Have you ever tried to apply for a job and been ignored? Have you ever felt so frustrated that you want to give up all that you have started even if you put all your efforts into it. Well, you are not alone. Many have tried, but only few are chosen.
You may all have been in this situation, especially if you are new to the field that you are getting on. It's a lot of challenges out there, as they say “ it's the survival of the fittest” or “may the best man wins”. But , would you really want to survive or to give up?If a great opportunity is waiting ahead, you just have to keep your patience and strive for it.
Upwork, olj.com, freelancer.com, Fiverr etc. these are just some platforms where you can showcase your skills and knowledge as today's generation are welcoming of what they say work from home, online job or online freelancing.
In this era, social media, ecommerce, video creation ,remote job etc., are greatly emerging to run along with high technology. People are turning to these online ways as means of income.So the question is what are the steps to live along with these ways if you are just a beginner,a person with experience at a corporate job, a student or a mom?
Here are your guide to become a virtual assistant
1. Have Access to a computer and Internet.
Here are specs for beginner:
Core i3 and i5 processor (INTEL)
Ryzen 5
256GB/512 SSD or HDD
4GB-16GB of RAM
14” screen
At Least 10 mbps internet speed
2. Identify yourself.What are you before transitioning as virtual assistant
Are you a total beginner? Which means you never had any idea what these online jobs are.Were you been in a corporate job?If so, try to find out what are the skills that you handled when you were in that job.Are you a stay at home mom?Maybe you have some skills about these jobs.Are you a student?Students are so updated about social media events.Maybe you know how to manage social media.
Many more criteria that are not mentioned just try to find it out to yourself.Explore.
3. Sign up
Sign up for freelancing platforms.As mentioned before there's a lot of these platforms.Explore these and find out two or three which is the best for finding an online job for your skills.
Here are some platforms for online job search.
5. Choose a niche to concentrate on.
Administrative support
Finance
Marketing and sales
Customer Service
Information technology
Professional services
Design and creative
Language Writing
Check out Virtual Services offered by SLE Virtual Services for references.
6.Optimize your Resume or portfolio .
Gather all the skills,training and experiences you had.If you have previous projects from a previous job add it to your profile.This helps you find a client easily.
7.Upskill
If you have no knowledge about it all or you want to gain more confidence before getting into this try to learn skills that will help and guide you in winning your future client.Invest time and money for online courses.
List of online upskilling platforms.
Surge Marketplace academy-highly recommended
There are a lot more online.So give time to search for it.
8. Engage with social media communities.
Connect people on facebook groups, linkedIn,watch youtube videos about this topic or about your chosen niche and give time to read.
Engage with people on social media who have experience.
9. Learn to manage your time.
This is very important so that you can easily adjust when you have your first client in dealing with your schedules with every task.
10.Have faith! You can do this!
There is no reason to stop when you have faith and you are determined.
There you have the guides for winning your first online job client.Others may have gone through a lot but be positive and persevere you will achieve what you deserve.Put your heart into it and enjoy the process!
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