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Building a Healthy Work-Life Balance When Working from Home

Leave a Comment / Education and Training, Skills Development, Tips on how to become a Virtual Assistant, Work Life Balance / Anne Lackey

Working from home has become increasingly popular, offering flexibility and convenience. However, it also comes with its own set of challenges, particularly when it comes to maintaining a healthy work-life balance. The line between professional responsibilities and personal time can easily blur, leading to stress, burnout, and a lack of focus. As virtual employees, it’s […]

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Escaping the ‘Zombie Tsunami’: How Stressed BPO Employees Find a Better Life with HireSmart

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The “Zombie Tsunami” — that’s what Riva and her friends call the rush hour in Cebu. The former call center employee gladly escaped that madness by taking a stay-at-home job with HireSmart Virtual Employees. “We have the race for a Jeepney,” she said. “The traffic here in the Philippines is really bad, especially if it’s

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Benefits of Working for HireSmart: Jessie’s Story

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The “mom guilt” was intense for Jessie. With a newborn baby and a partner working overseas, Jessie faced numerous challenges trying to juggle her career and family life. She worked as an operations supervisor at a business process outsourcing (BPO) company, leaving her baby in others’ care as she traveled 90 minutes to and from

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Benefits of Working for HireSmart Virtual Employees — BJ’s story

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Beth or “BJ” to family and friends, carried her umbrella on a tricycle, the jeepney, and the train as she commuted for two hours to her old job in Metro Manila, trying to avoid getting soaked before clocking in. “Most of us, we chose to work in Metro Manila because the salary there is higher

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Useful Keyboard Shortcuts For Google Sheets

Uncategorized / Anne

Are you using Google Sheets a lot? Then you’re probably dependent on your computer mouse pointing where you want to perform a certain action within the project. From copy and pasting, duplicating, formatting, and more, there is always a keyboard ‘shortcut’ for each action that allows you to strategically use combinations of keys on your

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Ways to Stay Focused When Working From Home

Tips on How to Become a Top Rated Virtual Assistant / Anne

Working from home is often a dream come true for those who do not want to be bothered with the daily commute, the toxic environment most corporate setups have, and those who simply want to be able to earn more while being able to spare time for the things and people they love. Indeed, working

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Career Goals

Skills Development, Tips on How to Become a Top Rated Virtual Assistant / Anne

Setting up a career goal can be challenging to achieve as each and every one of us has a strong desire to grow and eventually do things that we love and create things that we’re all excited about. Career Planning can be the best solution in helping you achieve your goals. It is a process

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Windows or Mac? Which One to Choose for Virtual Assistant Job?

PC or Mac for Virtual Assistants?

Technology / Anne

When it comes to task handling, all transactions and workarounds will solely depend on your performance and how well you meet your deadlines. There are tons of tasks that can be assigned to a VA, whether it be a customer/sales support – that handle calls and emails – or any direct communications in general, or

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Photo-editing Apps For Virtual Assistants

Skills Development / Anne

Finding the right Photo-Editing app for your work is easy. Whether you are a graphics creator, web designer, freelance logo developer or whatever matches your art-creating job, there is always a great software you use today to help you enhance your work that goes well your stunning ideas in every project you make. Here are

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Ways To Upgrade Your Sedentary Lifestyle

VA Life / Anne

Most of the time, working comfortably at home as a virtual assistant can still catch us with some minor complaints about things that stress us out than the work itself. Since VAs are spending most of the time working on a desk, these are typically the minor things like sitting for a longer period of

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