When you are looking for a great profession and you want to be in charge of your own work schedule and accomplishments, becoming a virtual assistant is a great option – especially if you already have a number of administrative skills. There’s a remarkably simple reason for this too: virtual assistants are in demand:

(source)It turns out that 64% of American adults would gladly outsource a whole range of tasks to someone else. When asked if hiring a virtual assistant would give them more time or reduce stress in their lives, more than 70% said that it would. An even higher number (75%) believe that personal assistants aren’t just for celebrities.

Based on the results of this Harris poll, it’s easy to see that there’s a demand for virtual assistants; but the report goes on to describe some of the services that these individuals who want to work with a virtual assistant are looking for:

(source)When asked what types of tasks they would have a virtual assistant do for them, the survey found a long list of things that people would rather have others do for them. Topping the list, 33% would rather not research and organize their own travel and vacation arrangements. Coming in a close second, 28% of the survey participants said that organizing and paying bills was something they would rather not do themselves. The survey found that men find this task more dreadful than women at 31% versus 25%.

In other words, not only does the report indicate that it isn’t a bad time to become a virtual assistant, it also helps to provide you with a sense of what services that you may want to offer as a part of your virtual business.

When you know what people are looking for and you know what you are able to provide, you’ll find that all it takes is a bit of business training and you will be well on your way to running a great virtual assistant business.