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Industry Specific Tasks A VA Can Do
Industry Specific Tasks A VA Can Do
What Tasks Can A VA Help You With (Industry Specific)
Skills vary by virtual assistant. Some may be more qualified in website or financial work and some may be more skilled in legal or other areas. This list can get you started if you don’t know what to hand off to a VA.
| Who Uses A Virtual Assistant | How Do they use one |
| Private Investigators | Transcription, spreadsheet creation and management, phone answering services, searches, report creation, internet research, surveillance report creation, document preparation, filling out forms |
| Judgment Recovery Professionals | Creating solicitation letters, filling out debtor profile sheets, preparing cover letters, preparing letters to court clerk, creating and sending out demand letters, creating and sending out settlement offer letters, keeping databases up-to-date, adding letters and forms to databases for future use. Research to find debtors current address |
| Collection Agencies | Creating and sending demand letters, creating and sending various collection letters, keeping software/databases used for collections up-to-date |
| Construction Businesses (i.e. air conditioning and heating, plumbing, builders, water and sewer etc) | Sending invoices to clients, going over resumes for potential employees, tracking equipment maintenance and organizing it in a spreadsheet, typing up of proposals and estimates, filling out forms that need to be sent to the proper authorities (i.e. DEP, local municipalities, etc) |
| Education and Health Services | Maintaining licensing information and keeping track of license renewals, transcription, updating databases as well as client information, keeping track of equipment servicing and repairs |
| Engineering Firms (civil, mechanical, computer, etc) | Generating financial reports, purchase orders, maintain and prepare documents and reports, project coordination and management, screening potential employees, keeping track of project deadlines, ordering supplies, creating and sending out estimate to potential clients |
| Information/Media Industries (i.e book publishers, recording studios, authors, speakers, etc) | Create press kits, find places to have signings/auditions for clients, mailing out promotional items for clients, set up media interviews, |
| Leisure and Hospitality Industries (i.e fitness centers, bed and breakfasts, art galleries, etc) | Keeping track and sending reminders to clients whose membership fees are due, creating a listing of things for clients to do in the area they are staying, booking talent, creating and sending out promotional materials, sending reminders to clients, keeping track of equipment maintenance and repairs |
| Manufacturers | Maintain issue logs, decision logs, project management, coordinate shipping, create quotes and sales orders, scheduling and maintaining maintenance orders, ordering supplies both material and office supplies |
| Professional and Business Services (i.e. web design, event planning, environment services, home inspection services, etc) | Updating websites with critical updates, article writing, creating reports and sending them to clients, booking venues, researching laws pertaining to particular service provided, filling out forms, writing proposals |
| Transportation (i.e. trucking industry, towing, etc) | Coordinate and maintain delivery schedules, invoicing clients, maintaining equipment maintenance schedules, verifying and comparing driving logs, scheduling pickups and deliveries |
| Wholesale and Retail Trade (i.e. art dealers, antique dealers, sporting goods stores etc) | Maintaining inventory, ordering more inventory when needed, promotional items both creating and sending outMaintaining inventory, ordering more inventory when needed, promotional items both creating and sending out |