1) What is a Virtual Assistant (VA)?

A Virtual Assistant (or VA) is a service provider who specializes in providing offsite administrative support services as an independent contractor and works with clients in an ongoing, collaborative professional relationship.

2) Are VAs Employees?

Your Virtual Assistant is an independent business owner. Your Virtual Assistant is neither an employee nor subordinate. Virtual Assistants more closely resemble an accountant or any others business consultant with whom you have an ongoing, collaborative relationship.

3) What Can a VA Do For Me?

Virtual Assistants typically work from a fully equipped home office, performing the same duties as the traditional administrative assistant or office manager. All work assignments and project requirements are communicated via phone, internet, email, fax, US mail, overnight delivery and the like.

4) Who Is A Typical VA?

Virtual Assistants are highly skilled experienced professional who contract their professional services to multiple business, companies or individual clients. Unlike temporary employees, VAs are entrepreneurs — just like many of their clients. Since much of their work is done online, they can work locally or globally.

5) Aren’t VAs Just Secretaries?

A Virtual Assistant’s support is foundationally intended to be administrative, secretarial and clerical in nature. However, many Virtual Assistants offer additional specialties that fall under creative and technical services.

6) What Are the Advantages of Working With A VA?

Outsourcing using a Virtual Assistant will not only save you the expense of in-house staff or varied quality of temporary staff, but offers the reliability and confidentiality of an experienced legal professional who will offer steady, consistent performance.