VIRTUAL ASSISTANT

VIRTUAL ASSISTANT

A Virtual Assistant is, in most cases, an entrepreneur who works from their home office. A virtual assistant usually has had experience working in the real business world as an administrative assistant, office manager, paralegal, etc. Virtual assistants provide administrative, secretarial, and clerical support, as well as creative and or technical services for a client.

This is one of the fastest-growing areas in work at home, as the start-up costs of providing Virtual Assistant Secretarial Services is minimal, while the potential profits can be very good. If you posses some kind of certification of skills or formal training, your service can charge more.

There are online associations which provide educational opportunities for virtual assistants, lists of virtual assistant businesses, and helpful information for the virtual assistant community. There are large web-based companies that will match up virtual assistant's to businesses looking for assistants, or smaller localized virtual assistant firms looking to hire assistants.

Virtual Assistants must be professional and have excellent references You must have a complete home computer system that includes a printer, modem, and Internet access. Your computer must be a newer model with plenty of storage space. Voicemail and faxing (sending and receiving) capabilities is required.

You must be fully equipped to work online. All virtual assistants are required to use virtual voicemail and fax services. Free standing fax machines or answering machines will not work, especially if you do not have high speed Internet access.