General Data Protection Regulation – What you need to know as a virtual assistant for the new GDPR
New EU regulations come into force 25 May 2018 – General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) You must tell people who is responsible for the data you hold and process – this person must be registered with ICO Data processors now also have direct obligations to process data correctly – as a virtual assistant processing any […]
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, […]
Starting out as a Virtual Assistant – Michelle Shaw
I am Michelle (aka Elle) from Bangor, N. Ireland. I am a newbie VA and will be blogging this year on the ups and downs of starting out as a VA.
Who being a Virtual Assistant is not for:
Itās one of the great fallacies ā that everyone with a computer can be a virtual assistant. The more seasoned VAs will be falling off their seats laughing at the concept of someone being able to print out some business cards and suddenly become a VA because they know the hard work that goes into […]
The employee mentality
I used to have an employee who came in every morning and answered my cheery āHow are you this morning?ā with āIām not deadā¦yet.ā in a deadpan monotone.Ā When he handed in his notice and gave us his company mobile phone back we actually found a diary entry saying āMarch 15th: Get a lifeā.Ā Um, […]
Start Up Story: Danielle of Priority PA
Name: Danielle Millar Age: 48 Location: Basingstoke, Hampshire I became interested in the virtual assistant industry after becoming very dissatisfied in my job at the time. My husband and I were out for a Christmas lunch in December 2009 with some friends and they inspired me to look into being my own boss, offering PA […]