If you are
someone who would like to become a virtual assistant but you're not quite ready
to dive in and start your own business, today's post is for
you. Ultimately, starting your own VA business gives you greater earning
potential because you will be setting your own rates.
However,
there's still a lot to be said for “getting your feet wet” in this industry by
working under someone else for a while.
This can
help you not only understand how a VA business is run, but also help you to
learn to do some of the more popular tasks VA's are often used for.
So today,
I thought it would be a good idea to create a little list for you of 5
different companies that regularly hire work at home virtual assistants with
basically no past experience in the industry.
Note that
this does not mean you won't need past experience in something.
Many of
the listings will say they prefer candidates with experience in Microsoft Word,
Excel, Google's tools, freelance writing, etc. But, you can still be considered
for work even if you've never actually done VA work before for any other
company.
Not at all
familiar with what virtual assisting is? Then you may want to read this post first.
5 Virtual
Assisting Companies For Newbies
#1 – Fancy Hands
This is
task-based VA work. Once you're accepted to start work, you can log in at any
time and browse the Fancy Hand's platform for VA tasks you may want to do.
You'll see
all kinds of things from appointment setting to research. Just pick and choose
what you want to do, but be quick because other Fancy Hands VA's are also
scouring for work.
You
can go here to read our review of Fancy Hands for
more details.
#2 – 99
Dollar Social
I'm not
sure how often this company hires, but their job description page does not
appear to require that you've had any past virtual assisting experience.
They do
prefer to hire people who are comfortable navigating and updating social media
since what you will be doing is updating and managing social media accounts for
their clients.
#3 – Time
Etc.
This
company hires VA's with at least 5 years of work experience. It doesn't say
this experience has to be in the virtual assisting field, but my guess is that
if you have 5 years of any sort of administrative experience, it will look good
here.
They do
prefer to hire people with past experience working from home.
#4 – Vicky Virtual
This
company is regularly looking for work at home VA's/receptionists to handle
different tasks for their clients.
Note that
this is primarily phone work. They do not require that you have ever done this
type of work before provided you embody certain core characteristics including
being able to multi-task, easily learn new things, be comfortable navigating a
computer, etc.
#5 – Belay
This is
one of the more well-known companies that VA's work for.
They are
willing to consider applicants with at least five years of experience in admin
support (this does not have to be virtual assistant work — it could be anything
you have ever done that was admin-related either online or offline). And while
it's not required, they do prefer that you have a bachelor's degree and at
least some experience working remotely.
Want to
make $30 an hour with your own virtual assistant business?
While there
is certainly nothing wrong with working as a virtual assistant for a company
who needs workers, you'll earn the MOST money working for yourself — setting
your own rates, deciding what services you'll offer, and getting some
high-paying clients!
In fact,
most virtual assistants who work for themselves earn upwards of $30
an hour.
If you're
curious about going down this path, be sure to grab Gina Horkey's FREE list of 150+ virtual assistant services you could
offer.
No strings
attached, and you'll get a ton of ideas.
There is
also a FREE Pinterest virtual assistant
prep workbook available for those of you who would like to
specialize in Pinterest services for your own VA business!
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