How to Work As a Virtual Administrative Assistant

The virtual administrative assistant is becoming a proper and popular work remotely job field. The virtual assistants have helped to take the job title of office assistants to the new and more advanced level. With the job title of virtual assistant, the office assistants can perform their duties from the comfort of their own house which allows flexibility and balance between office and home life. The typical tasks of the virtual secretary includes setting up the appointments, making transcriptions, emailing and posting correspondence mails, doing electronic filling, keeping records and word processing. So if you are already working at the post of office assistant and neglecting home then there is an opportunity for you to become a virtual assistant and work from the comfort of your own house.  Trying out these tips will help you to achieve your goal.

• Required necessary education: there are no typical educational requirements of this job. The requirements of skill, expertise and experience vary from employer to employer. It depends on the types of field or business you choose to work for. Some employers may just ask for high school certificate, others may want bachelors or higher degree for the job.

• Training: there are many sites now that are offering different virtual assistant training by charging some fee but beware of such sites as there is no nationally accredited institution or certification for the post and employers mostly do not ask for any such certification as well. They are concerned with your level of experience, expertise and skills required for the job. So it is better that you concentrate on forming an impressive resume, along with excellent referrals and testimonials that validate your work quality.

• The required equipment: it is very important for the virtual assistant to have the necessary and proper equipment to perform the duties of the job. Some of the important equipment which are necessity for virtual assistant includes;

• Computer or laptop along with efficient and high speed internet.
• Printer and scanner or copier.
• One land line phone or some may require having two.
• An office set up at home, which is without distractions having proper working environment.

• Refine your skills: it is very important for you to polish and refine your skills as virtual assistant, as it will attract more and more potential employers towards you. for a virtual assistant the necessary skills include excellent communication skills, capability to do multi tasking in clear and logical manner, having excellent typing speed and skills, extremely proficient in use of the language and knowledge about computer and Microsoft word applications such as excel, word, database etc.

For finding the right job, you can post your resume on various job and employment sites or search on the web. In addition to this, you can also market your skills in the related business industry by meeting the business owners in your locality and telling them the benefits of hiring virtual administrative assistant. You can also make professional network connections on sites such as LinkedIn to get in contact with good potential employers.