Download or read book How to Build a Virtual Assistant Team and Work Remotely written by Barry Sullivan and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-03-26 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: So you have decided that it would be a good idea to start up your own virtual assistant team and start working remotely. There are many people who decide that this is the right career move for them and they are often pleased with the results if they are just willing to put in the right amount of effort and time. This is not the easy way out of a 9 to 5 job, but it can be really rewarding and provide you with a way to help our clients while owning your own business. This guidebook can help you to get started on the right foot so that you can create your team and start working right away. Chapter 1 starts out with some explanations on what a virtual assistant is. It talks about what a virtual assistant is able to do for their clients along with some of the semantics of starting your own business. Chapter 2 then goes on to talk about a few of the skills that the team you assemble should have. Your clients are going to be looking for a wide range of tasks to be done for them and the more skills you can have presented in your team; the easier it will be to find jobs for everyone. This chapter will list the top ten skills that can really help your team soar. Chapter 3 goes into a discussion on why a company might be interested in hiring a virtual assistant. Wouldn't it be easier for them to just hire someone who would be in their own office all of the time. This chapter will talk about why many clients like to hire virtual assistants and why it is easier and less expensive for your client to hire you than a permanent employee. Chapter 4 goes into the benefits of working remotely instead of in an office. There are a lot of reasons why someone might choose to work from their own home office rather than go and make it to the office each day. This is the chapter that you learn some of these reasons as well as the benefits of doing this instead of another job. When you are ready to start hiring your own virtual assistant team, you will want to go about making a job posting and including all of the information for someone who is qualified to find you and join your team. Chapter 5 will go into details about the steps that you can take in order to find the right employees and get your team going strong. This guidebook is a great way to learn all you need to know in order to get started on your own virtual assistant team. It can be a really rewarding experience, but you need to make sure that you are following the right steps, offering the right kinds of skills to the employer or client, and hiring the right people in order to get the business off the ground. Use this guidebook in order to get started on your new business today.