One of the in-demand of work these days is being an online service provider. It might be an online freelancer (independent contractor) and as a remote employee. This kind of work requires skills over knowledge. Meaning, it would be better if you will allocate your time developing and building your career step-by-step through your skills online and not by collecting knowledge without output on it.
There are two types of an online service provider, a remote employee, and an online freelancer. Too many people remote employee and an online freelancer mean the same thing, This is, however, is not right. A remote employee means you are employed by a company but not physically present at an office and thus accompanied with the rules and regulations set by the company. It may be a permanent employee or contract based. On the other hand, an online freelancer refers to working for other people without any employment obligations.
Maximize your time to develop your skills and by developing your skills you are already investing in your career job through online. How does it work? Basically, you just need your skills. Skills you can offer to your clients.
Example of skills should the virtual assistant should acquire:
- Emails and Customer Management
- File and Data Management
- Photo Licensing and Usage Rights
- Basic Graphic Designing
They offer three kinds of services to their clients. These services are the platform where an online service provider can match his skills and he soon he will develop.
An OSP can sell 3 major services:
- Administrative Service
- Creative Service
- Technical Service
Just to overview, among the skills above 80% of services offered to their client is coming from the administrative service. It basically requires basic skills like data management, blogging, and etc. Now, the technical service is commonly known as the advanced skills among them. It requires the best of the best knowledge about web online an example of them are the Web Developers claiming the highest paid job among them. Your services you offer are endless and all depend on your background training, skills, and experience.
Basically, you can land a job as an independent contractor or you can visit the sites that offer online freelance jobs.
Where do you find freelance jobs?
- Upwork
- People Per Hour
- Fancy Hands
- Freelancer
- Time Etc
- Uassist.Me
How much do they earn? It depends on your services you offer, your past experience, and how long you have been working in your field. They usually earn starting from $ 3-6 for beginners and to $ 60- $ 100 per hour for the advanced level. There are different ways you can charge your services; per hour, per project, number of tasks or lastly by project. It depends on you and your client how you will deal with it.
As a virtual assistant, it gives no guarantee that you will have a stable job. There is no such thing a stable job in the world of virtual even if you are a remote employee or an online freelancer. What all we need to work it out is the skills, attitude, and knowledge.
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