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When you’re faced with any crisis, the best way to try to handle it is in a calm fashion. Right? Sometimes a crisis has to happen in order to create something beautiful. It’s all about how the crisis is perceived. One man’s hell can ultimately become another man’s heaven. Today the COVID-19 crisis should be perceived no differently.
When you’re faced with any crisis, the best way to try to handle it is in a calm fashion. Right? Sometimes a crisis has to happen in order to create something beautiful. It’s all about how the crisis is perceived. One man’s hell can ultimately become another man’s heaven. Today the COVID-19 crisis should be perceived no differently.
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For nearly 15 years I had been entertaining the thought of becoming my own boss. And for 4 to 5 of those years, I had managed to successfully move some of my ideas from paper to somewhat of a profit. But the momentum of increasing those profits to reinvest back into the business and to actually make a steady income was painstakingly slow. So, back out into the workforce, I would go. This scenario, I’m sure, is similar to millions of individuals who have desired to become their own boss.
For nearly 15 years I had been entertaining the thought of becoming my own boss. And for 4 to 5 of those years, I had managed to successfully move some of my ideas from paper to somewhat of a profit. But the momentum of increasing those profits to reinvest back into the business and to actually make a steady income was painstakingly slow. So, back out into the workforce, I would go. This scenario, I’m sure, is similar to millions of individuals who have desired to become their own boss.
The pressing need to pay my current bills, as well as the new ones I would make in the process, seemed to make my dream of becoming a stay-at-home freelancer a fleeting illusion. But I never gave up the idea of setting my own schedule and working from home. Now, here we all are facing possibly the biggest event of the year 2020, if not our lifetime, and we’re confronting what could be the largest national layoff ever experienced in the last 50 or so years. We are being told to “work from home if at all possible” and to “keep a distance of at least six feet”.
The pressing need to pay my current bills, as well as the new ones I would make in the process, seemed to make my dream of becoming a stay-at-home freelancer a fleeting illusion. But I never gave up the idea of setting my own schedule and working from home. Now, here we all are facing possibly the biggest event of the year 2020, if not our lifetime, and we’re confronting what could be the largest national layoff ever experienced in the last 50 or so years. We are being told to “work from home if at all possible” and to “keep a distance of at least six feet”.
As many businesses are being ordered to close because of not being listed as “essential”, millions of people will be forced to enter the world of remote working. Some will choose to wait it out in hopes of returning back to their jobs, but who really knows how long it will take for businesses to reopen and to begin generating enough revenue to accommodate all of whom were once on their payroll? And in the midst of non-essential businesses being ordered to close, there is another factor not yet realized. Many employees who are working for businesses that are deemed “essential” are being faced with some difficult choices. (1) Do I continue going to work and exposing myself and my family, or (2) Do I forfeit my paychecks and starve? Which would you choose?
As many businesses are being ordered to close because of not being listed as “essential”, millions of people will be forced to enter the world of remote working. Some will choose to wait it out in hopes of returning back to their jobs, but who really knows how long it will take for businesses to reopen and to begin generating enough revenue to accommodate all of whom were once on their payroll? And in the midst of non-essential businesses being ordered to close, there is another factor not yet realized. Many employees who are working for businesses that are deemed “essential” are being faced with some difficult choices. (1) Do I continue going to work and exposing myself and my family, or (2) Do I forfeit my paychecks and starve? Which would you choose?
For me, I have personally chosen the latter. As a warehouse employee, I was expected to continue to go to work with only the verbal safeguard rhetoric of keeping my hands washed and sanitized to minimize my chances of infection, and this was expected to assure my health and safety even when my employer was encouraging ALL SHIFTS, ALL DEPARTMENTS the necessary overtime to meet the increased demands of the public. More people means an increase in exposure! And I feel that just simply hand-washing alone would not keep me safe from possible infection. Minimizing exposure would keep me safe from possible infection. So I left my job for now.
For me, I have personally chosen the latter. As a warehouse employee, I was expected to continue to go to work with only the verbal safeguard rhetoric of keeping my hands washed and sanitized to minimize my chances of infection, and this was expected to assure my health and safety even when my employer was encouraging ALL SHIFTS, ALL DEPARTMENTS the necessary overtime to meet the increased demands of the public. More people means an increase in exposure! And I feel that just simply hand-washing alone would not keep me safe from possible infection. Minimizing exposure would keep me safe from possible infection. So I left my job for now.
Taking a leave from my job wasn’t a difficult choice for me to make, but that’s just not the case for a lot of other employees who just don’t have the time to take off and get paid. And believe me, the time that I have allotted myself to care for myself will be put to great use. For instance, on the first day of my leave, I immediately got to work. I did an online search for “work-from-home” jobs, part-time virtual assistant jobs, and remote virtual assistant jobs, and a plethora of information became available. I also watched YouTube videos and wrote down a list of jobs that offered hourly pay for home-based employment such as data entry, transcription, captioning, call centers, content writing, and many other jobs that can be performed from home.
Taking a leave from my job wasn’t a difficult choice for me to make, but that’s just not the case for a lot of other employees who just don’t have the time to take off and get paid. And believe me, the time that I have allotted myself to care for myself will be put to great use. For instance, on the first day of my leave, I immediately got to work. I did an online search for “work-from-home” jobs, part-time virtual assistant jobs, and remote virtual assistant jobs, and a plethora of information became available. I also watched YouTube videos and wrote down a list of jobs that offered hourly pay for home-based employment such as data entry, transcription, captioning, call centers, content writing, and many other jobs that can be performed from home.
As I did my research, I created a free web page by Google Sites to better promote myself professionally to potential employers. By creating a professional web page or website, you can have all of your information in one place, including your resume. Sure you can just submit a resume to potential employers, but why not get creative and have yourself stand out among the thousands of resume submissions companies probably receive on a daily basis?
As I did my research, I created a free web page by Google Sites to better promote myself professionally to potential employers. By creating a professional web page or website, you can have all of your information in one place, including your resume. Sure you can just submit a resume to potential employers, but why not get creative and have yourself stand out among the thousands of resume submissions companies probably receive on a daily basis?
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Once I was satisfied with the look and feel of my promotional web page, I began applying for many of the jobs I found hiring. Virtual Assistant Jobs is one website I found very helpful in this process. At this site, you will find job postings, ways of building onto your current skills or developing new skills as well as becoming certified in specific areas to start earning money.
Once I was satisfied with the look and feel of my promotional web page, I began applying for many of the jobs I found hiring. Virtual Assistant Jobs is one website I found very helpful in this process. At this site, you will find job postings, ways of building onto your current skills or developing new skills as well as becoming certified in specific areas to start earning money.
From a list of YouTube channels that promoted "work-from-home" opportunities, I followed through by applying to the companies that were of interest. Since there is so much information readily available online for this sort of topic, you may find yourself becoming completely overwhelmed as I did. So, what I've done to keep myself organized was to create a folder on Google Drive labeled "Virtual Assistant Jobs" and within that folder, I would create a spreadsheet organized by which jobs were available and of interest, which jobs I applied for and when, and the follow-up information (like an email response, etc.) to ensure that I met any additional requirements in the proper time frame.
From a list of YouTube channels that promoted "work-from-home" opportunities, I followed through by applying to the companies that were of interest. Since there is so much information readily available online for this sort of topic, you may find yourself becoming completely overwhelmed as I did. So, what I've done to keep myself organized was to create a folder on Google Drive labeled "Virtual Assistant Jobs" and within that folder, I would create a spreadsheet organized by which jobs were available and of interest, which jobs I applied for and when, and the follow-up information (like an email response, etc.) to ensure that I met any additional requirements in the proper time frame.
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Creating a professional profile on Upwork was also another necessary step that I took to increase my chances of landing a job that I wanted and to build onto my resume. When starting out on Upwork you will be asked to set your hourly rate. Upwork will take 20% of your hourly rate for their fees for the first $500 earned through their site. For money earned after $500, they will adjust their fee rate to 10%. So, set your hourly rate accordingly.
Creating a professional profile on Upwork was also another necessary step that I took to increase my chances of landing a job that I wanted and to build onto my resume. When starting out on Upwork you will be asked to set your hourly rate. Upwork will take 20% of your hourly rate for their fees for the first $500 earned through their site. For money earned after $500, they will adjust their fee rate to 10%. So, set your hourly rate accordingly.
Other Platforms To Promote Yourself As A Virtual Assistant
Other Platforms To Promote Yourself As A Virtual Assistant
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