Jenny Rey Sabit – Recruitment Associate, CSR

jenny-rey-sabit-vaI graduated Bachelor of Science in Commerce major in Management, Marketing and Economics and I took the Teacher Certificate Program. I am a Licensed Professional Teacher and a Licensed Financial Advisor.

I worked in a BPO industry for more than 8 years. I used to work as a Customer Service Representative, Inbound Sales Support, Financial Associate, Workforce Associate and Human Resource Associate.
After working more than 8 years away from my family in Manila I decided to go back to our province in Leyte to practice my profession as a teacher and invest my hard-earned money and savings in a small business which is Events Styling Services. I thought that I had a good career opportunity in our province because of my License and thinking that my business would gradually prosper, but due to the covid-19 pandemic everything turned the other way around.

It’s quite alarming and disappointing because I don’t know where to start again. I already invested all my money and haven’t received an income as yet. Fortunately, I have my resources available like a laptop and other gadgets that I can use to look for online job.

I found out that the Virtual Assistant industry is the trend during this pandemic time. I was hesitant to apply and to try at first because this is a new environment for me, but upon browsing the VA tasks on the internet I realised that what I did in my previous jobs is closely related to what VA’s do like answering phone calls, emails, setting appointments, familiarity of the tools like Excel, PowerPoint, Microsoft Word and some soft phone dialers, Google Trends and a lot more.

I lack skills in graphic designs, web creation, managing online stores like Shopify and other e-commerce businesses, copywriting and a lot more. Because I knew that I am not totally equipped with these skills, I enrolled in an Online Academy for one year so that I have access to learn all these skills now.

After 3 weeks of self-training online and live trainings with the coaches I am confident and ready to embrace the VA world. I have already acquired some skills that I can use for my future clients like graphic designs, QuickBooks, Shopify, Chatbot and Social Media Management. All I can say is, it’s a life changing experience.

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