Comments on: Do you need a personal assistant?

By: Gail Nuno

Gail Nuno — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 20:29:35 +0000

I am looking to become a PA to someone, how would I go about doing this?

By: Devin

Devin — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 16:46:46 +0000

Haha, I mean a virtual personal assistant.

By: Damsel In Digress

Damsel In Digress — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:55:17 +0000

hahahaha

oh lordy. yeah. i can think of a few things i’d assign to my PA. but i realize that i already may have enough people who want to hurt me, no need to add another, right?

By: Devin

Devin — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 21:23:22 +0000

@Lisa: Depending on the tasks and the volume of work, they can go from $5-15 on average (more for more complicated work).

@Deutlich: The point is not to be lazy but to free up your valuable time to spend it on what you want to do (learn a language, read a book, go to the gym, etc.).

@arden: Way to be on the competitive edge.
@d: I’ve heard good things about YourManInIndia (recommended by Tim) which runs GetFriday.com.

By: d

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 21:20:21 +0000

so where do we get one of these? because i may look into it.

By: arden

arden — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 10:11:41 +0000

would love an assistant. I dont think I will become lazy when I have one. That particular idea of hiring a pa for research will do me so much good, esp in school. But ill do majority of the work, and cosider my pa as slight advantage.

ill elaborate: http://weblog.xanga.com/Ardenlabroasuncion/647459913/personal-assistant.html

By: Deutlich

Deutlich — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 21:31:01 +0000

Woah, it would NOT be a good idea for me to have a PA. I swear, I’d become the laziest sack of sh*t ever.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 15:40:26 +0000

I was kidding. Mostly. It depends on how much outsourced PAs earn. Haha. It’s a fantastic idea for a business though.

By: Devin

Devin — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 15:12:41 +0000

@Lisa: Haha, how much are you charging?
@James: Well, based on testimonials it sounds like they do a much better job researching than I do for my 9-5, haha. It’s not about feeling important, though. I just want to cut out the riff-raff and have time to do what I really want (like go out and buy my new toys).

By: James

James — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 14:38:42 +0000

Interesting point. I definitely use up a lot of time researching things. But could you trust someone to do things to your satisfaction. Like if you said “find me a reasonably priced laptop”. How would you know that they had found the best value one for you.

Still it would make you feel important.