Hire Yourself, Fire Your Boss
I have no doubt that you are an amazing administrative professional. The skills that you currently possess may be enough for you to get starting in your new career as a Virtual Assistant. Although you will need to acquire new skills (as normal), the base knowledge and skillset that you possess could put you on the road to becoming an entrepreneur. What do I mean by that?
You Have The Needed Skills
The work that you are doing right now as an Executive or Administrative Assistant is currently paying your bills, correct? Great! It doesn’t matter if your in a law firm, an investment company or in the healthcare industry, your skillset is a wonderful asset to you. Think of the many activities that you engage on a daily basis. You are probably experienced in some or all of the following:
- Customer Service
- Email Management
- Contact Database Management
- Scheduling
- Social Media Management
- Travel Arrangements
- Presentation Preparation
- Writing
- Organizing (all sorts of things electronically and physically)
- MAINLY, MAKING OTHER PEOPLES LIVES EASIER
I think that by now you get the point. You are in the business of make the work life of other people simpler, quicker and more efficient. The cool thing about being an administrative professional is that you can take those same skills and use them to fire your boss and hire yourself. Are you with me so far?
As you can see, having the skills is not the obstacle between you firing your boss and hiring yourself. Have you reached the boiling point of being under-appreciated in the work place? Are you hoping to get that ever-elusive raise? If so, there are a few options that are available to you. Find another J-O-B (that keeps you Just Over Broke), or maximize your earning potential starting your own business as a Virtual Assistant.
The choice is yours! Would you like to fire your boss and hire yourself? Send me an email and let me know what questions you have about starting and running your very own successful Virtual Assistance business. I would be delighted to share some information with you. That email address is Wil@EAtoVA.com. Stay tuned for some exciting new information that is to come both in your inbox and on the blog at www.EAtoVA.com/blog.
Love this story, thanks!!!
I would like to know what setup one would need to start a VA business. Here in the small island of Malta, this is virtually unknown and i would really like to know what it takes to start my own business. Although I see a lot of adverts and blog correspondence about VAs and VA jobs in the US, I have never seen anything from our European counterparts. Could it be that VAs are not so much requested on the European side? I appreciate any suggestions / comments / advice you can give me. Thank you for your help.
This is a motivating and informative article. I also love the graphic at the top indicating the steps UP from EA to VA, which just goes to show that by making such a move, you promote yourself.
Thanks Jaynae, is there anything in particular that stood out to you?
Hello Marcette, there are virtual assistants all over the world. The key to being successful in business is that you solve problems for other business owners. Take a look at the skills that you have been paid for in the past. Likely, there is a market for you to use those same skills to become self-employed.
Greetings Rita! Thank you for writing in and for the compliment. Please let us know if we can be of assistance to you at all.
Love the article! I recently purchased through FabJob.com how to become a Virtual Assistant. I have been a Receptionist, Admin and Exec Assistant, and now I am ready to go out on my own. I’m stuck on how to get clients. Can you help me?
Great article… Always seems easier than done. What advice do you have for those living in a big city that “appears” to be over saturated in your field — how do you stand out to get more business in order to step out full time as a VA?
Hello Shirley! Thank you for checking out the article and taking the time to write in. I can appreciate the importance of learning how to enroll new clients into your business. Please take a look at this page on our blog. You will see several articles about how to go about getting clients. Feel free to keep in touch and let us know if you have additional questions.
Click Here: https://www.eatova.com/category/marketing/page/2/
Thank you
Hello Diadra. The beautiful thing about working virtually is that your clients don’t have to reside in your city. You use your computer and other technology to connect with your clients whether they are in your city or are in another country. So, location isn’t the problem. The key is knowing how to solve problems for the people who need you most. You need to find the people who need the type of help that you provide. Check out the link above that I posted which has several blog posts on how to market your business and enroll new clients.
Also, check out this video that discusses an overview of how to start your business: https://www.eatova.com/2013/04/18/how-to-start-a-virtual-assistance-business/