| There are many ways in which You may Save | | | | benefits that you would have to when employing your |
| Money by utilizing Virtual Consulting, Virtual Consultants | | | | own full time employees, you know? |
| and a Virtual Consulting Firm to help you satisfy your | | | | So ... |
| business needs! | | | | How much money would you also save by utilizing |
| In this article we will briefly discuss the Top 7 Ways in | | | | Virtual Consultants and not having to carry all of the |
| which You may Save Money by utilizing Virtual | | | | employees on your payroll all the time, from whom you |
| Consulting, Virtual Consultants and a Virtual Consulting | | | | may only need their particular skills, talents, and/or |
| Firm to help you satisfy of your business needs, ok? | | | | experience for particular tasks, projects and/or part of |
| The first three (3) Money Saving items, below, are | | | | the time? |
| ways in which You may Save Money by utilizing | | | | 5) You Save Money on Recruiting and Hiring |
| Virtual Consulting and Virtual Consultants relative to the | | | | Having access to this type of flexible workforce of |
| costs of utilizing "traditional" consultants that you or | | | | Virtual Consultants also allows your business to Save |
| they require that they work at your site/facilities. You | | | | Money by being able to more efficiently and |
| should be able to realize these Significant Money | | | | effectively "ramp up" or "scale back" your human |
| Savings whether utilizing independent Virtual | | | | resources with all of the "ebbs" and "flows" of your |
| Consultants and/or Virtual Consultants from a Virtual | | | | business, you know? |
| Consulting Firm, namely: | | | | You don't have to incure all of the additional costs of |
| 1) You Save Money on Travel and Living Expenses | | | | posting jobs, recruiting candidates, hiring and training |
| By utilizing Virtual Consultants who work remotely | | | | new employees to address seasonal variations in your |
| virtually from wherever in the world they happen to be, | | | | business, new projects and/or unexpected increases in |
| you don't have to pay all of the travel and living | | | | your business that may not last forever, right? |
| expenses generally if you or the consultant requires | | | | You may quickly and easily engage all of the Virtual |
| that they work at your site/facilities, you know? | | | | Consultants to more efficiently and effectively match |
| These travel and living expenses, you save by utilizing | | | | your human resources with your business needs at |
| Virtual Consultants, may include any to all of the | | | | any time! and Save Money in the process, you know? |
| following: | | | | The final, for now, two (2) Money Saving items, below, |
| * Airfare | | | | are additional ways in which You may Save even |
| * Rental cars | | | | More Money by engaging a Virtual Consulting Firm |
| * Hotels | | | | who provides all of the Virtual Consultants and Virtual |
| * Meals | | | | Consulting services to satisfy your business needs, |
| * Per Diems | | | | versus having to recruit, hire, employ and your own |
| * Etc. | | | | employees to provide these services and satisfy |
| And some "traditional consultants" will even bill you for | | | | these same business needs, namely: |
| all of the time they spend traveling to/from your site | | | | 6) You Save Money finding the Right Resource for |
| and their "home/base", you know? | | | | the "Job" |
| All of these travel and living expenses can really mount | | | | Do you realize how much time, effort and money it |
| up when you have to fly each consultant in and out to | | | | costs you to find the right person to successfully |
| your site(s) every week for potentially months on end!, | | | | perform a particular "job" / complete a particular |
| you know? | | | | project or task? |
| Virtual Consultants provide you their consulting | | | | It has been my experience as both a corporate hiring |
| services remotely/virtually. This means you don't incur | | | | manager and as the Principal of a consulting firm, that |
| any of these types of travel and living expenses by | | | | the Pareto principle, more commonly known as the 80 |
| utilizing Virtual Consulting, you see? | | | | 20 Rule, applies in these situations as well! This means |
| So ... | | | | that for every position for which you are trying to hire |
| How much money would it immediately save you if | | | | an employee or find the right consultant, and in each |
| you didn't have to pay all of these travel and living | | | | phase of this process, only 20% of the people you |
| expenses for each/all of the consultants you may | | | | interview or hire/engage will be the right person for |
| wish to engage to help you satisfy your business | | | | that job or task. That means that you are likely to hire |
| needs? | | | | engage up to five (5) different people before you find |
| 2) You Save Money on Facilities | | | | the right/best person for that job or task. Spending all |
| Virtual Consultants work from their own offices, | | | | of this time and effort to find this one (1) right person |
| homes and/or wherever they happen to be. | | | | may be very time consuming and very costly!, you |
| Therefore, you do not have to provide facilities, e.g. | | | | know? And you have to start all over with this whole |
| offices, conference rooms, telephones, etc. for any of | | | | process each time you need to replace someone for |
| the Virtual Consultants you utilize, you know? | | | | whatever reason, you know? |
| How much money might you save by not having to | | | | You may avoid all of this lost time, effort and these |
| provide the facilities for each/all of the consultants you | | | | costs by employing a Virtual Consulting Firm that takes |
| may engage to help you satisfy your business needs? | | | | care of all of that for you! :) A good Virtual Consulting |
| 3) You Save Money on Computer and Office | | | | Firm will find the right person for each job, task or |
| Equipment | | | | project for you! Further, a good Virtual Consulting Firm |
| Virtual Consultants use their own computers and office | | | | will replace any consultants as needed, for whatever |
| equipment to perform their consulting services for you. | | | | reason, completely transparently to you! |
| Therefore, you do not have to provide additional | | | | So ... |
| computer or office equipment for any of the Virtual | | | | How much more time, effort and Money will this Save |
| Consultants you utilize to use, which a traditional | | | | You by engaging a Virtual Consulting Firm to provide |
| consultant would likely need to use while working at | | | | you with the right person for each job, task or project |
| your site. Further, none of your staff has to spend their | | | | you need for your business? |
| time setting up, configuring and/or cleaning up | | | | 7) You may Save Significant amounts of Money on |
| computers and/or networks just for your consultants | | | | Consulting Rates |
| to use at your site, you know? | | | | Even many independant Virtual Consultants may offer |
| How much money would you also save by not having | | | | you significantly lower rates for their consulting |
| to provide and manage all of the additional computers, | | | | services if they are able to remotely/virtually simple |
| networks and office equipment for each/all of the | | | | due to the benefits of Virtual Consulting to them and |
| consultants you may engage to help you satisfy all of | | | | their strong preference to be able to work from |
| your consulting needs? | | | | wherever they want, you know? |
| The next two (2) Money Saving items, below, are | | | | A good Virtual Consulting Firm may further be able to |
| additional ways in which You may Save More Money | | | | offer you lower rates for the specific consulting |
| by utilizing Virtual Consulting and Virtual Consultants | | | | services you need to satisfy your specific business |
| versus having to recruit, hire, employ and your own | | | | needs. They are able to offer you these better rates |
| employees to provide these services, complete these | | | | by having access to many Virtual Consultants of |
| projects and/or tasks to satisfy your same business | | | | various levels, skills and experiences such that they |
| needs, namely: | | | | may match the right consultants with the best rates |
| 4) You Save Money on your Human Resources | | | | for your specific requirements and business needs, |
| Why have to carry employees on your payroll all the | | | | you see? |
| time, when you may only need their particular skills, | | | | Further, a Virtual Consulting Firm is itself typically a |
| talents, and/or experience for particular tasks, projects | | | | virtual organization, they generally don't have the |
| and/or part of the time? | | | | traditional overhead of facilities, etc. and are able to |
| Why not just pay for the resources with the skills, | | | | capitalize on all of the aforementioned Money Saving |
| talents, and/or experiences you need just when you | | | | benefits. Therefore, they are able to pass these |
| need them, e.g. to complete a particular task or | | | | savings on to you in the form of lower consulting rates, |
| project? | | | | and you ultimately Save More Money! :), you see? |
| Virtual Consulting provides you with with access to a | | | | So ... |
| "Just In Time (JIT)" flexible workforce. You can engage | | | | Given all of these ways, discussed herein, in which you |
| just the Virtual Consultants that you need and just | | | | may Save Money by utilizing Virtual Consulting, Virtual |
| when you need them to complete your particular tasks | | | | Consultants and a Virtual Consulting Firm, ... |
| and projects. These resources then don't cost you | | | | Just think of all of the Money You may Save by |
| anything when you aren't using / don't need them!, you | | | | starting to utilize Virtual Consulting, Virtual Consultants |
| know? | | | | and a Virtual Consulting Firm to help you satisfy your |
| Further, by utilizing Virtual Consultants, you don't have | | | | business needs Today! |
| to pay all of costs associated with providing all of the | | | | |