Making A Virtual Career Out Of Being Virtual Assistant

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The correct way of saying it is like this: 

You are working as a Virtual Assistant. And:
You are working on a Virtual Career.

Pursuing a Virtual Career. Kung kina-career mo yong pagiging Virtual Assistant, you have a Virtual Career! And I'm encouraging you, which is why I created this dedicated blog, if only last year (last month), my Christmas gift to Filipinos – embracing Filipinas of course.

In the image above, you see being advertised by Amazon Books my son Jomar's paperback Virtual Careers at $9.95. That's dirt cheap; 55 X 10 gives you only P550 a copy. The author is my son, yes; he knows I have very high standards, and so I would not have allowed my name to be put on the cover as Editor if the book is not that good!

The point is we are encouraging Filipinos to be more aware of and pursue earnestly their own individual virtual careers. And that is exactly the reason why I created this blog, Author's Editor, 18 January 2018. I have not been religious in my own virtual career promoting virtual careers; this 2019, I will be – because now I realize that the best way to receive a hundredfold is to, first of all, give a gift!

Of course, the term "Virtual Assistant" is more popular while "Virtual Career" is virtually unheard of – that's why I'm making it my virtual career to popularize it!

In the iPhone and elsewhere, Siri of Apple's eye is technically called "virtual assistant." According to Wikipedia, a "virtual assistant" is "a software agent that can perform tasks or services for an individual" ("Virtual Assistant," Wikipedia, en.wikipedia.org). Differently, Wikipedia says ("Virtual Assistant (Occupation)," en.wikipedia.org):

A virtual assistant (typically abbreviated to VA, also called a virtual office assistant) is generally self-employed and provides professional administrative, technical, or creative (social) assistance to clients remotely from a home office. … Virtual assistants are independent contractors rather than employees.

Right now, I'm reading and rereading somebody's application letter and resumé to ask that VA/VC applicant to answer my many questions and provide several details and documents to help convince the would-be contracting party or group to accept him as an intellectual treasure in their digital bank of expertises and experiences.

In the meantime, I am quite happy to be independent and remain an Author's Editor for anyone and everyone. Yes, I am offering you free VA/VC advice on your application letter and resumé – those documents have to be the best that can be produced on you.

What, you may ask, is exactly the role of an Author's Editor? I'll put it this way:

There are 3 things that should come out when you submit your application letter and resumé:

(1)  You are?
It depends. What precisely is the need, what kind of a VA/VC are they looking for?

(2)  Your accomplishments are?
In relation to the need, what does your resumé show as your credentials?

(3)  Your proofs of credibility are?
You claim this & that; you have to show each has a basis in fact!517 

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