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Hire a Virtual Assistant

Hire a virtual assistant without paying $45K+ a year for local admin support. Get pre-vetted, AI-fluent virtual assistants starting at $1.5K per month. We handle sourcing, vetting, payroll, and compliance so you can hand off your inbox and calendar in weeks, cut overhead by up to 70%, and reclaim hours every day for work only you can do.

Virtual Assistant ยท At a Glance
Starting pricefrom $1.5K/mo
Typical local cost$3.5Kโ€“$4.5K/mo
Overhead reductionup to 70%
Embedded within30 days
Experience level3โ€“7+ years
โœ“ Skills-tested for the role โœ“ AI-fluency assessed โœ“ Remote Readiness Score

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A Better Way to Hire a Virtual Assistant

You already know the math: hours of your week go to scheduling, email triage, booking travel, and chasing small tasks that someone else could do. The hard part has been finding that someone. Local assistants cost $45K+ a year, and the usual alternatives, marketplaces full of unvetted profiles, mean you spend weeks interviewing and often start over within months. Our model closes that gap with assistants who are tested before you meet them and supported after they start.

Every candidate completes structured skills-based testing, real-world scenario evaluation like running a simulated inbox for a day, and a hands-on AI fluency assessment. When you hire a virtual assistant through us, they are managing your calendar, inbox, and recurring tasks within 30 days, and the employment contract, payroll, and HR admin all stay on our side.

What does a Virtual Assistant do?

A virtual assistant takes over the recurring administrative work that fills your day, so your time goes to decisions and relationships instead of logistics.

  • Manage your inbox with a triage system you approve, so you only see the emails that need you
  • Own your calendar, scheduling meetings, protecting focus blocks, and handling the reschedule shuffle
  • Book travel, prepare itineraries, process expenses, and handle the personal admin that eats your evenings
  • Handle research, data entry, and CRM updates, using AI tools to finish in hours what used to take days

When is it time to Hire a Virtual Assistant?

The trigger to hire a virtual assistant is rarely dramatic. It is the slow realization that your evenings belong to admin and your calendar runs you instead of the other way around.

You start each day with 100 unread emails and end it with 120

You booked your own flights at midnight again because there was no one to ask

Small recurring tasks like invoicing, scheduling, and follow-ups keep slipping through the cracks

You know your hourly value, and you are still spending hours a day on $15-an-hour work

Ready to Hire a Virtual Assistant? Hand off the busywork. Keep the hours that matter.

Hire a Virtual Assistant

When we say the best, we mean it

We only work with the top 5% of candidates when companies hire virtual assistant through us. Every candidate is skills-tested on the exact work this role does, assessed for AI fluency on real tasks, and scored with our proprietary Remote Readiness Score โ€” built from 1,000+ successful remote hires โ€” before they reach your team.

Anticipates what you need next, booking the room and prepping the brief before you ask

Communicates proactively when something is unclear, instead of guessing wrong and hiding it

Handles confidential information with discretion, from board correspondence to personal errands

Uses AI tools to draft, research, and summarize, then applies judgment before anything reaches you

Tested to get in. Trained to stay ahead.

Testing

Three tests, then a human interview

1
Role skills150+ assessments, built for the exact role they'll do for you
2
Remote readinessOur proprietary Remote Readiness Score โ€” built from 1,000+ successful hires
3
AI fluencyReal tasks with a live LLM โ€” prompting, workflows, judgment
4
Interviewed by a real humanTop scorers meet one of our recruiters before you ever see them
Only the top 5% get in See the tests โ†’
NEVER STOPS
Training

Then they keep getting better

Your hirealways in training
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How We Find You Amazing Talent in 30 Days

01

You Specify a Role

You share job description, core requirements & key skills we should screen for.

02

We Source Talent

We run skills-based testing and manual screening, then deliver 3-5 candidates.

03

We Confirm Alignment

We confirm each candidate is interested in your role & aligned with your company.

04

You Interview & Select

You interview each candidate and, if needed, run a 1-2 hour test project.

05

We Handle Onboarding

We handle identity verification, NDA, compliant contracts & full payroll setup.

06

Your Hire Starts Working

Talent is embedded into your team and works like any other team member.

How much does it cost to Hire a Virtual Assistant?

Hiring a virtual assistant locally typically costs $3,500 to $4,500 per month once you factor in salary, benefits, and overhead. With our model, you can reduce that cost by up to 70% while still getting a full-time virtual assistant working directly inside your inbox, calendar, and task systems.

Hiring locally
$3.5Kโ€“$4.5K/mo
Salary, benefits, and overhead factored in
Through us
from $1.5K/mo
Employment, contracts, and HR administration handled entirely on our side

We handle the employment contract, payroll, benefits, and HR admin completely. Your assistant's value compounds with time, because when you hire a virtual assistant who learns your preferences and patterns, week twenty runs on a fraction of the instructions week one needed.

Common Questions

How fast can a virtual assistant start?
Most start within 30 days, including matching to your needs, interviews, and a structured handover of your inbox, calendar, and recurring tasks.
How experienced are your virtual assistants?
Typically 3 to 7+ years supporting founders, executives, or teams, usually for US and European companies, with strong written English and experience owning inboxes and calendars end to end.
How do you vet them?
Candidates pass structured skills-based testing, real-world scenario evaluation such as managing a simulated inbox and travel booking, and a hands-on AI fluency assessment before they ever reach you.
Is it safe to give them access to my email and accounts?
Yes. Assistants work under NDA, use password managers and permissions you control, and follow access rules you set, so you can expand trust gradually as the relationship builds.
Can they work my hours?
Yes. When you hire a virtual assistant through us, candidates are matched to your time zone so support is live during your day, from morning triage to end-of-day wrap-up.
What tools do they use?
Most work daily in Google Workspace, Microsoft Office, Calendly, Notion, Trello, Expensify, and ChatGPT, and they adapt quickly to whatever stack you already run.
How is this different from a VA marketplace?
Marketplaces hand you profiles and leave the risk with you. We test every candidate first, match deliberately, employ them properly, and replace them quickly in the rare case it is not a fit.

Hire a Virtual Assistant today

Your time is the most expensive resource in your company, and admin is consuming it. Hire a virtual assistant through The Global Talent Co. and get vetted, dedicated support in weeks. Book a call today.

Hire a Virtual Assistant