The Switch From Personal Assistants To Virtual Assistants
Thursday, November 19th, 2009Not only have mail and calendar management become computer and internet related tasks, international phone calls have become possible over the internet for a very low price. Add to that the fact that the internet can be accessed through cell phones, making it something that can be virtually carried around in someone’s pocket, and you’ve got a pretty good setup.
With all of those things combining, personal assistants have become virtual assistants. Instead of hiring local people for relatively high hourly wages to handle those tasks, people can pay a small fee to outsource that job over the internet to someone living pretty much anywhere. Those people can read and respond to emails, phone in schedule reminders or just communicate via SMS. They can also contact clients or confirm appointments via VoIP.
When it concerns physical jobs, then online outsourcing isn’t possible. But here also, any company can find reliable solutions. In Holland there is poolse werknemers and poolse uitzendkrachten.
