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Michelle
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How high do Virtual Assistant earn, and how does one even start on the career path ?
How high do Virtual Assistant earn, and how does one even start on the career path?
I've heard a lot about it and it has piqued my interest
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Michelle M.
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Hello, Michelle !
I will start by saying it's impossible to predict your salary as your employer is the one who offers a particular salary and there may be occasion to have a few projects that you'd be working on simultaneously. For this reason, no one can tell you about your pay for the future, It's something you'll find out from the employer at an interview or if they offer you a job/project.
A Virtual Assistant is a remote professional who provides administrative, technical, creative, or specialized support to clients from a home office or remote location, typically as an independent contractor. Since this is the case, you would first have to take a path for a degree or credential that would qualify you as an expert in a specific field of work. Let's look at what industries hire virtual assistants so you can get an idea of what expertise you may need to prepare for.
Places that hire Virtual Assistants are Digital marketing, Real estate, Healthcare and Medical Services, Bookkeeping and Finance, Customer Support, Computer Support, Executive and Administrative Support, Social Media Management, Content Creation, and IT and technical support. You will have to think about specializing in one or more of these and it may mean technical training, professional certification or having a college degree to increase your chances of obtaining this type of work. You can consider data entry work or being a Linked In Assistant, but read some employment notices to get an idea of what employers are requiring for these jobs.
So, before thinking about virtual assistant work, you'll have to explore careers and see where your niche is. Once you are sure about a specific career, then you can obtain the information on how to obtain that career. You will probably need experience at first on site at an in person job. I would highly advise having some in person jobs to boost your qualifications.
Wising you all the best as you move forward !
I will start by saying it's impossible to predict your salary as your employer is the one who offers a particular salary and there may be occasion to have a few projects that you'd be working on simultaneously. For this reason, no one can tell you about your pay for the future, It's something you'll find out from the employer at an interview or if they offer you a job/project.
A Virtual Assistant is a remote professional who provides administrative, technical, creative, or specialized support to clients from a home office or remote location, typically as an independent contractor. Since this is the case, you would first have to take a path for a degree or credential that would qualify you as an expert in a specific field of work. Let's look at what industries hire virtual assistants so you can get an idea of what expertise you may need to prepare for.
Places that hire Virtual Assistants are Digital marketing, Real estate, Healthcare and Medical Services, Bookkeeping and Finance, Customer Support, Computer Support, Executive and Administrative Support, Social Media Management, Content Creation, and IT and technical support. You will have to think about specializing in one or more of these and it may mean technical training, professional certification or having a college degree to increase your chances of obtaining this type of work. You can consider data entry work or being a Linked In Assistant, but read some employment notices to get an idea of what employers are requiring for these jobs.
So, before thinking about virtual assistant work, you'll have to explore careers and see where your niche is. Once you are sure about a specific career, then you can obtain the information on how to obtain that career. You will probably need experience at first on site at an in person job. I would highly advise having some in person jobs to boost your qualifications.
Wising you all the best as you move forward !
Thank you so much, Michelle!
Michelle