Comments on: sunday life: in which I hire a virtual assistant http://www.sarahwilson.com.au/2010/03/sunday-life-in-which-i-hire-a-virtual-assistant/ the official blog of Sarah Wilson, journalist, columnist, TV personality Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:53:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Lisa Cumes http://www.sarahwilson.com.au/2010/03/sunday-life-in-which-i-hire-a-virtual-assistant/#comment-170160 Lisa Cumes Sun, 15 Jan 2012 10:40:19 +0000 http://www.sarahwilson.com.au/?p=559#comment-170160 Sarah, I'm embarrassed for many of the comments made by members of the Australian VA industry (of which I am one). Comments seem petty, short sighted and bordering on malicious.... Great article, of which some people missed the point. Perhaps they are trying to express their passion for their career, industry and in favour of hiring locally. They should write their own blog, article and submit it to Sunday Life :) I hope you haven't been turned off of Aussie VAs. Cheers, Lisa Sarah,

I’m embarrassed for many of the comments made by members of the Australian VA industry (of which I am one). Comments seem petty, short sighted and bordering on malicious….

Great article, of which some people missed the point. Perhaps they are trying to express their passion for their career, industry and in favour of hiring locally. They should write their own blog, article and submit it to Sunday Life :)

I hope you haven’t been turned off of Aussie VAs.

Cheers,
Lisa

]]> By: nicoletta http://www.sarahwilson.com.au/2010/03/sunday-life-in-which-i-hire-a-virtual-assistant/#comment-159377 nicoletta Fri, 23 Dec 2011 01:01:33 +0000 http://www.sarahwilson.com.au/?p=559#comment-159377 I'm with you Paul! I’m with you Paul!

]]> By: Susan http://www.sarahwilson.com.au/2010/03/sunday-life-in-which-i-hire-a-virtual-assistant/#comment-22086 Susan Sun, 20 Mar 2011 21:18:03 +0000 http://www.sarahwilson.com.au/?p=559#comment-22086 hmmm..try posting this again, did not seem to work before! I'm currently using two Virtual Assistants....one from a Indian company based in USA which has been good - however, the Australian company http://freemycloud.com.au/ has been fantastic! They hire out va's from Philippines, which I have found have excellent English and comprehension. The Australian Va's are great as well. Thanks, Susan. hmmm..try posting this again, did not seem to work before!

I’m currently using two Virtual Assistants….one from a Indian company based in USA which has been good – however, the Australian company http://freemycloud.com.au/ has been fantastic! They hire out va’s from Philippines, which I have found have excellent English and comprehension. The Australian Va’s are great as well.

Thanks,

Susan.

]]> By: MSA Professional Services http://www.sarahwilson.com.au/2010/03/sunday-life-in-which-i-hire-a-virtual-assistant/#comment-4254 MSA Professional Services Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:43:23 +0000 http://www.sarahwilson.com.au/?p=559#comment-4254 Sarah - great article. I am currently on the lookout for clients for my freelance Editing and Proofreading business, although having read your article, I would be keen to know more about being a VA and what it entails. Sounds fascinating. Sarah – great article. I am currently on the lookout for clients for my freelance Editing and Proofreading business, although having read your article, I would be keen to know more about being a VA and what it entails. Sounds fascinating.

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]]> By: Toby http://www.sarahwilson.com.au/2010/03/sunday-life-in-which-i-hire-a-virtual-assistant/#comment-1342 Toby Sun, 04 Apr 2010 04:10:04 +0000 http://www.sarahwilson.com.au/?p=559#comment-1342 Sorry, Sarah, for not leaving a comment on your blog earlier. Only just got back from a spot of tiger hunting in the Highlands, see. Now, I know you're busy, Saz, but whats all this about VAs? Blimey! Here I am bringing the light of Christendom to these savages over here with only my energetic young houseboy Pradesh to help (I wager I could probably get away with calling Pradesh my 'AS', or Actual Slave). I mean, I don't need any fancy 'virtual' help up here at the plantation when there is so much cheap and eager darkie labour to go around. But I do like the cut of your jib, Saz. After the natives chucked us out of all their benighted lands and asserted their 'independence' (to their woe! Rule Britannia, Saz, and damn the darkies!) I think you're spot on dealing them a bit of old-fashioned colonial - those lefties would call it 'neo'-colonial, I s'pose - high-handedness. Why on earth would you want to pay some over-blown smart-alec social climber 20 quid an hour in Australia to perform the kinds of basic functions we all do by ourselves (because we're grown-ups) when you can pay a Calcuttan IT graduate an hourly rate equivalent to a take away soy latte (a small soy latte Saz, of course)? I say you've stumbled onto a Deal, even if because they speak English as only a third or fourth language they misspell words and phrases like 'exploitation','globalisation', 'unfair labour market' and 'race to the bottom'. Hold on a mo, Pradesh is calling me. Looks like the darkies have started some kind of push for equal employment laws and conditions. The ungrateful wretches! Time to get the elephant gun down from the rack again and show them how we White Overseers do things. Wish me luck, Saz! Sorry, Sarah, for not leaving a comment on your blog earlier. Only just got back from a spot of tiger hunting in the Highlands, see. Now, I know you’re busy, Saz, but whats all this about VAs? Blimey! Here I am bringing the light of Christendom to these savages over here with only my energetic young houseboy Pradesh to help (I wager I could probably get away with calling Pradesh my ‘AS’, or Actual Slave). I mean, I don’t need any fancy ‘virtual’ help up here at the plantation when there is so much cheap and eager darkie labour to go around. But I do like the cut of your jib, Saz. After the natives chucked us out of all their benighted lands and asserted their ‘independence’ (to their woe! Rule Britannia, Saz, and damn the darkies!) I think you’re spot on dealing them a bit of old-fashioned colonial – those lefties would call it ‘neo’-colonial, I s’pose – high-handedness. Why on earth would you want to pay some over-blown smart-alec social climber 20 quid an hour in Australia to perform the kinds of basic functions we all do by ourselves (because we’re grown-ups) when you can pay a Calcuttan IT graduate an hourly rate equivalent to a take away soy latte (a small soy latte Saz, of course)? I say you’ve stumbled onto a Deal, even if because they speak English as only a third or fourth language they misspell words and phrases like ‘exploitation’,'globalisation’, ‘unfair labour market’ and ‘race to the bottom’. Hold on a mo, Pradesh is calling me. Looks like the darkies have started some kind of push for equal employment laws and conditions. The ungrateful wretches! Time to get the elephant gun down from the rack again and show them how we White Overseers do things. Wish me luck, Saz!

]]> By: Free: Virtual assistant registration for readers | Sarah Wilson http://www.sarahwilson.com.au/2010/03/sunday-life-in-which-i-hire-a-virtual-assistant/#comment-1291 Free: Virtual assistant registration for readers | Sarah Wilson Thu, 01 Apr 2010 06:47:20 +0000 http://www.sarahwilson.com.au/?p=559#comment-1291 [...] Weirdly – or perhaps not – a lot of people got excited about my column on how to hire a virtual assistant. [...] [...] Weirdly – or perhaps not – a lot of people got excited about my column on how to hire a virtual assistant. [...]

]]> By: cna training http://www.sarahwilson.com.au/2010/03/sunday-life-in-which-i-hire-a-virtual-assistant/#comment-1253 cna training Tue, 30 Mar 2010 05:20:03 +0000 http://www.sarahwilson.com.au/?p=559#comment-1253 nice post. thanks. nice post. thanks.

]]> By: Anita Kilkenny http://www.sarahwilson.com.au/2010/03/sunday-life-in-which-i-hire-a-virtual-assistant/#comment-1249 Anita Kilkenny Tue, 30 Mar 2010 03:51:18 +0000 http://www.sarahwilson.com.au/?p=559#comment-1249 LOL Paul ! I love your sense of humour! :-) LOL Paul ! I love your sense of humour! :-)

]]> By: Paul http://www.sarahwilson.com.au/2010/03/sunday-life-in-which-i-hire-a-virtual-assistant/#comment-1248 Paul Tue, 30 Mar 2010 03:47:01 +0000 http://www.sarahwilson.com.au/?p=559#comment-1248 I've learnt one thing about VAs today - don't pick a fight with them! (and watch you're bloody punctuation). I’ve learnt one thing about VAs today – don’t pick a fight with them! (and watch you’re bloody punctuation).

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