{"id":2444,"date":"2019-03-11T09:44:16","date_gmt":"2019-03-11T09:44:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moretimeforyou.co.za\/?p=2444"},"modified":"2019-03-11T17:46:07","modified_gmt":"2019-03-11T17:46:07","slug":"va-industry-in-za-disrupting-the-traditional-workplace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moretimeforyou.co.za\/index.php\/va-industry-in-za-disrupting-the-traditional-workplace\/","title":{"rendered":"The Virtual Assistant Industry in South Africa is Disrupting the Traditional Workplace Environment! By Dawn Beech & Rose Chaplin from VCS \u2013 More Time for YOU!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u201cPeople will create the jobs of the future, not simply train for them, and technology is already central. It will undoubtedly play a greater role in the years ahead.\u201d Jonathan Grudin<\/em><\/h2>\n

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Virtual Assistants are often linked to artificial intelligence tools like Google Assistant, Siri, or Alexa, to name but a few.<\/h4>\n

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However, a virtual assistant can also be a living, breathing person. They are people that you don\u2019t interact with face-to-face.\u00a0In business terms, a Virtual Assistant helps you with your\u00a0day-to-day tasks\u00a0while working remotely. For example, you might have a business based in France, Johannesburg or Pretoria but hire a virtual assistant that is located in Cape Town.<\/h4>\n

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Virtual Assistants (also known as \u201cVAs\u201d) are independent contractors who provide administrative skills to clients.<\/h4>\n

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\"\"In the current economic climate, all companies are on the look-out for new ways to cut down on costs and overhead expenses while increasing productivity and revenue.<\/h4>\n

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Business growth requires capital! Hiring Virtual Assistants is becoming more popular as more companies make use of the internet and cloud-based technologies for their daily operations, focusing on task-specialised work, and therefore substantially reducing their capital needs.<\/h4>\n

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Not only is hiring a virtual assistant noticeably less than hiring a full-time employee, as you do not need to provide the same benefits that you would for full-time employees, no medical aid or taxes, but also you do not need to provide office space or office equipment, therefore saving on the total costs to a company per year.<\/h4>\n

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Another advantage of hiring a virtual assistant is the flexibility to contract only for the services that the business requires. Depending on the agreement the client pays per hour, per project or on a retainer basis. In contrast full-time employees in a traditional office must be paid for a fixed number of hours per day.<\/h4>\n

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With an increase in work stress and the exhaustion of a daily commute taking a toll on people\u2019s health, allowing employees to work flexible hours will bring about lots of benefits for the business.<\/h4>\n

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\"\"Companies are leaning towards virtual assistant services, challenging traditional workspaces, to ensure optimum productivity while giving their employees a work-life balance they can enjoy.<\/h4>\n

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\u201cOver the past decade, a rising number of young professionals, primarily from the United States and Europe, have leveraged the use of technology to work remotely. A\u00a0forecast of employment trends<\/a>\u00a0by the World Economic Forum called flexible work, including virtual teams, \u201cone of the biggest drivers of transformation\u201d in the workplace, while a\u00a0Gallup poll<\/a>\u00a0found that 37% of respondents have already worked virtually.\u201d – 17 Stats About Remote Work in 2018 by by Brie Weiler Reynolds<\/a>,\u00a0Senior Career Specialist\u00a0<\/em><\/h4>\n

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While the Virtual Assistant Industry is still considered to be in its infancy in South Africa, it is growing daily, and globally the Virtual Assistant Industry is predicted to reach $1.8 billion by 2021.<\/h4>\n

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\u201cAccording to the World Economic Forum\u2019s \u201cFuture of Jobs 2018\u201d report, nearly 50% of companies think automation will lead to a reduction in full-time workers<\/a>\u00a0as early as 2022, but 38% expect to extend their workforce to new productivity-enhancing roles. In particular, companies stated they expect to \u201cexpand their use of contractors<\/strong>\u00a0doing task-specialized work\u201d and \u201cengage workers in a more flexible manner<\/strong>,\u201d including remote workers.\u201d Predictions Related to Work Flexibility and the Future Workforce by Brie Weiler Reynolds<\/a>,\u00a0Senior Career Specialist\u00a0<\/em><\/h4>\n

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\"\"Following global trends many South African Businesses, Entrepreneurs, Influencers and Start-ups have realised that in order to get ahead of the competition, they are hiring a professional Virtual Assistant to help with the day-to-day tasks, leaving them the time to do what they do best \u2013 market and grow their companies!<\/h4>\n

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Are you ready to disrupt your traditional working environment?<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

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Talk to the team\u00a0at VCS \u2013 More Time for YOU \u2013 we are Executive Virtual Assistants that can assist you!\u00a0 Fill out our contact form\u00a0HERE<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/span>!<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cPeople will create the jobs of the future, not simply train for them, and technology is already central. It will undoubtedly play a greater role in the years ahead.\u201d Jonathan Grudin   Virtual Assistants are often linked to artificial intelligence tools like Google Assistant, Siri, or Alexa, to name but a few. However, a virtual […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-2444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"episode_featured_image":false,"episode_player_image":"https:\/\/moretimeforyou.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/YouTube-Size-1.png","download_link":"","player_link":"","audio_player":false,"episode_data":{"playerMode":"light","subscribeUrls":{"apple_podcasts":{"key":"apple_podcasts","url":"","label":"Apple Podcasts","class":"apple_podcasts","icon":"apple-podcasts.png"},"stitcher":{"key":"stitcher","url":"","label":"Stitcher","class":"stitcher","icon":"stitcher.png"},"google_podcasts":{"key":"google_podcasts","url":"","label":"Google Podcasts","class":"google_podcasts","icon":"google-podcasts.png"},"spotify":{"key":"spotify","url":"","label":"Spotify","class":"spotify","icon":"spotify.png"}},"rssFeedUrl":"https:\/\/moretimeforyou.co.za\/feed\/podcast\/vcs-more-time-for-you-vcs-slices-of-business-life","embedCode":"

The Virtual Assistant Industry in South Africa is Disrupting the Traditional Workplace Environment! By Dawn Beech & Rose Chaplin from VCS \u2013 More Time for YOU!<\/a><\/blockquote>