Virtual assistants help professionals handle the heavy load - South Florida Business Journal:

Robert U. Craven has been the CEO of large companies and led teams of employees working from corporate offices. But, when he scaled back to launch ScalePassion LLC, a professional coaching company, Craven found he needed one part-time employee: an administrative assistant to take on much of his day-to-day planning, organizational and technology needs.

It didn’t matter whether the employee was on site or remote. So, Craven hired a virtual assistant to handle tasks that otherwise would have consumed his time and focus...