My Journey as a Virtual Assistant by Jenni Plaistowe

There was a time in my life where I loved the hustle and bustle of the corporate world. I have always been in admin positions, but in various roles from being the receptionist to managing the boxes at the rugby and cricket stadiums. Then the company got taken over, then that company got taken over and so on and so forth. Eventually, I became a number….literally….any queries within the company had to be followed by BUILDING NUMBER, FLOOR NUMBER, DESK NUMBER. Never a name.

It was time. I then had the wonderful privilege of being a stay-at-home mom and that came with a whole new set of challenges. During this time, I did a few work-from-home admin jobs for people I knew and got involved in charity work. But, children aren’t at school forever and things changed again.

I started the search of work-from-home ideas and the internet threw reams and reams of information at me. Sadly, a lot had to be filtered out thanks to the unscrupulous folk out there, but I came across virtual assistant work. The first thing I did was an in-depth course on Medical Transcription. This course took me from “how to open your laptop” to “learning the English language” to “The Anatomy” to “Pharmacology” and everything in between. So, I started doing some work for a couple of companies on and off. In a technology advanced world that we all live in I realised I had far more potential. It is at this point that I “started” again. I found VA Connect!!!! Now let‘s get down to serious business.

I know my strengths and I need to utilise them to the fullest. I want to be able to have that feeling of satisfaction for a job well done and I want my clients and potential clients to have the same, knowledge and comfort that their work is in very capable hands. Working in harmony with VA Connect can give me that. Let’s not kid ourselves though, working from home is fantastic and the only traffic I want to deal with is the cat and dog down the passage. I can do this, I will be disciplined, I will be accurate, I will be professional (slippers and all) and I will deliver to each client’s expectation. My new journey has begun and I am excited, nervous, anxious, confident all at the same time.

I look forward to new challenges, learning new businesses and new courses on how to better myself in the world of being a Virtual Assistant.