Trades & Home Services
Virtual assistant for trades
The one-time recruitment fee is USD 2,795 (USD 350 deposit + USD 2,445 on hire). There is no ongoing recruitment markup. The six-month guarantee is a replacement search, not a refund.
The fee
USD 2,795
Charged once. No monthly markup on the wage.
The shortlist
21 days
The target from an agreed brief to three finalists.
The guarantee
6 months
Another search if it does not work out. Not a refund.
The work
Tasks this hire takes
A virtual assistant for trades books jobs, chases quotes and keeps the day board current.
The tradie still prices the job and does the work.
Two jobs shape a normal week for trades & home services: Book jobs into ServiceM8, Tradify or Fergus, and send the quote the owner already priced. Firms hire for that rhythm, not for an empty inbox.
Book jobs into ServiceM8, Tradify or Fergus
Send the quote the owner already priced
Confirm access and parking the day before
Chase unpaid invoices after the job
Order parts the owner approved
Book jobs into ServiceM8, Tradify or Fergus. For trades & home services, that work sits beside A job board the techs actually open. The principal still makes the call above it.
Send the quote the owner already priced. Ask each finalist for trades & home services when they last did this, and whether they did it in ServiceM8, Tradify, Fergus or AroFlo.
The brief for trades & home services should treat this as a standing job: confirm access and parking the day before. ServiceM8, Tradify, Fergus or AroFlo is where the office checks it.
Chase unpaid invoices after the job. If the hire has not used ServiceM8, Tradify, Fergus or AroFlo, the first month for trades & home services includes learning it, and the principal still reviews the output.
Order parts the owner approved. For trades & home services, write down what done looks like, and who is told when it is finished.
Day one
Software in the brief
Name ServiceM8, Tradify, Fergus or AroFlo in the brief for trades & home services when the hire will use it in the first week.
Say whether A job board the techs actually open is required on day one for trades & home services, or taught after the start.
A short task in Xero for invoices the owner coded can be part of the interview for trades & home services, if you want to see the work.
You grant access to SMS templates for on-the-way messages. For trades & home services, the hire should have that login before week two.
ServiceM8, Tradify, Fergus or AroFlo
A job board the techs actually open
Xero for invoices the owner coded
SMS templates for on-the-way messages
The line
Compliance boundary
The hire does not price regulated work or sign off a safety certificate.
For trades & home services, the interview repeats the boundary above. The hire should be able to say what they will not decide.
Who we introduce
Roles we place
We place a scheduler, a receptionist and a bookkeeper.
Three people are introduced for trades & home services. You interview them, and you choose the one who starts.
Pricing
The recruitment fee is USD 2,795, charged once.
USD 350 opens the search. USD 2,445 is due when you select someone.
A monthly markup is a different model. We do not add one.
Charged once
USD 2,795
You pay the person you select directly after that.
- Deposit to open the search
- USD 350
- Balance when you select someone
- USD 2,445
USD 350 deposit + USD 2,445 on hire. A monthly markup is a different model.
Guarantee
Six months
If the person you select leaves within six months, we search again.
That second search is not a refund.
What the replacement guarantee coversHow a search works
Process
- 01
Agree the brief
Agree the tasks, tools and hours
- 02
Search
We search and assess candidates
- 03
Shortlist
About 21 days to three finalists is a target
- 04
You choose
You interview them and you choose
Book a free call when the trades & home services brief is ready to open.
The first 90 days
- 01
Days 1 to 30 for trades & home services are for learning ServiceM8, Tradify, Fergus or AroFlo and the way the office already hands work across.
- 02
By day 60 this should be routine for trades & home services: Confirm access and parking the day before.
- 03
The day-90 review asks one question for trades & home services: is “Order parts the owner approved” happening without you chasing it?
What we ask before we search
- On the call for trades & home services, we ask who does this today: book jobs into ServiceM8, Tradify or Fergus.
- We ask which of these the hire for trades & home services must open on day one: ServiceM8, Tradify, Fergus or AroFlo, A job board the techs actually open, Xero for invoices the owner coded.
- For trades & home services, we ask you to say the line a new starter must not cross.
Shared hours are written into the brief for trades & home services before anyone is approached.
Book a call
Tell us the work. We'll introduce three people.
FAQ
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Post-Hire Support
We set you up to manage them.
Never managed a remote hire before? We set you up with the tools to manage them: remote time tracking, a business call line with SMS, communication and messaging tools, payments, and onboarding guidance for the first 30, 60 and 90 days.
We guide you through the legal side of hiring offshore (contracts, contractor setup and paying them properly) and keep it simple.
This is general guidance, not a substitute for your own legal or tax adviser.
See Post-Hire Support- Onboarding guidance for the first 30, 60 and 90 days
- Communication tools and response expectations
- Meeting cadence and management frameworks
- KPI and performance guidance tailored to the role
- SOP guidance so knowledge doesn't live in your head
- Recommended tools for phone, payments, time tracking and messaging
- Best practices for remote and offshore team management
- Legal and compliance guide for engaging offshore team members
When you're ready
Send the role. Then pick a time.
A name, a number and the work you want to move. We'll use it to prepare the call.