Work at Home Philippines

I have learned through research that the average hourly rate of a virtual assistant is $35. It can even increase up to $50 if the virtual assistant will be entrusted with more demanding tasks such as conference preparation.

What a lucrative home-based job, don’t you think? If I’m not mistaken our Filipina nurses and caregivers are earning just as much. So, if you can be a virtual assistant in the Philippines while earning just as much as the more stressed nurses in other countries, why are there not much Filipinos taking on this online job?

Sure, the ”nurses are more in-demand” and “the benefits are not the same” reasons can’t be discounted. But if one is really after the benefits of being “more present” for his or her family without leaving the country, right? There goes my anti-brain-drain thing again.

Anyone who’s currently enjoying the benefits of being a virtual assistant in the Philippines, here? Any tips or help you can extend for those who would like to venture on this kind of home-based job?

Freelance writer and work-from-home dad J. Angelo Racoma is looking for someone who can translate a blog into Mandarin.

This is for the translation of several dozens of existing articles on a high-profile blog, and then a regular undertaking henceforth. Expected output is about 3 to 4 articles per day. We’ll have to discuss compensation privately.

Read more about the details of this work-from-home job as a translator.