Posts Tagged ‘bookkeeping’

Beginning Your Online Jobs Search

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

For so many people who have lost their jobs in the recession help begins with an online jobs search.  The Internet is a treasure trove of resources for the displaced worker, or the person who simply wants to step out of the rat race and work from their home.

Exploring opportunities as a Virtual Assistant is a great place to start.  Simply put, a Virtual Assistant or VA is an independent contractor who provides help to businesses from a remote location.  In other words, they are working from home.

Whether you need someone to handle your customer relationship management system or someone to work your call center and live chats, Virtual Assistants can get it done.  VAs often have general administrative skills but many have specialties like content writing, bookkeeping, paralegal, medical transcription and events planning.  Wouldn’t it be nice to have someone book your travel for you?  Answer your emails that never stop coming in?  Your VA can do that for you.

There are several methods for locating a VA.  Hundreds of websites offer VA matches for contractors and businesses.  Proceed with caution and do some research to make sure you’ve found a legitimate service.  If the first step to enrolling is to provide your credit card be wary.  You should not offer financial information.

Oftentimes word of mouth can bring VAs and employers together.  If you would like to be a Virtual Assistant try online sites that post jobs and try bidding on some.  Create your own website offering your skills as a VA and try the old fashioned method of contacting employers directly.  Most employers have no idea they can get the work done without paying the overhead for an additional staff member, making this an ideal way to start your online jobs search.

If you have strong article writing skills use the contact form on this website to become a VA for our own network of publishers.

Online Jobs from Home

Saturday, September 26th, 2009

There are great online jobs from home, especially if you have good administrative skills.  The position of Virtual Assistant, or VA, is one of the fastest growing and most rewarding ways to be your own boss and to help an employer at the same time.

If you have children who go to school every day and you want to greet them afterward instead of handing them to a babysitter while you work in an office, this might be the work for you.

If you were recently laid off from your job in this challenging global economy, you don’t have to be tethered to your locale, particularly the hard hit northern states in America, in order to find more work.  The newest job is as close as your home computer.

Virtual Assistants perform vital office functions with a slant toward the technology in place today.  They can do bookkeeping, manage calendars, send email, update web pages, schedule appointments and write documents.

VAs must possess an ability to manage their time well because working at home has more distractions than an office setting.  If you are tempted to check your most recent episode of a daytime drama, this line of work is probably not for you.  VAs are encouraged to wear comfortable but professional attire as they go about their work duties while at home.

One of the skills in demand right now is that of Content Writer.  Every viable business today must have a website and employers need thousands upon thousands of words to fill it.  Even when the site is up and running, updated information in the form of articles is needed.

If you possess the ability to write in engaging, conversation English, there is a possibility you’ll have more work than you can handle, all while performing online jobs from home.