Tips on how to find work from home jobs and opportunities that will actually pay you and pay consistently.
Recession on the Horizon? Fight Back with Virtual Assistance!
It seems that everywhere we turn these days there is talk of a looming recession. An article by Jeannine Aversa, AP Economics Writer, says that The unemployment rate leaps to a two-year high, record numbers of people are forced from their homes and Wall Street nose-dives again. Such is the fallout from a housing meltdown that threatens to slingshot the country into a recession.
Short on Help? Hire a Professional Virtual Assistant!
Is your business short on help? Good help, that is? Did the best administrative assistant you ever had leave because her husband was relocated to Timbuktu? Now what? Youve been through countless resumes and none of the candidates seem to measure up. Maybe you need extra help once in a while, just to keep your regular assistants head above water. Are you a small business owner who cant afford, or dont have enough work, for a full-time secretary?
Become a More Valuable Virtual Assistant
Being of value to your client or your boss is invaluably important to job security. But how does one go about creating value? You become more knowledgeable and indispensable. Learn as much as you can about what your boss/client does.
Going Paperless
Going paperless. Sound a little scary? Nah, not really. At least it doesn’t have to be. As few as 10 years ago, we kept box upon box of archived paper files. At one point, we had at least 100 of those boxes stuffed to capacity with trees. Unfortunately, it was a necessity. Back then, though, the technology (at least affordable technology) to go paperless wasn’t there. It would have cost thousands of dollars in labor and services to retroactively make all those paper files into electronic files. Fast forward to today and going paperless is quite simple and inexpensive. But why go paperless?
Virtual Freedom
How often do you wish to be freer? Living in America, were afforded more freedom than in any other part of the world. We can go anywhere we want without asking permission of our Government. We can hold any job we want for anyone who will hire us, as long as its legal of course. We can marry or cohabitate with anyone we want gender regardless. We can start and run businesses. Our freedom is one of the most coveted rights we have as Americans. Yet we tie ourselves to offices and desks and towns and schools and so on.
How Long Can I Expect My Virtual Assistant To Stay With Me?
How long can you expect a virtual assistant or in house assistant to stay with your company and some reasons that they might leave.
Virtual Careers / Self-Employment Self-Assess Or Self-Destruct
Unfortunately, high hopes and large amounts of time, energy and commitment — valuable though they may be — do not ensure the success of an entrepreneurial venture. In fact, research indicates that about 60 percent of all businesses fail within the first two years. Much depends on the individual’s “entrepreneurial profile,” and one of the best ways to discover this is by doing a self-assessment.
Over the years, working with some 4,000 Virtual Assistants and Virtual Profes…