What is Virtual Assistant Service and Why do you need to know?

Virtual Assistance is an Internet based Service where a tech savvy person provides professional assistance to clients remotely from home or anywhere in the world.  The person who provides such service is called a Virtual Assistant or VA.  A VA is generally self employed or freelancer and provides administrative support, creative assistance or technical assistant. Virtual assistant service is very popular in freelancing world and the average virtual assistant earns $10,000+ annually. With a little bit of knowledge & research anyone can work as a virtual assistant and start earning from his/her home. That sounds interesting…isn’t it?!  

You might be wondering who hires a VA? How do they get they get paid?

Usually CEOs, HR, Marketing professionals who don’t have enough time for small tasks or just a busy person who needs a helping hand to unburden some his work pressure hires VA. They usually go to freelancing websites and post a job to find the right person. If you want to see a VA job post the visit this link. Usually client pays through the freelancing website they are using. But freelancers can also get paid into their paypal or payoneer account.  Some clients offer to pay directly into the Va's bank account.

So, exactly why do you need to know about Virtual assistance? 

Whether you are a business person, Job holder, Student or a House wife at some point of your life you will need virtual assistance for your business growth, organizing your work, Unburden some of your work pressure or with your presentations-assignments.  A VA can help you with lots of different stuffs you can imagine about.If you want to earn some extra money or want to start your career as a freelancer you will definitely need to learn about Virtual assistance whether you are working as a VA or not.

 Here are some useful tips if you are thinking about start working as a VA:

1.       Essential skills you must have – Reliability, Good communication skill, Good at Time management, Detail oriented, Resourcefulness, MS office, Google office tools, these are some basic skills a VA must possess.

2.       Be Honest – Always be honest with your client. If you don’t know what to do just ask your client and s/he will guide you through.

3.       Add Value – This is one of the most important thing when you are looking for VA jobs. Why should a client hire you? Give them some good reason and they will surely hire you.

4.       Be Professional – You might be working from home but you need to be extremely professional both in your words & work. You must know what to say, How to say and how to handle different situations professionally.

5.       Learn new things – As a freelancer you will face tremendous amount of competition. And it may feel like freelancing is not your cup of tea. But if you believe in hard working then you should consider learning new skills. This is just another way to out stand your competition and get the job you desire. Try learning skills like Digital Marketing, Web development and Graphics designing. These are very demanding skills and it will surely help you to get more jobs.

6.       Showcase your work – Last but not least, showcasing your works will increase the chance of getting the job you have applied for. A client always looks for the best candidate. And showcasing some of your work can prove that you can do the job perfectly. You can create a portfolio and use it with your job application. Here’s an example portfolio website:

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