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What is a remote contractor or virtual assistant (VA)?

Posted on 26. Aug, 2010 by Steve in Clients, Employment, MYOB Training, News

Software as a Service (in the cloud)

With the advent of fast speed broadband internet, software programs that operate “in the cloud” and telecommunications that use your internet connection there’s no wonder the Remote Contractor market is growing.

In the cloud? What’s that you ask? Well it’s just like Hotmail or Facebook or your internet banking, secure services that you use on the Internet from anywhere in the world. It’s easy to access and you don’t need to bring your computer with you if you don’t want to. Even programs like MYOB are moving to the cloud with their online product called Live Accounts. It’s also an interesting time for these companies because new and nimble competitors have an opportunity to grab a market share. Companies like Xero (New Zealand company) and SaaSu (Australian company) are good examples and both companies have excellent products and free plans for micro businesses and consultants.

There are online customer databases like SalesForce which companies use to keep track of their customers and Skype that allow personal users to make calls to other Skype users for free. These services enable you to work from where ever you are and enable employers to validate that you have logged in and performed the desired work so opportunities are coming thick and fast for home workers.

Remote Contractors and Virtual Assistants (VA)

Remote worker, home based employment, remote workers and virtual assistants are some of the terms used to describe this type of work and some of the work available is paid hourly pay or payment for specific tasks. It’s an ideal situation for working mums who need to earn an income while caring for their babies and young children. We’re creating a service to help you find work as a remote contractor. Visit our Registration site and complete your details and we’ll let you know about opportunities as we come to them. If you are interested in receiving alerts about work from home opportunities register with our remote contractor service.

Our friends at virion – the business voip telco are working on a system where you can help any of your friends who own or work in a business that has 4 or more Telstra lines and want to find an alternative solution. The work involves getting a copy of their phone bill and performing a price comparison. Register your interest with our Remote Contractor service.