Going to be transitioning my assistant over to another member of the team. So I'm about to be on the hunt for a new one.

I have a pretty specific way that I want to work. I have a good SOP for what they're supposed to do to get things in the proper place and keep things organized. Seems like a lot of the services advertise that they train their people on a system. Which is fine but just saying someone coming pre-installed with a system isn't especially important since I already have one.

The real level up I'm hoping for is someone who is more proactive that can actually handle a lot of stuff that comes in. The difference between someone good and someone awesome is that the awesome person just handles a lot of administrative stuff without me ever really knowing about it.

Good example of what I'm talking about is that I was talking to an accounting firm about taking things over and they needed some financials. My current assistant handled the email aspect of it but I still had to get someone to gather up the financials and curate what the accountants wanted. This is the kind of thing I would prefer not to even be aware of.

Wondering if anyone has a recommendation for a service they've used to get paired with someone.

I've heard a lot of people use Belay with some success. I personally haven't taken the dive yet but I'm sure I will before long.