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17/12/2023

What is E-commerce and why VAs should learn about it. https://www.facebook.com/thealphava/videos/754528414985953/

17/12/2023

The difference between losing and winning is refusal. Which one will you do today?

Check out huztlermind's video.

12/09/2023

After a quick convo with a colleague, I just realized that next year around this time is going to be my 10th year of working from home.

I started in 2014, and even then I made plans to get back to office work in case this does not do well for me.

TAPOS ISANG DEKADA NA PALA? Kung anak ko ang freelance career ko, sya ay Grade 4 na. (Tama ba? LOL.)

Na-post ko na ata lahat ng tips na naiisip ko noon for getting jobs online, nag online course nako sa VA, nag workshop nako noon before mag pandemic, which nami-miss ko na actually, nag out of town events na rin kami...

Aba?

Kung kaya ng hindi tapos sa college na tulad ko, call center lang alam, malakas pa uminom (noon) na mabuhay sa WFH and actually thrive, kaya nyo rin.

Thriving in a sense that I have financial security. I can afford my lifestyle, and I have a little bit saved for things. I think I am doing well, not as well as others, but in my head - Okay na okay ako sa buhay ko because of working from home. It's not just a means for me to provide, it became my way of creating a fulfilling life.

"Eh Althea, mas marami nang freelance job applicants ngayon kesa nung nag-start ka, mas mahirap makahanap ng work ngayon!"

This can also be true. But not entirely.

Napaka dami paring job posts on Upwork alone, what does that tell you?

It means hindi lang naman applicants and nag shift due to the global change na pinagdaanan ng sang katauhan, ibig sabihin may nagbago na rin sa mga clients at mga businesses.

Noon, mas konti ang applicants, pero di rin ganon kadami ang clients, hindi tulad ngayon na mas tanggap na nila ang remote workers.

"Okay, pero bakit di parin ako nakakahanap ng work?"

San ka ba naghahanap ng work?
Paano ka ba maghanap ng work?
Kaya mo na bang gawin ang work na inaapplyan mo? Bukod sa skills, what I meant is your setup, your device(s), etc.

San ka ba naghahanap ng work?
Sa isang site ka lang ba naghahanap ng work? Hindi porke sikat ang Upwork dyan ka lang pwede kumuha ng work.

Maraming ibang sites, bukod sa freelance sites, pwede ka rin mag-apply sa LinkedIn, may job posts don, pwede ka rin mag outreach ng sarili mo sa clients.

FB Groups can be a source of work, but not freelance related or WFH groups like this - look for the groups na pang target clients mo lang and join their groups.

Uy, may keyword: Target Clients. Do you have a target client?

Pag ang sagot mo kahit sino, EEEEEENGK. Red flag na agad. Wag masaktan ah, I'm considering it a red flag because that thinking will not help you. And remember - If it's not helping you, there's a chance it's hurting you.

Ah, I could go on kasi may 2 headers pa sa taas na di ko nasasagot/elaborate kaso patapos na ang break ko at maglalaro pako ng ML. I'll continue this thought process some other time.

Ja ne!

In the meantime, here's a picture of my cat and the best office my WFH life has to offer: MY KITCHEN. Chos.

10/07/2021

Logging in after waking up. 🙃

01/02/2021

Yung akala mo sisipagin ka na kaso ang ending ganto lang pala.

Work From Home Perk #51 ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED.

02/09/2020

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28/07/2020

How many of you are aware that you can now browse jobs on LinkedIn? Have you updated and optimized your VA profiles there?

24/07/2020

If Magikarp can evolve, you can stop being an ASPIRING VA and finally be a real one!

What online workers can learn from Magikarp Okay, I love Pokemon. I played Pokemon even before PoGo. And the trend just exploded, everybody was either playing or complaining about it. 😛 As expected, the mentality is all about getting powerful and rare Pokemons, who wouldn’t want that. The stro....

23/07/2020

We're not hoping, but we're definitely not going to be surprised if a Zombie Apocalypse were to happen. Do not fret, VA! Kaya din natin to! Hahaha.

As a zombie fan, I like checking out new movies or series that has zombies in it as well as keep up with my favorite shows like The Walking Dead and Z Nation. While watching you can’t help but scream at the guy that’ll make a noise and ends up getting everybody killed. Ugh!!! Well … Top 5 Reas...

23/07/2020

Clients: Looking for a ROCKSTAR VA.

Me: ... Unicorn VA, pwede?

Work-From-Home Uniform, anyone?

22/07/2020

Because we certainly never said it was easy: Here are words of encouragement from people who are in the SAME situation as you now.

Malapit ka na bang sumuko sa paghahanap ng homebased na VA work? Find tips and inspiration from experienced VAs in this post!

21/07/2020

What if we told you, your biggest flaw as to why you're not getting hired is NOT your lack of experience? Find out some TURN OFFs that we find from applicants that lessens their chances of getting hired:

WHAT YOU SHOULD NOT BE DOING DURING ONLINE INTERVIEWS Interviews will be part of our lives as homebased workers/freelancers/virtual assistants, and this can be scary for newbies. As an agency owner, a client, and a VA tasked to recruit freelancers for my clients before; I have sourced, interviewed a...