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What is a Virtual Assistant?

Our Virtual Assistant definition encompasses the spirit our profession was founded upon, and reinforces to anyone reading it, whether that's a new Virtual Assistant or prospective client, who we are, what we do and what our qualifications are.

Virtual Assistants who use our definition tell the business world they belong to an elite class of Virtual Assistants with the highest of professional qualifications and standards and who are committed to working heartfully and collaboratively with their clients.

Virtual Assistant Definition

A Virtual Assistant (or VA) is a solopreneur who specializes in providing ongoing, one-on-one, collaborative-style administrative support.

Like other professional service providers, Virtual Assistants operate remotely from their own places of business and utilize today's technology to deliver their services and communicate with clients.

Virtual Assistants are first and foremost administrative experts. Virtual Assistants sometimes offer additional, separate specialties that fall under creative and/or technical services.

Virtual Assistants come from a variety of business backgrounds, but the single-most important qualification the industry expects of its peers is at least five (5) years administrative experience earned in the real (non-virtual) business world working in upper-level capacities such as administrative assistant, executive assistant, secretary, legal assistant, paralegal, legal secretary, real estate assistant, office manager/supervisor, etc.

From this level of experience, a Virtual Assistant is expected to possess the skill sets, training and business knowledge which are the hallmark of a truly qualified Virtual Assistant.

Virtual Assistant Definition from the Virtual Assistance Chamber of Commerce

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