Outsourcing Job Posts to a VA

Workello is a pre-hire assessment platform, not a writer marketplace.

You post job ads and get candidates, and Workello helps you filter through those candidates to identify and hire the top 1%.

The more candidates you evaluate, the more surface area you have for discovering the right mix of quality, cost and capacity.

We outline where to post your job ads in our hiring playbooks:

1. Hiring generalists
2. Hiring niche writers

If you’re hiring generalists, an ad on ProBlogger ($89) and a LinkedIn job ad (free) will get you 150+ candidates. 

But if you’re hiring niche writers, you’re going to need to hustle.

Because the best place to find niche writers is interest-based communities, and the best interest-based communities are Facebook Groups.The more groups you post in, the more candidates you’ll get, and the better hires you’ll make.

But it’s a lot more work then hiring generalists:

1. Building a list of relevant Facebook Groups
2. Joining dozens and dozens of groups
3. Waiting to be accepted
4. Posting your job ad
5. Returning a few days later to drop the link

Managing this manually is chaotic. 

Employers using Workello can sit back and relax as candidates from all of their hiring channels stream into a single dashboard. 

“You set it, and you forget it. Boom, you always have new candidates, and that’s the best part about Workello.” — Ramintessah Aihara, Founder @ The SEO Mama

So, let’s get this outsourced to your virtual assistant so all you need to do is log in to your hiring dashboard and review candidates. 

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Learn how.

Build a list of hiring channels

Create a new Google Sheet and title it “Hiring Channels — Writers” with 5 columns:

1. Name
2. URL
3. Member #s
4. Joined?
5. Posted?
6. Sent link?

Go to facebook.com/groups/ and type in a keyword

1. Open up each group in a new tab
2. Apply to join the group
3. Add the details to your tracking spreadsheet
4. Write [X] in the ‘Joined?’ column

Join as many relevant groups as possible. 

Keep going until you get 50–100 groups on your spreadsheet.

Most Groups will approve you in 3–7 days.

Post your job ad

For simplicity, it’s easier to batch job posts into a single block of time.

Starting from the top of your list, open each Facebook Group in a new tab, and copy/paste your job description into the post.

This is important:

Do not post the job ad URL in your post.

Facebook will reduce the reach of your post with external links, and you will receive fewer candidates.

Only post the job ad description, because in a few days you’ll return and send the link to anyone who commented on your post or in your DMs.

Copy/paste the URL of each post in each group back into your tracking spreadsheet.

Here is some example job copy and an image you can borrow to maximize reach of your post.

If you…

• Are a content writer with experience creating content for B2B and B2C clients

• Spent a lot of time perfecting your craft, have a strong grasp of grammar, and enjoy the creative aspect of writing

• Can produce expert-level articles on assigned topics

• Love creating compelling content and are a continuous learner

• Understand the importance of organic search and search engine optimization (and if you don’t, you’re willing to learn)

• Are organized and independent, but love working in a collaborative and positive team environment

We want you in our team as our new content writer.

What you get as our full-time writer

• 2.5 days of paid time off per month

• 8 paid holidays per year

• Opportunity to advance into a Senior Writer position in as little as two months

What we need:

We want you to help our clients achieve their growth goals by creating content that connects with their target audiences and brings eyes to their sites. You’ll learn how to create content that ranks and brings clicks and revenue to the client. You’ll:

• Create engaging content for a variety of different clients
• Make intuitive and data-driven decisions to leverage content and achieve client goals
• Stay on trend with new insights for techniques to share and enhance best practices
• Implement editors’ feedback to your existing content
• Meet with your editors 1:1 and attend group team meetings

Send your Workello link

This process is also easier to manage if you batch it into a single block of time 3-4 days after you post your job ad.

Candidates will begin to see your post and leave comments and DM you. 

Go to your tracking spreadsheet, and open each job post URL in a new tab.

Reply back to each candidate who commented on your posts with a link to your job ad.

Check your Facebook DMs, and Other inboxes for candidates, and send the link to each candidate that DM’d you.

That’s it

Candidates will begin streaming into your hiring dashboard every day.

Move candidates through the hiring process without leaving your hiring dashboard.

Now it’s time to sit back, relax and wait for candidates to submit their assessments.

View completed assessments, and send candidates a polite rejection email or an invitation to interview without switching between apps. 

That’s it.

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