Tips on Winning a Virtual Assistant Position AND Keeping It
Home Based Business Opportunities:
Although still considered an uncommon profession, the Virtual Assistant role is fast becoming the best recognized choice for companies, particularly web-based companies, to pursue nowadays.A Virtual Assistant (VA) is much like a traditional Administrative Assistant in many ways. VA’s handle correspondence, scheduling, customer support, website updates, writing and design projects, data entry — pretty much anything you can think of that an online company would require for their day-to-day operations.
Many parents who want to stay home with their children have opened their own VA Service. It is a perfect career choice for Mothers of young children, or people who must take care of older relatives. You work out of your home office as an independent contractor. Often times the schedule can be quite flexible.
This is an ideal position for women who plan to return to the workforce when their children are older. It will enhance your resume’ and inevitably you improve your old skills and acquire new ones.
Rosanna Tussey on August 29th, 2006 3:45 pm
As a Virtual Assistant and owner of http://www.officesupportnow.com, I can attest to what a great career choice it can be. Many highly qualified people have contacted me asking how to get involved in this field. In light of that, three other established Virtual Assistants and I have teamed up to provide a free Virtual Assistant Startup Strategies teleseminar on August 31, 2006. Information can be found at http://www.vaconnection.blogspot.com.
The biggest factor in your success as a Virtual Assistant will certianly be the level of integrity that you transact business with. Trust is crucial when working with a client who is entrusting part of their business to you. Anything you can do to prove yourself reliable, honest and fair will benefit your realtionship with your clients and your bottom line as well!
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