VAs face growing list of demands

The virtual assistant is often seen as somebody who writes letters, responds to emails and does the filing. However, businesses are starting to outsource more and more tasks in order to save time and money. If you’re thinking about branching out on your own, there is a wide range of duties you may be looking at doing on a daily basis, from basic admin to making sure your boss’s life doesn’t fall apart.

Many VA companies now offer a variety of customisable services to help growing businesses stay on top of tough workloads and can perform a multitude of administrative and personal tasks. A virtual assistant can schedule meetings, manage a diary, book travel, respond to emails, as well as pay bills, order gifts, deal with customer service, schedule doctor’s appointments and much more besides.

In addition to business tasks, many virtual assistance companies also provide personal services to clients to help them stay on top of those every day errands without taking time away from work. Whether it’s walking the dog, doing the laundry, or taking packages to the post office, a VA can get things done and provide piece of mind.

Specialist companies even offer VIP concierge services for high-profile clients, using connections in high places to complete all kinds of tasks, such as obtaining access to exclusive events and fulfilling odd requests for specific products to be delivered to a hotel room.

It sounds as if VAs can look forward to tackling a huge variety of duties while on the job.

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