9. Virtual Assistant – Average Yearly Salary: $40,022
Virtual assistants are like secretaries from the future – a really dull, dystopian future where everyone is extremely well-organized. While the paper-based clerical skills of yesteryear have largely fallen out of demand, they’ve been replaced by things like managing emails, writing tweets and organizing spreadsheets. When coupled with the rise of telecommuting, you get the virtual assistant.
What you’ll need: a clerical background will help here, but you’ll also need solid business acumen, as avirtual assistant is essentially a digital secretary who works as an independent contractor.
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