Certified Virtual Assistant

      How to Become a Qualified to be a Virtual Assistant

It is not necessary to be a  certified virtual assistant to be qualified to carry out the work of a virtual assistant. However it is useful to have some sort of qualification. The writer of this article does not have any official qualification to be a certified virtual assistant but has completed a university degree in transportation management. Nevertheless I find it important if you are going to operate an online business as a personal or administrative assistant and have no other offline qualification then to be truly successful it is wise to obtain further education and what better than being educated in the field of virtual administration.

There are a number of organisations that can provide a qualification enabling you to be considered a certified virtual assistant. These qualifications typically involve study but there are those organisations that provide you with a certificate without study. They base their certification on your previous experience and current abilities. One such organisation is the Australian Vertual Business Network.

Although AVBN emphasises professionalism and ongoing professional development they provide a certified virtual business network designation on your becoming a member of their association. Cost of membership is about one hundred dollars and certification costs an additional thirty dollars a year. However their acceptance criteria is very stringent so they are not merely accepting anyone.  Other organisations that provide certification on the basis of prior and current learning are VAcertification and Accredited Secretaries Online.

Certification and training are different issues. It is possible to gain certification without training and it is possible to have training without gaining certification. There are a number of training organisations that are now catering for virtual assistans. Perhaps the best training site that provides a range of courses for the budding or developing virtual assistant and provides a range of certified virtual assistant courses.

Beginning with their ebook on Virtual Pathways which provides information on how to set up a starter virtual assistants business, vaclassroom goes on in providing courses in social media, virtual event management, internet marketing and blogging. Although these courses seem to be quite expensive they are no more than courses one might pay for in regular institutions and they appear to provide more interesting and helpful learning paths. In due course these courses provide a form of qualification for certified vertual assistants.

The certification as a Social Marketing Specialist is a unique course that provides a complete picture of the Social Media landscape, leading-edge social marketing strategies and best practices, and seven sets of Social Marketing skills. After completing this course a vertual assistant should be more than qualified to assist their clients in social media marketing.

Likewise certification to become a vertual events manager provides great opportunity to learn how to enter and maintain a vertual events business which is one of the hottest markets on the internet at present. Completing this course in the near future will make a graduate one of the first to be officially trained in this area.

Also exciting from vaclassroom is their mini blogging course which is relatively inexpensive to do. This is a wonderful way to develop the skills that are becoming increasingly important

No matter what course is undertaken to become a certified virtual assistant will provide you with that added edge to become truly successful in one of the hottest career paths available online today.

Source: http://www.virtuallyask.com.au

 
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