When you work as a virtual assistant, you can work as a W2 employee ... It also gives you a place to showcase samples, and list your services and testimonials, and it makes you look more professional.

This is an as-told-to story with Rebecca Morassutti, a virtual assistant. Morassutti’s income has been verified by Business Insider. The following has been edited for clarity and length.

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Hannah Dixon, a 35-year-old founder of the virtual assistant training ... then said that they wanted a job for "security." ...