Being a Virtual Assistant
By Jaymie Suh
@cherriefic (10399)
Philippines
March 19, 2019 2:11am CST
Hello Mylotter's!
I just want to share what's up with me these past few months since it seems that I was not able to update what I've been doing. Well, I am still running my online business. So far, so good.
But in the past six months, I started doing other jobs in order to keep myself busy. It also brought some extra income for me & my kids. As most of you know, I am a single Mom so I have to make sure everything's covered when it comes to finances.
Anyway, I am a Virtual Assistant now & it seems easy for me since I only have to do some tasks for my clients. It's so much different when I was doing jobs in call centers. I am able to do some administrative tasks which I find nice even if it sounds boring. In my situation, boring is good. I don't have to be so tired at the end of the day since I also have to attend with my girls after school.
Well, that's about it for now. I hope that everybody is having a great day or night wherever you are right now!
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@hereandthere (45645)
• Philippines
19 Mar 19
that's great. so do you work at night? are you paid weekly, monthly?
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@cherriefic (10399)
• Philippines
19 Mar 19
I work during day time since most of my clients are from Australia & NZ. It's paid per project so it depends on the duration.
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@hereandthere (45645)
• Philippines
19 Mar 19
@cherriefic oh, that's good. same/almost same timezone. how did you land this job? do they send you work every day?
@cherriefic (10399)
• Philippines
19 Mar 19
@hereandthere I look for my own client from some VA websites. They send projects to be completed depending on the agreement.
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@cherriefic (10399)
• Philippines
19 Mar 19
Yes, it's better so that no traffic or long preparations just to go to the office.
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@cherriefic (10399)
• Philippines
19 Mar 19
@Janet357 That's right! Plus it's tiring when you have to go out to work. At least at home, I feel a lot more productive.
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@eileenleyva (27560)
• Philippines
19 Mar 19
Happy to know you have found your corner of the sky. Plus the added and necessary income.
I do wish you well in your newfound craft. May it generate both earning and joy for a single parent. Blessings,.
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@Hannihar (130218)
• Israel
25 Mar 19
@cherriefic
Thank you for sharing that with us. I can't write you a private message so cannot ask you something.
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@cherriefic (10399)
• Philippines
28 Mar 19
@Hannihar You're welcome! You have to make sure that you like what you will be doing as a VA & is skilled for it. That way, it will not stress you out as well.
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@cherriefic (10399)
• Philippines
5 Apr 19
@Hannihar Yes. There are clients who hires Online Researchers as well.
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@Hannihar (130218)
• Israel
29 Mar 19
@cherriefic
Thank you and you are so right. Are there some that do research?
@LindaOHio (178131)
• United States
20 Mar 19
I've often wondered about VA jobs...how they work and how they pay. Sounds like the perfect income source for you. I hope you have much continued success.
@cherriefic (10399)
• Philippines
20 Mar 19
It's mostly administrative or secretarial job. The only difference is it's online. They normally pay via PayPal or bank transfer as well.
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@UmiNoor (4523)
• Malaysia
27 Mar
It's nice that you've found a job to fit your schedule. I'm a little averse to being a Virtual Assistant because I don't like to be tied to a project and deadlines. My sister asked my opinion about a course in being a virtual assistant. Did you have to take a course or anything like that to learn to be a virtual assistant?
@simplfred (20641)
• Philippines
19 Mar 19
Virtual Assistant... That's great. I think that kind of jobs today brought a lot of money... So, hows the earnings being one?
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