Hello
I seem to have so many forums, one for living in France, one for chickens, one for IT work, never going to find the time to be a VA !

I am Carol, English, but uprooted my family to find a nicer life here in France. Been here 2 years Teleworking doing IT Support/Helpdesk work. The project came to an end in September, and I need an income as quickly as possible.

I've been looking at being a VA as I love working from home, and have bags of IT skills and experience. After extensive research I plan to go into partnership with my mother-in-law who lives nearby and is a translator (French/English) by trade and also works from home.

Looking forward to meeting you all and getting some valuable information.

Hobbies are looking after my 6 hens, and having fun with my 2 daughters, donkey, duck, and sheep

Bonjour!

Welcome to the Forums! Wow, you already have a couple of niches to work with! I am envious.

Lots of information to find here and looking forward in reading your posts!

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Lisa George
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Hi Carol - welcome to the forum. I love France! I'm sure you will get lots of sound advice here. Lots of skills going on there and having the a contact in the family that you can work closely with is a great start. Hope to see you around. Good luck with drumming up new business.

Hi Carol, how lovely that you and your family have found such a peaceful existence in the French countryside. We were abroad for a while but have just returned to the States...

I'm sure if you invest the amount of time that you were spending on your previous contract on building your new business, you'll be able to launch your VA practice in no time. And what a perk that you'll be able to offer translation services - I'm guessing that's pretty rare in the industry and definitely marketable.

Welcome to the forums

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Hello & welcome to the forums! Glad to see a diverse selection of people here from around the world. It's so neat being a part of this profession!

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Sincerely,

Erin Blaskie of Business Services, ETC

Hi and welcome: I'm sure you do great at whatever you choose. Sounds like you have tons of experience. I love chickens. We had a farm for many years. Raised dairy goats also.

Welcome aboard. Try to find the time to read the past posts as they are chock full of useful information.

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Lily Chambers, The Virtual Office Goddess, LLC
Author "How to Do Your Own Small Business Bookkeeping"

Greetings from North Carolina! My partner has decided we must have chickens, too, so perhaps I'll also see you on the chicken forum!
Grace a la Virtual Assistants Forum vouz avez beaucoups des amis nouveaux. Bienvenue!
Mary
Virtual Writing & Communications Solutions
PS, Sorry, my French carries the dust of 35 years!

Certainly a great effort with the French.

Welcome Carol. I've always wanted to visit France. Best of luck on your new business partnership with your MIL.

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Shari Sultana
Online Business Manager (marketing for retail ecommerce)