When someone owns a computer and has an internet connection, the view of working online makes a great deal of sense and is easy to ’see’.

It would follow that the easiest way to learn the ropes would be to work under someone else who has already begun their business.   Frequently newly converted virtual assistants will wave their flag that they are now ready to work under someone else and wonder why they aren’t immediately picked up. 

In the multiple VA groups with which I am acquainted, the subcontractors’ best way to build the relationship with primary contractors besides waving their flags is to network on the VA group, such as VAnetworking.com.  Sharing information, asking questions, building the status of being REAL and professional all become part of the foundation of trust that permits primary VAs to recognize that this particularl person would be a good subcontractor. 

The work will simply not fall from the sky.  As a newbie, VAnetworking.com is a good fit because there is a great deal to learn there without cash cost until the new Virtual Assistant is in a position to invest further.