Annely Chan – Administrative Assistant

Hi, you can call me Ali. I graduated with a degree in Tourism, Hotel and Travel Industry Management, but I was not really able to pursue this field because after a year of working in a hotel, I decided to volunteer as an assistant pastor in a church for 8 years and there I met my husband who is also a pastor.

You might ask what a pastor does? Well, to the church that I was working before, being a pastor is like working as a full-time employee just like everybody else. We work 6 days a week and 8 or more hours a day.

During those 8 years I have learned to work hard because we do a lot of things at the same time. We make appointments through phone calls, visit people in their homes, goals to accomplish and make reports that we need to submit weekly, that is why I am very familiar with a lot of administrative tasks as well. I was also assigned to lead a department wherein we organize events such as concerts and fill up a 7000-seater auditorium, conferences and seminars and thankfully all were successful. I really learned how to juggle and schedule everything so that I will be sure not to neglect anything and achieve all my goals with minor supervision or even none at all.

Last year 2020, in the middle of the pandemic, my husband and I made the decision to choose a new path. We wanted to build a small church of our own. In the middle of the pandemic, we were able to start a 70 sqm church which is still running until now. In our new church I am the one managing all our Social Media Pages (we have two), I’m also the one doing designs for different events and webinars that we organize.

This year 2021, after the church construction was done, I realized that there is still a lot of time in my hands and I don’t want it to go to waste. I want to start a career of my own not connected to the church. I started looking for jobs and I came across the Virtual Assistant positions online. I paid for training to learn more about being a Virtual Assistant and did a lot of research too. I realized that all the experiences I had for the past 8 years of my pastoral career can be used in this field as well.

I can do administrative work because I really, really love to organize. I can use Microsoft Office tools well such as Word, Excel, etc.
I can also make designs using Adobe Photoshop or even Canva and some basic video editing skills in Adobe Premiere Pro. You can check out some of my works here on this link:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1HocWyhgh5F-10LkSwivvGoNFydbS5nae?usp=sharing

Not only that, I am the type of person that never stops until I get things done. I always want to excel and go beyond the goals given to me.

So, if you will ask me to rate myself from 1-10, I will give you a 7. Why? Because for me, what I know right now and the skills that I have will always have rooms for improvement. I need to develop my skills, talents, career, learn new programs or applications and a lot more! I don’t just stop learning because I know something already, instead I continue learning each time because I want to add new knowledge and wisdom every time. This is a fast-changing world, and having a better version of yourself each day will make a lot of difference.

For a copy of Annely’s resume please click here.