Virtual Administrative Assistant: Everything you need to know

A virtual administrative assistant can handle just about anything you can think of. An administrative assistant can handle any task while being on the other side of the country. In other words, they cannot come to pick up your laundry, but they are capable of performing anything that requires remote access.

Let us discuss some specific things that they can perform:

1 Day-to-day office tasks

Your files, your email inbox, your calendar, your phone management system—these are all parts of running daily life that you can outsource to a personal virtual assistant. As long as you do not require to do the office tasks on-site, a virtual assistant can perform everything.

Even if it is scheduling and travel arrangements or booking a conference in a few months, outsource all of it to your virtual assistant. A virtual assistant can even manage your calendar. If you waste too much time going through your own calendars, a virtual administrative assistant can be an immediate boost to your efficiency.

2 Remote office management

Although your virtual administrative assistant is not present at the conference room table, there is still a lot in the office that can be managed remotely, including handling invoices, managing expenses, bookkeeping, and handling payroll. ‍

3 Phone calls

From taking care of incoming phone calls to placing phone calls on your behalf, a virtual assistant handling administrative duties can be your voice and ears when you’d rather be working on productive and distraction-free work.

How a Virtual Administrative Assistant Helps can help you by finishing work

Now that we have mentioned the things a virtual administrative assistant can do to help you. It is more important to describe how this will work. Here are a few examples that will help you to think of a life after hiring a virtual assistant:

1 Additional capacity

Let us assume you do not feel like you need an administrative assistant right now, but the calls from clients are starting to be a hassle. You still want your customers to feel important with a human touch, but you do not have enough time for them and still get your day’s work finished. A virtual administrative assistant can answer calls from anywhere and keep your clients in touch.‍

2 Distraction-free work- 

Think that you want to work on a project for two clear hours without any distractions, in the morning. If you run the office, you are going to also have to make calls, deal with social media, handle problems that come up, or handle other administrative tasks. If you want to avoid all of that it is better to outsource the administrative tasks to your virtual assistant and you are all set to focus on the most productive work of the day.

3 Time off

Hiring a virtual administrative assistant is not just about giving yourself more time to focus on work. It also allows you to give yourself more time off. Rather than working while having a meal to finish social media work for a project you are working on, it is the best task you can hand over to a virtual assistant.