Julie Mercer Bayot – Administrative Assistant

Hi, I am Julie Mercer Bayot, you can call me Juls. I am from Manila Philippines. I studied Bachelor of Science in Commerce major in Management, but only for 2 years. Due to financial problems and as my father died, I was forced to stop from going to school and help provide for my family.

I applied for different types of jobs. I started to work in an insurance company as Telemarketer, where we do outbound calls to our potential leads offering our products and services, scheduling appointments and more This type of job was a bit challenging; you’ll encounter rejections and even more an irate customers that will test your patience, but this situation didn’t make me lose my interest in the job, however it made me more inspired in striving to be consistent in doing my responsibilities more effectively to my company and to my team.

After almost 4 years working as a telemarketer, I decided to get married and had my two children, but working here in the Philippines isn’t enough. Having a small amount of salary is not enough to provide for my children, so I decided to try my best working abroad.

I had my first job abroad, specifically in Doha Qatar, as a private english tutor for an Arab kid. I did a lot of adjustments and studying and I surpassed it after almost 4 years. I applied in a company with the human resource officer position. I am assigned in recruitment processing, interview, assessment, evaluation, filling, payroll, monitoring employees in their assigned position, visa processing. Those are new to me, and at first it was hard to adapt to the country’s culture, but as time goes by, I learned to enjoy the job. My children inspired me to push through with every challenge and hardship I faced being far from them.

After almost 4 years working from that company, my boss had some problems with his financial status and our salary was already affected so I decided to resign and find another job, which lead me to working as a cashier supervisor in a coffee shop,  where I was responsible in customer’s payment, as well as assisting customer’s, also in training our staffs, payroll, inventories and some paper works for the shop.

After 2 years, I had my one-month vacation and went home to the Philippines. I went back to Qatar, but by that time I was already working with a different company, still as a cashier. One day, as I was resting in my place, I have planned and decided that after my contract, I would go home to be finally with my family.

When I came home, I decided to find a remote job that will allow me to take care of my family and provide for them by not being far from them, that’s when I decided to learn more about the Virtual Assistant Industry. I had online course training, continuous reading to be familiar with the role, to be able to determine what niche will best fit me. As I was self studying and exploring, I also applied for different sites trying my luck, there were rejections of course, but it motivated me more to try. And finally I was hired as an Appointment Setter or a Scheduler in a clinic in the U.S, it was challenging though as it was new to me., but I showed how interested I am for the job and how motivated I am to learn and enhance my skills in different type of industries.My job was calling patients to process their office visits in the clinic or remind them if they have a procedure to make and prepare for it. I was responsible for validating their personal information, insurance, asking health questions and if they are fit. I also schedule their appointment. As I was doing these job, if makes me more inspired and try another type of niche which will enhance more my skills and capabilities as an individual.

The world is so big to explore and so are the challenges. That is why I always make myself prepared in every situation that are to happen ahead. Working in an office and at home had a very big difference, but there are no such hardships if you are inspired to provide for your children for their future. And that is one of the biggest fulfillment a mother could ever have.

Being able to work as a full time Virtual Assistant is my biggest dream as of the moment, because aside from having more time with my family, it will definitely help me enhance my hidden skills and talents. I aim to provide good service to my client, having the enough knowledge and skills I provide, I believe I can be a great addition to your team.

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