PRO #1: Accessible training
Agencies often provide training to their VAs to enhance their skills and to be at par with the continuing demand for outsourced work.
PRO #2: Guaranteed pay
Before fully committing to providing service to the client, a virtual assistant agency set up a tool on their website that will get monthly payments from the client’s bank account. The agency will get the credit card information as part of the agreement, guaranteeing payment for your work.
PRO #3: Won’t have to go through finding clients with the rate you set
Marketing yourself to find clients is hard, especially with all the competitors trying to be more effective and strategic than you. With a virtual assistant agency, you won’t have to find your client because they will find you one.
PRO #4: Client and VA Matching
One of the advantages of being employed by a virtual assistant agency is that they make sure you match well with your client. They will pre-screen the client, assess their needs, learn their tools, then match them with a VA based on skills, experience, and training attended. To work together peacefully, they need to be compatible with each other.
PRO #5: A community full of VAs working in the same agency
Being surrounded by people with the same passion and goal will make you more driven to be successful in your field. So, many VAs prefer working in a virtual assistant agency because they get more motivated and can help each other when an unfavorable circumstance arises.
CON #1: Late payments
Because you work directly, you handle it all. There’s a possibility of late payment or not getting paid at all. There is a circumstance when a client suddenly breaks the contract or MIA, so there is no guarantee you will be paid for the tasks you did. Trust in your client is your only weapon.
CON #2: Unstable
Some clients only want a project-based contract which means that if the project is done, the money won’t come.
CON #3: Do it yourself
Being directly hired by a client means no one will help you if a problem occurs. You will be the one to solve everything, thus do it yourself.
CON #4: No backups and replacement
If you get sick or has a personal transaction, no one will temporally replace you to do the job assigned by your client.
CON #5: No training
If you want to upskill, you will be the one to find resources to enhance your skills and widen your knowledge. Nothing will be presented to you by a third party.
As the outsourcing industry gets popular and business owners learn about it daily, there will be a rise in demand for VAs. And so you will need to be prepared to be better than the others. So, what will you choose? Work in a virtual assistant agency or work with a direct client?
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