Virtual Assistant is an independent worker who does work on a contract basis providing assistance to his clients in administrative, technical, creative assistance, customer service, website design, book keeping, marketing services, project management, travel arrangements, writing newsletters for companies etc, the list is exhaustive.
Reasons, why employers hire virtual assistants:
The employer might have limited working space and hence limited number of staffers working in the office; they normally outsource the rest of the jobs to people who work from their homes. The employer saves money, as he need not pay for any additional benefits to virtual assistants, as they are not regular employees. Certain employers may not recruit people on a regular basis, as there might not be work available on a regular basis. Hence virtual assistants suit them the best. Also time-consuming projects are ideal to be outsourced to virtual assistants.
The employer can get the kind of work he requires from a virtual assistant say if he wants his website to be designed using Dream weaver instead of HTML, it is possible it as, the Virtual assistant takes care of it and...