Trust is interesting. Anytime something is unfamiliar to us we don't trust it.
And yet, Filipinos (generally) are more trustworthy than people in the US, or in
Canada, or the UK, or ...
There's a culture of honesty in the Philippines with foreign bosses. It's different
there. You'll see this almost immediately upon hiring someone.
They want to make you happy. They want you to trust them. They want to do great work
for you.
It took us over a year before we realized we could trust workers from the
Philippines. Today we trust new hires from day 1. After you hire someone you'll
probably start noticing little things that let you know you can trust them or not.
Of note... in the Philippines they have the same feeling of distrust that you have.
They don't trust you. You’ll need to do things to gain their trust.
Our full treatment about How you trust a Virtual Assistant with your business info.
How do you find and qualify that person you can trust?
When interviewing, ask lots of questions. Do this via email, it's much faster than
doing a live interview. You'll quickly see who you can trust and who you can't. Ask
about:
- Their experience
- Their previous work
- How they would solve a problem
- Where they live
- Their family
- Their internet speed
- Their computer situation
- ...
You'll see their personality and weed out the bad from the good.
If you ask a lot of questions you'll figure out pretty quickly if you can trust the
person you're talking with.
Before hiring someone, have them do a test task. Something small. Something simple
for you to ask them to do. Bad apples don't want to jump through hoops.
If you follow good recruiting
steps, finding someone you can trust is easy. However, in the end, trust is
earned, and they will try to earn your trust.