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REI SUPER: Three new directors appointed

REI Super has appointed Tim Lawless, Tim McKibbin and Richard Simpson to its Board of Trustees.

Tim Lawless, Executive Research Director at CoreLogic will represent the QLD and NT electorate. Tim McKibbin, CEO of the REINSW will represent the NSW & ACT electorate. Richard Simpson, Director and immediate past president of the REIV, will represent the VIC & TAS electorate.

AFFORDABLE STAFF: What are the benefits of outsourcing?

While it's easy to get caught up in media headlines about the global economy and the Australian property market, one fact that is true is that we are facing a skill shortage across many industries. This shortage is putting pressure on salaries and employment costs to businesses, and many are looking at alternative solutions to keep the lights on, without as much overhead. 

Offshore Outsourcing has become increasingly popular in recent years and is a sustainable and scalable solution for Real Estate businesses. So, what are the benefits to outsourcing some of your core functions to our Peformance Partner, Affordable Staff?

Cost

The most obvious and clear benefit to businesses when outsourcing is the cost saving. The Hays Salary Guide FY23/24 indicates that the current pay range for a Lease Administrator in Sydney or Melbourne starts at $51,000 up to $100,000 pa. 

Let’s consider a junior staff member, who you pay $51,000 per year to do basic administration tasks. On top of this you will also have additional mandatory costs such as super, PC and hardware and insurance. In the first year, let’s estimate $60,000 in total costs for that team member.

Now, if you look at a Virtual Assistant through Affordable Staff, your startup costs and first year of weekly fee’s should not exceed $31,000 + GST – and that is all inclusive of employee salary and benefits, recruitment and training, PC & IT equipment and including a generous bonus. 

Access to Talent - Fast!

With Generation Z entering the workforce in droves, it’s going to be hard to pin down and keep talent. This generation demands their worth and is likely to change roles in favour of stepping up, far more often than previous generations.

Outsourcing providers like Affordable Staff recognise and understand this challenge more than the average business. Affordable Staff has a constant and continuing stream of high-quality talent being attracted to the company. Most new employees are degree qualified and have some previous professional working experience.

If your Virtual Assistant resigns, Affordable Staff acts quickly to find a suitable replacement for your needs and the role before supporting the new team member through the transition with a comprehensive handover. This is carefully monitored by team leaders and management to ensure that no task or person, slips through the gaps.

Removing Difficult Performance Conversations

Affordable Staff is a fully managed provider, meaning that you are supported by a local Account Manager, a Team Leader overseeing your VA and a full team of support staff such as Industry Trainers, HR, and IT.

For First National clients, this means that any feedback, performance issues or HR challenges are managed by the support team in the Philippines office.

You can deliver feedback to your Account Manager and Team Leader, and they will jump into action immediately to deliver the feedback to the team member in the best possible way, and work to come up with an action plan moving forward. 

Want to Learn more?

If you would like to learn more about how Affordable Staff can assist you to grow and scale sustainably, contact Lisa Grey on 0400 770 712 or via lisa.grey@affordablestaff.com.au