Get Help with a Virtual Assistant

During these hazy, lazy days of summer, I know there are some of you out there who are literally "sweating it" to get it ALL done so you can go away on your most deserved vacation. It's these times and others that you wish for some skilled genie who will magically arrive and help you get your work done.

But where can you find someone to do just what you need, especially if it's on short notice? The perfect candidate, also known as a Virtual Assistant, is just a few clicks away on the internet at www.ivaa.org.

A Virtual Assistant (VA) is a real human that provides administrative help, off-site and on- demand. If you don't need an assistant in the same geographic area as you are (that is, you don't want the person to run physical errands or set up at a venue), you can hire a VA from a location where labor costs may be lower than where you live. If you want someone you'll occasionally deal with face-to-face, you can use the association to find a VA near your office.

I know people who have hired VA's as their full or part-time assistants, are very happy with their work yet have never physically met them! I personally used this website to find someone to help me do some research and make some calls I didn't have time to make. It was a specific project with specific outcomes which I posted on the IVAA website at the Submit RFP link. The clearer you are in the scope of the work, the better. And if you have a budget of how much you want to pay hourly, do include it as the VA's fees vary greatly.

Get the help you need now! Check it out at the International Virtual Assistants Association website.

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Abby Marks Beale is founder of The Corporate Educator, a professional speaking and training company specializing in helping with busy people work smarter, faster and just plain better. Go to www.TheCorporateEducator.com.

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