You’ve worked for years in an office or school or warehouse. You have skills – probably a whole slew of skills! For some of us, we have YEARS AND YEARS … and YEARS of skills ha!
But – working virtually? Are the same skills needed to work virtually as the ones you’ve been using in your “regular” job? I found out that just because I had lots of skills working as an Assistant for over 20 years did NOT mean I had the skills needed to work as a VIRTUAL Assistant.
There are tons of software programs out there and “ways of the online world” that need to be learned. But how do you find out what those are? How do you know what you don’t know? Know what I mean?
Here’s what I found to work best:
- Look at other Virtual Assistant websites. You’ll see what skills they are advertising that they offer their clients. Are they skills you know? If not, you need to figure out what they are and learn them.
- Look for popular leaders in your field of interest (real estate, coaching, small business, etc.) and see what programs they speak about. What do they like to use on a regular basis to run their businesses? If you want to attract those people as clients, you’ll want to know how to use the programs they use.
- Look at job descriptions for Virtual Assistants. What are the companies asking that the VA should know? What are their requirements? If you don’t know what they mean – look it up and find out! Those skills must be needed by more than just one company.
Go ahead and download my free guide “How To Exit The 9-5 And Work From Where You Want.”
One Caution Here:
Once you start looking into the skills needed to work virtually, you may be overwhelmed. DON’T LET THAT HAPPEN! You don’t have to know EVERYTHING! And, you especially don’t have to learn it in detail overnight.
In fact, several of the skills I learned, I learned “on the fly.” I realized that some clients use one program and other clients use a different program. So, I would learn what each program was about in “general” and then wait to see if the client that I worked with needed me to learn something more in depth.
If so, I learned at night on my own time – at a pace that was comfortable. You can learn too. Take your time and start slowly. You can do this. I have faith in you!
Talk Soon!
Stephanie
