (RTO) policies, businesses enjoy numerous cost-savings and other benefits when they outsource non-core tasks to remote virtual assistants.
Read on to discover some of these benefits.