What Does a Professional Organizer Do, Anyway?
(This article courtesy of Allison Van Norman of Organizing Solutions. Click here to visit Allison’s site) If you’re like most people, you’re not very familiar with professional organizers and what they do. That’s because the profession is very new – very few organizers were in business before 1980. Professional organizers, (sometimes called organizing consultants) provide a wide variety of services, including: • Cleaning out closets, kitchens, storage areas, bedrooms, attics and garages, etc. In other words, basic decluttering • Remodeling closets and storage • Rearranging living space to be more pleasing and efficient • Personal coaching, goal setting • Planning, packing and unpacking for relocation • Garage and estate sales • Organizing children and teenagers • Errands and personal shopping • Computer organizing and training • Setting up filing systems and developing paperflow systems • Information management systems • Accounting and bookkeeping • Filing • Setting up recordkeeping sy
