tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70393504536252580212011-11-18T21:51:21.727+07:00Virtual Assistants (typically abbreviated to VAs), are entrepreneurs who provide professional administrative, technical, or creative (social) assistance to clients from a home office.Roedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00975857679150274820noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7039350453625258021.post-52731044895139755602008-12-17T09:47:00.000+07:002008-12-17T09:48:58.587+07:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Virtual Assistants</span> (typically abbreviated to <span style="font-weight: bold;">VAs</span>), are entrepreneurs who provide professional administrative, technical, or creative (social) assistance to clients from a home office.[1][2] They usually work for other small businesses and consultancy groups. It is estimated that there are as few as 5,000-8,000 or as many as 35,000 Virtual Assistants worldwide; the profession is growing in centralized economies[3] with "fly-in, fly-out" (FIFO) staffing practices.[4][5][6]<br /><br />Common modes of communication and data delivery include the Internet, e-mail and phonecall conferences,[7] online work spaces, and fax machine. Professionals in this business work on a contractual basis and a long-lasting cooperation is standard. Typically 5 years of administrative experience in an office is expected at such positions as executive assistant, office manager/supervisor, secretary, legal assistant, paralegal, legal secretary, real estate assistant, et cetera.<br /><br />From <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_assistant">Wikipedia</a>, the free encyclopedia<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7039350453625258021-5273104489513975560?l=roedy-virtual-asistants.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Roedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00975857679150274820noreply@blogger.com0