While the world is having a kick out of Alexa and Google assistant helping you apply for a job at McDonald’s, we are talking about a different kind of virtual assistant today. A virtual assistant that is not a voice-based AI but an actual human assistant working for you… remotely.

A virtual assistant can provide various services to businesses small to large. Acting as an independent contractor, you can hire them for almost anything you want. From scheduling appointments, managing events, handling administrative tasks, running digital campaigns to clearing your inbox. Yes, you heard us right.

Any conventional business has a team of people taking care of each task to manage and grow the business. However, the processes of hiring a full-time employee can be overwhelming, expensive and taxing for many small business owners. Hiring or contracting a virtual assistant is an affordable and efficient way to get the help you need.

When you are in doubt, here are compelling reason to start seeking for a professional virtual assistant:

You are feeling overwhelmed with your current workload.
You do not have the time to process hiring and cannot afford a full-time employee,
You wish to spend your time more productively doing ‘big’ things
You have endless paperwork and you are understaffed.
You lack the expertise in certain areas that your business requires.
You are constantly stressed out about unfinished tasks.
You wish to delegate tasks to people and escalate your business.

Having a qualified virtual assistant can increase your work productivity, improve work quality, upskill your business needs that allow you to diversify your products and allow you to take on the project that matters to you. Plus you get to save the headache from having to deal with taxes, managing sick days and holiday leave, paying for employee compensation insurance and medical benefits. What’s not to love?

In Southeast Asia, the Philippines was a hub for freelancers and one of the first countries that propelled stay-at-home workers into new heights, with freelancers earning an immense more than US $207 million even when the internet connectivity was still largely immature in 2014. It is a thriving business.

Another contender in the freelancing business is Indonesia. With over 270 million inhabitants, Indonesia is the fourth most populous country in the world giving it a large breeding pool of talents waiting to be untapped. With an increasingly robust tech scene, Indonesia has been named as one of the rising digital economies in Southeast Asia. This has resulted in the spike of freelancers who are keen to tap into the ballooning digital economy. Indonesian workers were rated an average of 4.5 out of 5 for their work by Upwork, a global freelancer marketplace. A melting pot of cultures, Indonesia has seen vast growth in the gig economy allowing digital nomads to grow in numbers and the perks of freelancing has attracted top talents that can provide rare skills that companies struggle to find in the traditional workforce.

The concept of virtual assistant itself is not new. Work-at-home and freelancers have taken the world by storm, all thanks to speedy reliable wi-fi. People are attracted to the flexibility and freedom that freelancing allows them and some do it as a means to earning extra income and freelancing can come in many forms, virtual assistantship is one.

The perks of being a virtual assistant:

You get to work on what you love, doing the best work that sparks joy.
Working on different exciting projects.
Flexible time, hours and workplace.
Not having to worry about dressing up and following a company’s protocol.
Cashing in a stable side income with your strengths and interests.
Having the freedom to choose clients and projects.
Connecting and working with clients beyond your shore.

If you are an entrepreneur getting started on your business, getting a virtual assistant can be vital for the growth of your company.

Here at Collectively Social, we help to connect businesses with professional qualified virtual assistants from Indonesia to help you stay ahead of your needs. Browse from many of our virtual assistantship services and find the help you need to ease your pain point.

If you are a freelancer looking to kickstart your journey on virtual assistantship and break the glass ceiling, talk to us to find out more on how to get started.

Why Indonesians Make Great Virtual Assistants