Virtual assistant
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- Not to be confused with conversational agent or virtual personal assistant.
- See also Virtual Assistance.
A Virtual Assistant (typically abbreviated to VA, also called a virtual office assistant)[1] is an entrepreneur who provides professionalhome office.[2][3] They usually work for other small businesses, brokersconsultancy groups.[4] It is estimated that there are as few as 5,000-8,000 or as many as 35,000 Virtual Assistants worldwide; the profession is growing in centralized economies[5] with “fly-in, fly-out” (FIFO) staffing practices.[6][7][8] administrative, technical, or creative (social) assistance to clients from a and
Common modes of communication and data delivery include the Internet, e-mail and phonecall conferences,[9] online work spaces, and fax machine. Professionals in this business work on a contractual basis and a long-lasting cooperation is standard. Typically 5 years of administrative experience in an office is expected at such positions as executive assistant, office manager/supervisor, secretary, legal assistant, paralegal, legal secretary, real estate assistant, information technology, et cetera.
