{"id":1010,"date":"2020-04-09T16:33:24","date_gmt":"2020-04-09T16:33:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outsourceschool.com\/?p=1010"},"modified":"2020-04-16T18:15:30","modified_gmt":"2020-04-16T18:15:30","slug":"virtual-assistants-for-office-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outsourceschool.com\/virtual-assistants-for-office-workers\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Use Virtual Assistants When You Have a Traditional Office Job"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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You’re probably going to think less of me after I tell you about the first thing I ever outsourced overseas…<\/p>

In my sophomore year of college, I took an introductory level business course. A few weeks in, we started to study outsourcing.\u00a0<\/p>

After finishing the section, we were assigned a 3,500 word essay on the pros and cons of outsourcing overseas.\u00a0<\/p>

That particular week, I was starting to date a beautiful girl named Emily who would eventually become my wife. So, I wanted to spend time with her and not on this paper.\u00a0<\/p>

So, I hired someone from Fiverr to write my paper for me. $25 flat + which included a big fat\u00a0$5 tip.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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I (well,\u00a0we<\/i>) got a B on the assignment. When you think about it, I should have gotten an A since I assume I was the only person actually applying the principles of outsourcing that we learned…At least that was what I had planned on saying to the dean of the department if me and (writer’s name redacted)\u00a0were caught.<\/p>

(Ghost writer name redacted) is probably a genius, but I didn’t do much in terms of editing his English and grammar, so the B was fine by me.<\/p>

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Questionable ethics of this aside, this was an eye opening experience for me. I learned about virtual labor marketplaces like\u00a0Fiver and Upwork<\/a>\u00a0because of this class and realized that outsourcing could be utilized by anyone, even a college kid who was on a Keystone Light budget.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Now, the last thing I want to do is encourage any of our college or high school readers to start hiring out their term papers and homework…I will not come to your school and defend you, although I might hire you someday…<\/p>

I do however want to show people who wouldn’t normally think to hire VAs how and why they should consider it. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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