Looking for VA Job

[VirtualKelly]

I've done projects for Virtual Office Temps, Rentacoder and Elance. You simply must be willing to work for less money in the beginning until you get some projects under your belt. There is too much competition out there for too few jobs.

You also need to niche your offerings. Just being a basic/general virtual assistant is probably not enough. Once I started to market myself in my speciality area (which is accounting and financial database programming, management and administration), then I started to not only demand a higher salary but I also received more job offers.

I have just recently started to look for a full time / long term gig as I have mostly only done short term projects at this point. They are hard to find but they do exist! You just need to make sure that you get involved with the right organizations that can help you.
virtualassistantjobs.com gives you a free resume web site so that is a great way to get yourself out there. Also, elance allows you to market yourself and your profile after you've been rated by a couple of projects. Like I said - you might not make the biggest money at first but at least you'll have a fighting chance to get your career going!

I hope this helps!

[VirtualCommute]

Good information to know.

[Freeoptions]

Hiring VAs from the Philippines or India does not really cost as high as hiring one from USA. I am Filipino too and a lot of us are willing to work professionally for a $200-$300 a month salary.

In between Philippines and India, I think we in the Philippines got more advantages...

[funmommy]

Originally Posted by VirtualKelly

I've done projects for Virtual Office Temps, Rentacoder and Elance. You simply must be willing to work for less money in the beginning until you get some projects under your belt. There is too much competition out there for too few jobs.

You also need to niche your offerings. Just being a basic/general virtual assistant is probably not enough. Once I started to market myself in my speciality area (which is accounting and financial database programming, management and administration), then I started to not only demand a higher salary but I also received more job offers.

I have just recently started to look for a full time / long term gig as I have mostly only done short term projects at this point. They are hard to find but they do exist! You just need to make sure that you get involved with the right organizations that can help you.
virtualassistantjobs.com gives you a free resume web site so that is a great way to get yourself out there. Also, elance allows you to market yourself and your profile after you've been rated by a couple of projects. Like I said - you might not make the biggest money at first but at least you'll have a fighting chance to get your career going!

I hope this helps!

Yes it does! Thanks for the info!