Peta Wolff runs a virtual assistant business. Based on the Gold Coast, she started I’ve Got Time For That almost 10 years ago after losing her event management role at Billabong.
By all accounts, the virtual assistant sector is ballooning. Much of the growth is being driven by demand from companies that are looking to reduce costs or quit their offices during the pandemic, says Oliver Woolrych, community organiser at Fiverr, an online freelance marketplace.
For Ms Wolff, the range of tasks she does for clients varies. She takes in everything from classic executive assistant-type work, to sourcing props and styling for an event, to setting up databases – and on one occasion organised dry-cleaning for a client in Los Angeles.
God help corporate Australia - this will take them one step further away from their customers; and watch them bitch when their customers jump ship.