Victoria Parham of VSS Cyberoffice explains the many benefits of hiring (and being) a virtual assistant, Wednesday 3/20 at 7 p.m. Eastern on 'The Screen Savers.'
Also airs 3/20 at 10 p.m., 3/21 at 1 a.m., 7:30 a.m., and 11:30 a.m. Eastern.

It is the dream of cube-corralled employees everywhere -- "The Screen Savers" staff included -- to magically replace the hair-pulling, 45-minute morning commute with 45 slipper-wearing steps from the breakfast nook to the La-Z-Boy.

Dream no further, fellow office slave. You may be qualified to become a virtual assistant, a full-service executive or personal secretary operating not from a florescent-lit swivel chair, but from the cushy comfort of your favorite piece of household furniture.

All you need is high-speed Web access and the blessing of a certified virtual assistant accrediting organization, and you too could be on your way to homebound success.

Cyberoffice space
Victoria Parham is the founder of VSS Cyberoffice, an Alaska-based outsourcing firm for busy professionals and overwhelmed organizations who could use an extra online hand.

For as little as $279 per 10 work hours, a client can hire a virtual assistant to schedule his many appointments, make lunch dates, perform Web research, and do any other online task he or she can cook up. Sorry, no dry cleaning pickups or donut runs.

Parham's company also offers custom Web design services, language translations, and Net conferencing/virtual meeting support.

Parham will be on "The Screen Savers" Wednesday, March 20, at 7 p.m. to talk some more about the budding field of virtual assistance and what it takes to be an online entrepreneur.

Go home
There are already around 3,500 people nationwide who are employed as full- or part-time virtual assistants. So put on your favorite sweatpants, pour yourself some hot chocolate, and learn how you can join the ranks of the few, the proud, the comfortable: