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Are you considering a career as a Virtual Assistant but don’t know where to start? Luckily, Virtual Assistants can be employed in nearly every industry for a variety of services. If you’re about to launch your own freelance business as a Virtual Assistant, you’re probably going to want to find your niche as a Virtual Assistant. It can help you earn more!
Let’s start things off with a question. What interests you? Is it bookkeeping? Blogging? Social media? Data entry? If you find your niche as a Virtual Assistant, it can help determine the services you offer as a Virtual Assistant. There’s a wide range of services that Virtual Assistants can offer but most choose to specialize in one or two areas. You can also get training in a variety of these to ensure you have the skills to match! Some of the most popular specialty areas include:
And the list goes on…
Try find 2-3 areas of interest that most appeal to you. If you have an interest in the task, then you’re likely to be better at it. Our best work is often the result of what we’re really passionate about. If we don’t enjoy the task at hand, then we’re more likely to procrastinate. If you are working as an employee for a company, this might not be so bad. But if you’re working for yourself, only you can hold yourself accountable to your clients’ expectations. It’s imperative that you base your niche on what interests you the most. Find what you like doing and focus on building those skills even further, carving out your specialty.
Your specialties don’t need to chosen from the list above. They can be anything that you enjoy doing. What is it about the career that makes your passionate? What inspires you to work? Once you find that answer, it’ll be easier to determine what areas you can choose to specialize in.
While Virtual Assistants don’t necessarily need to limit themselves to one specific industry, it’s helpful to have an idea of where you’d like to focus. Nearly every industry imaginable employs Administrative Assistants in some capacity. As a Virtual Assistant, you’re doing the same job, but with the advantage of choosing what you’d like to do. VAs are common in industries such as:
Virtual Assistants are great assets to any real estate firm. VAs can manage listings, manage social media accounts, set and manage appointments, post ads, and provide general information to prospective clients.
Marketing firms often outsource tasks like blogging, social media ad management, article syndication, and design to Virtual Assistants.
Virtual Assistants in the IT sector can assist with data entry, programming, technical support, and more. IT is one of the largest industries that employ Virtual Assistants. Given the nature of the industry, outsourcing work digitally is a no-brainer. Find your niche as a Virtual Assistant in the IT industry and you can have amazing success. This is a booming industry!
Virtual Assistants can work in accounting and finance industries doing tasks like data entry, bookkeeping, calendar management, and payroll. If you have a background in accounting, you can definitely take advantage of those skills and carry them into a career as a Virtual Assistant.
If you haven’t yet discovered what most interests you or what kind of industry you’d like to work in, don’t worry. You don’t need to find your niche as a Virtual Assistant before getting started. After some time and experience, you will eventually discover an area or industry that appeals to you the most. However, it’s important to have a good idea of what type of tasks interest you the most.
So what is it that interests you? If you were to launch your Virtual Assistant business at this very moment, which services would you offer?
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Robert was born in Midland, Ontario on January 11, 1953 and passed away in Nanaimo on November 20, 2009. Robert was the youngest of three. I was the oldest, Doug was the middle child. Our mother and father were divorced when we were very young. Our mother remarried a man who had three sons and then another girl and another boy was born. So there was eight of us altogether. Robert moved to Toronto, Ontario after high school and worked in various jobs there. He then moved to Edmonton, Alberta in 1976 and on to British Columbia in 1977. He lived in Vancouver, Victoria, and finally resided in Nanaimo. Robert had a great sense of determination and optimism. The more he could learn, the happier he was. He continued his education in B.C. at Simon Fraser University. He also took courses in the culinary field and worked as a chef for many years. He also studied law and worked as a paralegal. He studied religions and languages (he could speak many languages) and took many computer courses. He took a Medical Terminology Course, and Emergency First Aid which included CPR.
Unfortunately, Robert's health was never great. He was born a "Blue Baby" and not expected to live. He lived with the HIV virus and with cancer. This was a big factor in his determination to be able to work at home and was why he was taking the Medical Transcription course. Robert was involved with various charitable organizations for many, many years. He cooked numerous meals at food kitchens for the homeless, especially at Christmas and other holidays. He spent time at various senior centers, volunteering, and visiting the residents there. He was an active volunteer at the Nanaimo Parole Citizen Advisory Committee and one of the outstanding jobs he completed for them was their Committee By-laws.
I am very proud of the things that my brother achieved in his lifetime. I have received so many letters, calls and cards since his passing, all of them telling me how much he was liked and how much he will be missed. Robert spent most of his time helping others. I'm attaching a couple of pictures, one when he was very young. If there is any other information you need, please let me know. Thank you again for setting up this scholarship. It means so much to me that his name will carry on. And I know he would be extremely pleased that his name was helping others. That was his number one goal in his life - to help others.
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