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What Is a Virtual Assistant
(VA)?
Virtual Assistants are
traditional Administrative Assistants who work remotely from a
home-based office. They use their own equipment, providing their
professional skills to businesses, organizations, or individuals who
require their services. Many can also provide more specialized expertise
in a variety of fields. Most projects are shared back and forth
electronically, by phone or fax. Clients who are local to a VA may also
benefit from face-to-face contact.
What can a Virtual Assistant do
for you?
Here are just some of the
ways in which a Virtual Assistant can help keep you on track:
- Help meet unexpected or
large project deadlines
- Complete projects that
have been impacted by company downsizing
- Take on tasks that have
fallen behind schedule
- Assist with routine
tasks, allowing you to make better use of your time
- Offset workload
fluctuation
- Lend consistency to
seasonal, recurring projects
- Provide specialized
knowledge, software or other expertise that may otherwise be unavailable
- Get extra help for your
virtual business or at-home project
Additional Benefits of using a
Virtual Assistant
- No need to pay taxes,
insurance or for other benefits associated with a regular employee
- Avoid the hassle,
expense and unpredictable nature of hiring temporary, part-time or
seasonal help
- No agency fees
- No extra office space,
software or equipment needed
- No need to spend time
and money on training
- Get the help you need
without breaking your budget - you pay only for time spent working
directly on your project
- The work continues to
get done, even when your company's doors are closed for the day
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