A virtual assistant is a person who provides support services to other businesses or entrepreneurs from a remote location. Virtual assistants are especially in demand by entrepreneurs or businesses that need help but don't want to carry on staff at their work location. However, many small and mid-size businesses use virtual support (virtual assistant), especially for specific tasks, such as social media management, Event management, Managing calendars, appointments, and emails, Preparing reports, Personal tasks like booking hotels and restaurants, Simple digital marketing tasks etc..
A virtual assistant is an independent contractor who provides administrative services to clients or companies while operating outside of the client's or companies office. A virtual assistant basically operates from a home office but can access the necessary planning documents, such as shared remotely calendars. People employed as virtual assistants usually have several years of office management experience.
Common modes of communication and data delivery include the Internet, online workspaces, e-mail and phone-call conferences, and fax machines. Increasingly virtual assistants are utilizing technology such as Slack, Skype, as well as Google Voice. Professionals in this business work on a contractual basis and long-lasting standard and cooperation. Basically more then 4 years of administrative experience in an office is required at such positions as a secretary, legal assistant, paralegal, legal secretary, executive assistant, office manager, real estate assistant, and information technology.