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Because the world of business changes every day, it is essential for you to keep in contact with your target market of customers. This way, you can modify and adjust your business services to meet market demands as well as knowing where work needs to be done and the type of work involved.
One way to accomplish this is an overlooked avenue that many virtual bankruptcy assistants do not think about: the job boards. You may be saying: “But Victoria, I am not looking for 9-5 employment. I am looking for work I can do at home. Why would I look for work on a job board?” Because you first need to know where the work is and what work needs to be performed. The best way to know this is through the job boards.
When an attorney needs a bankruptcy assistant, what do they do? They advertise in the paper and on the internet job boards. When you find an attorney seeking to hire a bankruptcy assistant you can still approach him or her with your virtual assistant services. This approach has worked well for me in the past. By monitoring job boards like Monster I have been able to:
1. Provide temporary help to the attorney while they are interviewing and looking for the right employee to fill the position. This way, they are not pressured to hire immediately simply because the work is piling up.
2. Assist in sorting through employment applications, checking references, verifying previous employment and pre-interviewing applicants to save the attorney time.
3. Convincing the attorney he or she does not need to hire a full-time employee, but use my virtual services exclusively.
4. And sometimes, if the job is in my area, I have applied for the job and worked in the office to advance my skills and knowledge of debtor bankruptcy. This is the best training you can get.
Set Up a Job Alert
On almost all the job boards you can set up a Job Alert. You type in key words, like: bankruptcy, paralegal, legal assistant and select the areas to monitor. Then, when an attorney posts the need for a bankruptcy paralegal or legal assistant in the area I have selected, I get an automatic email from the job board. It’s a very convenient way for me to keep in touch with my target market.
Below is a list of job boards that I monitor. I am sure you can find many more, but at least my list will help you get started. You also may want to put together a resume and post to the job board also. On the “Job Objective” line of your resume, say something like: “To work virtually for a debtor bankruptcy attorney on a flat fee basis, saving the law firm $1,000s of dollars per year.” This way, if you submit your resume for a position, you are telling the attorney upfront that you are seeking work as a virtual assistant, not a full-time, salaried employee.
Job Boards I Monitor for Virtual Bankruptcy Assistant Jobs
http://www.monster.com
http://www.lawjobs.com/
http://www.ihirelegal.com/
http://lawguru.legalstaff.com/
http://jobs.lawinfo.com/
http://www.indeed.com/jobs?q=bankruptcy&l=&rq=1
Also remember that I have put together a job board of a variety of work-at-home virtual assistant jobs. You can access it on my website at:
http://www.713training.com/links/index.html#jobs
I wish you the best of success in growing your virtual bankruptcy assistant business. Talk to you later.
Victoria Ring
Certified Paralegal and Bankruptcy Specialist
http://www.713training.com
