What are Virtual Assistants?
Traditionally, they are known as Administrative Assistants, Secretaries, Executive Assistants, or Bookkeepers. However, in the online community, they are known as Virtual Assistants or VA's. A Virtual Assistant is a professional who provides support virtually, from their office, to their clients as an independent contractor instead of an employee. VA's work from their own home offices, use their own equipment, and provide services to businesses, investors, entrepreneurs, executives, loan officers, realtors, or any other busy people. Projects or assignments are usually communicated through e-mail, phone, or fax. Whatever the project, information is transferred easily between the client and the Virtual Assistant. Virtual Assistants are entrepreneurs, highly skilled in their profession and able to have a powerful impact on the productivity of those they work with.
In an age where technology has made more professionals work from their homes or in satellite offices, the former "assistant" has become "virtual". The concept is still somewhat new but it works so well that it has been embraced by the online community.
In an age where technology has made more professionals work from their homes or in satellite offices, the former "assistant" has become "virtual". The concept is still somewhat new but it works so well that it has been embraced by the online community.
