Hello sir, I am sputnik. I hold a bachelors degree in Psychology. I worked 6 months with a company called Stream Global Services, which was not a home based job, but we had to be physically present there and it was not voice but a chat process as in virtual assistance, same as yours, which involved solving customers issues, (both software and hardware related problems) they may have with their HP laptops via chat. I like to be very agile and also smart, while I am working and I like to think out of the box, when I need to think out of the box, in order to find a valid solution for a diplomatic problem and resolve it. $4 according to me is very less, I believe that quality professionals should be rewarded unhesitatingly. But I get your point that you would rather hire an American, true. I am not lazy, I would like to work with an organization where the management structure recognizes; rewards loyalty, honesty and hard work of an employee and I think together with my interpersonal skills, ability to understand, combined with a systematic approach will make handling projects or customers easy. Check my Profile, my Portfolio, my Reviews; though there aren't many reviews that you'll find, because I am new here, to this website but hey! I am not, to this world:) I have no ongoing projects, like the other big guns with over 10 or even 50 in progress tasks, in other words, I am virtually unemployed. :) So, enough said, hit me back if you think I am worth it and we'll talk, thank you.