Since becoming a virtual assistant, I am often shown a blank face when I tell people what I do, so I thought that I would share with you all just what being a virtual assistant is all about and how it could benefit business owners, entrepreneurs and generally anybody who has a very busy life and not much time.
A virtual assistant is a business professional who has a wealth of experience in a wide variety of business processes. A lot of people think that a virtual assistant is just a remote personal assistant, however that is not the case. Nearly all will offer admin and secretarial services as standard and then depending what their background is, the virtual assistant will then offer specialist services such as marketing, bookkeeping, social media management and in my case, with Giovanna Virtual Assistant, project management and lean solutions. Virtual Assistants support businesses and individuals by working remotely usually from their homes.
The demand for a virtual assistant has grown in recent times and particularly in the current climate as business owners see the benefits of using one, a few examples are because they are not employing an individual on a permanent basis and therefore all the associated costs that go with that, NI, pension, holiday pay etc are not required. They will only pay for the hours that are worked, this means not paying for the chat around the water cooler, tea breaks and even comfort breaks.