Have you been considering becoming a self employed Virtual Assistant? As an employed professional do you dream of working from home, picking your own clients and setting your own working hours?

One option to explore this, without making a full commitment and quitting your 9 to 5 office job straightaway, is to think about doing it as a side hustle.

Side hustles generate extra income and allow the you the opportunity to test out your dream career.  Picking up some freelance, remote administrative work gives you a feel for what this would be like, and a sense of what being self employed entails. 

With the current economic climate and the uncertainty of redundancy, a huge number of people have already taken the opportunity to test the waters and see if a career change was a possibility. 

So if:

• You’ve moved into a part time role
• You're thinking of becoming self-employed
• You're thinking about working from home full time 
• You’re returning to work after a career break and what to build up your hours 

Do your research and find some freelance or agency work that fits with your skills and experience, for example transcription, proofreading/copy editing. 

It is also important to carefully take into account:

• What you're naturally good at 
• What you genuinely enjoy doing
• Projects that aren’t so taxing and draining they impact your regular work 
• What might make the most sense financially 
• What you might like to do full time if the opportunity arose

The role of the Virtual Assistant is becoming more and more popular and a genuine alternative to employers and freelancers alike, so there’s never been a better time to embrace a Virtual Assistant role as a side hustle – who knows where it might lead you?