What is a Virtual Assistant (VA)?
In a conventional office, we would be referred to as an 'administrative assistant', but to the 'online-world' we are called 'virtual assistants'.
We are both the same type of people but with one major difference: we work from our own office and use our own equipment instead of being physically present in your office to carry out your work.
Traditionally business owners have had the tendency to do everything themselves in an attempt to save money or because they do not have the equipment or even the space to employ office based secretarial staff. In recent years many companies have downsized and cut costs by reducing their secretarial staff. The workload however remains and is often given to sales people or other administrative staff.
An alternative to taking up the time of other personnel, while remaining cost-effective, is to outsource secretarial/admin work to V-PA.
V-PA can be contracted for just half an hour, for example to help with an urgent report. We also give administrative support spread over weeks or months. Because there is no minimum hire period involved (as there might when hiring a Temp for instance) our service is very flexible being provided on an 'as need be' basis.
This simple 'pick-up' and 'put-down' service makes V-PA one of the most flexible administrative solutions for businesses.
In summary the main benefits are
- reduced employment costs
- decreased overheads
- round the clock service
- no extra office space required
- no extra equipment needed
- very convenient when your current staff gets overloaded
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