Whats a Virtual Assistant?
Virtual assistants are independent contractors or entrepreneurs who provide administrative assistance to multiple clients. Unlike regular assistants, they work out of their homes rather than at your business physical location.
There are numerous advantages to using a virtual assistant:
Location. If you work from home, you dont have to find a place to put an employee.
No Overhead. They provide their own office supplies, desk, computer, software, and phone lines.
No Benefits. Theyre not your employee, so you arent responsible for paying social security or income taxes, holidays, insurance, vacation or sick pay.
Lots of Flexibility. Its significantly easier to find a virtual assistant who can work evening hours or weekendsafter all, theyre working from home. And you can give them more or less hours as your needs change.
There are virtual staffing companies that match virtual assistants with small and home-based businesses who need help running things.
How Do I Know What Im Getting?
Gayle Buske is the president and CEO of http://TeamDoubleClick.com, a highly reputed virtual staffing agency....