Virtual Workers of America is a community that offers education, resources and support to everyone aspiring to become a virtual worker this year.
More and more individuals and companies are interested in working remotely, whether it is from home or as a traveling virtual worker such as digital nomads.
Virtual Work is a form of employment in which a person can work from a place other than the office. The work is carried out normally but without the need for the worker to commute to work.
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- Chapter 1: Basic Tips
- 11 Types of Virtual Work You Can Try
- Virtual Work Resources: Updated Most Recent List
- Virtual Work Tools
- Making Money Online as a Virtual Worker
Top 9 Characteristics of Successful Virtual Workers
- Organization: It’s important to have the tools to help you organize your time and your work. Every day before you start your virtual work, you should be sureof what you’ll be doing first, second, third, and so on.
- Focus: Working from home takes you away from the workplace and plunks you down in your home office or at your kitchen table. Can you complete tasks despite all the distractions?
- Discipline: Virtual workers who perform well do what they need to even when they dread doing it. Self-discipline is one of the top traits needed to work virtually.
- Collaboration: Working from home can be an isolating experience so collaboration important to maintain and manage. Embrace collaborative tools and communicate with your co-workers.
- Resourcefulness: Successful virtual workers are highly skilled, yet they recognize that they don’t know everything. They’re not afraid to ask questions until they’re sure they understand.
- Adaptabilty: Much like in an office, there will be unexpected meetings and projects that appear out of thin air. You have to be able to put the focus to use and switch gears when necessary.
- Priorities: Task prioritization is a crucial ability that can mean the difference between work being done on time or not.
- Trust: Trust is key in a virtual work scenario. Virtual Workers of America believe in trusting that co-workers are respecting their commitments while honoring the same expectations in return.
- Independence: Successful virtual workers are independent, but not to the point of omitting their team. They can trust their own judgment because they’ve created a habit of double checking their work.
- Self-starter: Chances are there’s not going to be a boss hovering over your shoulder. If you’re going to stay ahead of the game it’s important you have the ability to recognize what needs to get done, and where to start to achieve your goal.
Advantages of Virtual Work
- Flexibility and autonomy: Working from home allows us to organize time however we want. In general, companies require the fulfillment of a certain number of hours or the achievement of certain objectives . How we organize our time to carry it out is up to us.
- Time saving: Not having to travel to the workplace is a significant time saving for virtual workers of America, especially in large cities. In addition to freeing ourselves from part of the daily stress (traffic jams, delays in transport, etc.), this saving allows us to dedicate more hours to personal and family life, which results in a higher quality of life.
- Improves motivation and productivity: The convenience of virtual work, where the worker knows that he can organize his time and take care of an unforeseen event without it being a serious problem, makes the employee value the advantages more of your employment situation.
- Work-life balance: A big advantages of virtual work is that it offers the highest value for the employee. Saving time, together with the freedom to organize the working day, allows a greater reconciliation of personal and family life with professional obligations.
- Cost reduction: Infrastructure and facilities expenses, as well as the fixed costs associated with face-to-face work (electricity, heating, air conditioning, computer equipment, etc.) are considerably reduced when the workforce is working remotely.
- Reduced absenteeism: One of the great problems that employers in our country face is absenteeism from work. Virtual work greatly reduces this problem, which generates a high cost to the employer. Most of these absences are related to problems of a family or bureaucratic nature that the teleworker can balance organizing their schedules, without having to lose the entire working day.