So You Want To Be A Virtual Assistant?

How to be an effective virtual assistant

What you'll learn

Understand roles and responsibilities of a virtual assistant

Learn how to use certain tools to manage multiple clients

Learn how to work within multiple virtual platforms to adequately support clients

Complete a written assessment to determine your skillset

Requirements

No experience required. This course is for new and experienced virtual assistants.

Description

This course is for those who are new to being a Virtual Assistant or VA – either just starting out or interested in becoming one. This course is also for seasoned virtual assistants who have an interest in sharpening their skills, enhancing their knowledge or just getting a refresher course. Regardless of your reason for taking this course, one thing that is guaranteed is that you will walk away with a wealth of knowledge about what is required to be a VA and how you can be a successful and highly efficient one.This course will review common project management tools that you can use as VA, such as Asana, Monday/com or Trello; you’ll learn about how to maintain and juggle multiple clients; you’ll learn about common tasks that you’ll do as a VA, such as calendar support or email maintenance; how to track your time using platforms such as Clockify or Harvest; how to get paid as a virtual assistant; you’ll learn how to navigate through common virtual meeting platforms, such as Zoom, Microsoft Teams, or Google Meet. We'll also review a few ways that VAs can find clients or remote work, as well as some general tips and tricks that you can implement to ensure success as a VA.

Overview

Section 1: How to Work as a Virtual Assistant

Lecture 1 Intro - So You Want to be a Virtual Assistant

Lecture 2 Who is this Course for?

Lecture 3 Common VA Tasks

Lecture 4 Finding Clients

Lecture 5 How to Get Compensated

Section 2: Project Management Tools

Lecture 6 Navigating Monday.com

Lecture 7 Navigating Trello

Lecture 8 Navigating Asana

Lecture 9 Navigating Slack

Section 3: Common Remote Meeting Platforms

Lecture 10 Navigating Zoom

Lecture 11 Navigating Microsoft Teams

Lecture 12 Navigating Google Meet

Section 4: Tracking Your Time

Lecture 13 Navigating Harvest

Lecture 14 Navigating Clockify

Individuals who are interested in working remotely as a virtual assistant (VA) or current VA's who want to polish their skills.