One word sums up the reason to hire a Virtual Assistant rather than a full-time admin member of staff=uncertainty!

Uncertainty:

1. Uncertainty of Brexit and what it will mean for us especially in Northern Ireland with hard border issues

2. Uncertainty of what our neighbours to the left and right of us will do or say and global impact that has on us

3. Uncertainty of our own government and whether election results tomorrow will make a positive change to all of us

This week I’ve researched venues for Christmas dinner, put together course materials, made travel arrangements for a business trip, taken the minutes at an HR investigation case and make lots of diary appointments. Does this sound like pretty much your average day too as a PA? The big difference for me is that I’m self-employed; I completed these tasks for several different clients and I didn’t have to beat terrible traffic to go to work because I’m a Virtual (Personal) Assistant, a “VA”.

There are 4 questions that people already in administrative industry invariably ask me when I tell them I’m a VA: