Subcontracting with a VA firm is one of the greatest ways to gain experience. I was lucky to get introduced to a great VA firm through a mentor I worked with through the Canadian Virtual Assistant Connection (CVAC). Through them I was able to gain a lot of experience and knowledge about many of the things I didn’t even know existed when I first started.
Subcontracting allows you to work with many other VAs with many different skill sets. The team is usually very supportive of each other. I was fortunate that when I started with the firm I’m still with today, I worked with an experienced Online Business Manager (OBM) who would explain how to do something and let me run with it. This is certainly a huge perk if you can work with someone that is so willing to teach you the things you don’t know.