Whois & Analysis for ideal.com

A virtual assistant (typically abbreviated to VA, also called a virtual office assistant) is generally self-employed and provides professional administrative, technical, or creative (social) assistance to clients remotely from a home office.

Because virtual assistants are independent contractors rather than employees, clients are not responsible for any employee-related taxes, insurance or benefits, except in the context that those indirect expenses are included in the VA's fees.

Clients also avoid the logistical problem of providing extra office space, equipment or supplies.

Clients pay for 100% productive work, and can work with Virtual Assistants, individually, or in multi-VA firms to meet their exact needs.

Virtual Assistants usually work for other small businesses.

but can also support busy executives.

It is estimated that there are as few as 5,000-10,000 or as many as 25,000 virtual assistants worldwide.

The profession is growing in centralized economies with "fly-in fly-out" staffing practices.

Automation or automatic control, is the use of various control systems for operating equipment such as machinery, processes in factories, boilers and heat treating ovens, switching on telephone networks, steering and stabilization of ships, aircraft and other applications and vehicles with minimal or reduced human intervention.

Some processes have been completely automated.

Recruitment (hiring) is a core function of human resource management.

Recruitment refers to the overall process of attracting, selecting and appointing suitable candidates.

Quality management ensures that an organization, product or service is consistent.

It has four main components: quality planning, quality assurance, quality control and quality improvement.

Quality management is focused not only on product and service quality, but also on the means to achieve it.

Quality management, therefore, uses quality assurance and control of processes as well as products to achieve more consistent quality.

Employment is a relationship between two parties, usually based on a contract where work is paid for, where one party, which may be a corporation, for profit, not-for-profit organization, co-operative or other entity is the employer and the other is the employee.

Employees work in return for payment, which may be in the form of an hourly wage, by piecework or an annual salary, depending on the type of work an employee does or which sector she or he is working in.

Employees in some fields or sectors may receive gratuities, bonus payment or stock options.

In some types of employment, employees may receive benefits in addition to payment.

Benefits can include health insurance, housing, disability insurance or use of a gym.

Employment is typically governed by employment laws or regulations or legal contracts.