MICROCREDITS FOR PERSONAL ASSISTANTS

MICROCREDITS FOR PERSONAL ASSISTANTS While it's good for many employees to have lots of microcredits to their name, what is even better is for them to have a career plan that would put their multiple skills to good use, regardless of whether they stay in the country or go abroad to look for greener pastures. In a very competitive job market, I think that anyone who has more skills or qualifications would have an edge over those who have lesser skills. Generally speaking, I would say that those who have more language skills and more technical skills would be more hirable than others, especially if they could speak many languages and if they could perform many skills. In this context, I am reminded of the employees of "Singing Cooks and Waiters Restaurant", where everyone could either cook and serve food, aside from being able to sing and dance. In the existing job market as we know it, workers are hired for specific skills such as cooks, waiters, nannies, butlers, maids, drivers, caregivers and bodyguards. But even as we speak, there appears to be a trend among employers to hire personal assistants to work in their homes to do as many tasks as possible, but are getting paid more than the others of course. Just to be clear, a personal assistant is not the same as a virtual assistant, but there could be similarities in their circumstances, and in what they do. Generally speaking, a personal assistant has to work in person on a face-to-face basis either in the employer's home or office, or both. On the other hand, a virtual assistant works online, either in the same vicinity as the employer, or in another country, doing their work via the internet. In some cases, a virtual assistant could be a digital assistant like "Alexa" and "Siri". More often than not, a personal assistant also has to perform computer related tasks for their employers, and that is why it would be good for them to have skills as a data encoder, programmer, systems analyst, systems integrator or even as a project manager. Of course, they also have to know how to use social media tools such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, You Tube, Linked In, Viber, WhatsApp, Telegram and Zoom. IKE SENERES/07-25-2024