Virtual assistant jobs have existed since the 1990s, becoming more well-known in the 2000s with advancements in email, cloud computing, and remote work tools. They became even more mainstream after ...

Executive assistants’ behavioral patterns matter. A résumé tells you whether an executive assistant has handled complex ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover travel with a focus on safety and sustainability. The pandemic didn't just make offices virtual. It has also made office ...

A virtual assistant performs many of the same tasks an assistant handles in a traditional workplace. However, a virtual assistant performs her job remotely, using the Internet, phone, fax and other ...

If you’re looking for a work-from-home opportunity but think you have to be a writer or designer to do it, perhaps it’s time to look into becoming a virtual assistant. Almost anyone has at least one ...

Side hustles have long been a favorite American way to make extra cash. Now, Gen Z is getting in on the action. Two thirds, 59% of Gen Zers say they currently have a side hustle, according to a May ...

Cortana is Microsoft's virtual assistant available for use across various devices and Microsoft 365's suite of services and products.

Tyra Johnson Brown entered the virtual-assistant industry seven years ago, before it became a trendy career influenced by the pandemic. At the time, she was laid off from her job as an executive ...

Keynova Group, the principal competitive intelligence source for digital financial services firms, today announced the results of its Q3 2026 Mobile Banker Scorecard, a competitive evaluation of the ...

Voice assistants will go from just answering questions to actually doing things for you, according to Qualcomm and other tech giants. For as “smart” as our phones are supposed to be, they’re not very ...

(1) An individual who performs administrative functions for clients. See human virtual assistant. (2) A text-only chat line that provides help with a website. See chatbot. (3) An application that ...