Thinking of becoming a Virtual Secretary?

Being a Virtual Secretary was mentioned on the Wrightstuff show broadcast on Tuesday 16th October 2007 on Channel 5 and I would like to use this opportunity to further explain the term Virtual Secretary as this was glossed over rather crudely by someone offering general ideas on ‘making money’.

A Virtual Secretary is not an employee of any company. They are highly skilled, experienced, trained and dedicated self-employed professionals who, like the majority of business people, are providing a value service to the business community. Whilst more recently the concept of outsourcing administration work to a Virtual Secretary / Assistant has gained in popularity and more and more businesses are realizing the benefits of doing so, Virtual Secretaries / Assistants have been around for over 20 years.

The difference between then and now is due in the main to advances in technology. Remote working and outsourcing is gaining in momentum and is quite literally opening up a world of opportunities.

To succeed as a Virtual Secretarial Service (also known as a Virtual Assistant, Virtual PA) takes more than just a PC and a few years secretarial experience – a whole lot more!

The successful businesses, of which The Virtual Office Secretary are one, are run by highly experienced Personal or Executive Assistants with strong marketing, sales and organizational skills combined with a key ingredient – entrepreneurialism.

The successful Virtual Secretaries / Assistants work from fully equipped offices with far more than a PC and internet connection. In fact they would often rival corporate environments in terms of facilities, equipment, and range of software and once again a key ingredient – flexibility.

Their skills are vast and have been developed over many years, often culminating in Personal / Executive Assistant positions at MD, CEO and President level. It is at this level that a Personal / Executive Assistant knows what it takes to keep a busy professional or executive focused on their core activities and is able to provide the range of support necessary – instinctively knowing what needs to be done rather than being directed to do so.

This is the level of support expected in large corporations and is invaluable to the SME market and where the successful Virtual Secretary / Assistant is perfectly positioned.

Many Virtual Secretaries / Assistants work alone, but increasingly they are forming networks to broaden their range of service offering, increase capacity, provide a “virtual team” for larger projects, increase knowledge base and facilitate collaboration with their peers.

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