Could HR administration services be another string to your bow?
I think that VAs should be called VVAs for āVersatileā Virtual Assistants because the scope of support they are asked to provide certainly means they must be multiskilled and adaptable! HR administration is one area where VAs may be asked to get involved. This could be anything from organising interviews, managing employee files, preparing contracts […]
The Apex VA Story: Farm, Foils and Flexibility
Once upon a timeā¦ Hi, Iām Hannah at Apex VA, (www.apexva.co.uk), and Iām here to tell you about my VA journey, from Farm Assistant to Virtual Assistant and all manner of things in between! My moment of inspiration came to me whilst sitting with foils in my hair at the hairdressers. I was chatting to […]
Virtual Assistant Scam
Virtual Assistant Awards ā Why Enter?
Virtual Assistant Awards ā Why Enter? Common Misconceptions To Entering Awards: Only big companies win awards. I can’t enter it into awards ā what about confidential information? If I sponsor a category I’ll have a better chance. If I buy more seats at the awards dinner I’m more likely to win. […]
The Longest Ever VA Business Set-Up?
The Mourne Mountains In 2005 I found myself living at the foot of the Mourne Mountains in Ireland with my husband and children who were then 4, 12 and 14 years old. Of course, having a young family and moving away is always a difficult time and I wanted to do something other than applying […]
Becoming a new VA
āSo what do you do as a job?ā Since becoming a full-time V.A. in January this year I havenāt quite worked out a satisfactory reply to that question. So what do I do? Data entry, creating websites, researching CRMs, testing software, social media management, event planning, project planning, everything planning. Well, I do it all. […]
7 Habits of Highly Effective VAs
Shamefully stolen from Professor Stephen Covey’s book, these are a few habits that I’ve noticed successful VAs have in common – and I don’t think it’s by accident!Ā
Being a newbie VA – Part 2!
Hi fellow VAās itās been a while since my last blog, as Iām sure you will all know setting up as a VA keeps you really busy!
STARTING A VIRTUAL ASSISTANT BUSINESS IN IRELAND
Hi there! Top of the morning to youā¦whatever time of day it is! Iām Trish, and like Elle and Rachel, Iāve also taken the slightly scary, but positive leap of being self employed as a virtual assistant, as a move to Ireland from the UK gave me the ideal opportunity to set up my own […]
Becoming a VA ā the Good, the Bad and the Useful!
Anyone who has ever Googled āhow to become a Virtual Assistantā will have been faced with a plethora of blogs, articles and even whole websites selling the āfreelance lifestyleā ā being your own boss is en vogue in 2016 and it can be tempting to think that compared to working 9-5 a la Dolly Parton, […]