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Virtual Personal Assistant

Hire a Virtual
Personal Assistant

Calendar, inbox, and life admin — handled.

A virtual personal assistant is a remote executive support specialist who manages your inbox, calendar, travel, expenses, and personal admin from a different location. When you hire a virtual PA through SourceU, every candidate completes a video interview answering your judgment-based questions.

You hear how the candidate thinks before granting them access to your email and calendar. Full-time rates generally run $1,000 to $2,500 USD per month, depending on experience and executive-level requirements.

Inbox ManagementCalendar SchedulingTravel BookingPersonal AdminLight Project ManagementResearch & BriefingsVirtual Personal Assistants
Inbox ManagementCalendar SchedulingTravel BookingPersonal AdminLight Project ManagementResearch & BriefingsVirtual Personal Assistants
What they handle

What a virtual personal assistant handles for you

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Inbox management

Triaging email, drafting replies, and flagging anything that needs your decision.

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Calendar & scheduling

Meeting scheduling across multiple time zones, including buffer-time discipline.

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Travel booking

Flights, hotels, ground transport, itineraries, and expense tracking.

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Personal admin

Bill payments, appointment booking, household vendor coordination, and gift sourcing.

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Light project management

Tracking deliverables, chasing stakeholders, and briefing you ahead of meetings.

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Research

Comparison shopping, vendor sourcing, briefing documents, and contact research.

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Confidential correspondence

Confidential correspondence and gatekeeping on your behalf.

Why judgment matters

Why personal assistant hires fail more than any other VA role

Personal trust is harder to build than functional skills. A personal assistant has to understand your tone, your preferences, your privacy, and the dozens of small judgment calls that happen every day.

"You don't learn whether someone has that judgment from a 20-minute Zoom call."

The problem with hiring blind

You learn it by evaluating how they handle your real problems on instinct. Hire a virtual personal assistant who thinks like you do — and has even better judgment — so you don't have to waste time training them.

How it works

How SourceU finds the right virtual PA for you

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Post the role

Write the judgment questions you actually want answered — not the standard ones.

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Candidates record video

Every applicant from our personal assistant talent network records a full video response.

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AI summarises each one

AI generates a one-page summary and a complete transcript for every candidate.

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You select & hire

Choose the best match and move straight on to the hiring phase.

Security

Confidentiality from day one

Every virtual PA hired through SourceU signs an NDA directly with you, and works inside your systems the same way an in-person executive assistant would.

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A signed NDA directly with you
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You control logins, calendar access and email permissions
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Password-manager invites instead of shared passwords
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SourceU never holds access to your accounts
Flexibility

Part-time or full-time

Most people start full-time because the work expands. If you're testing the role, start part-time at 20 hours a week for 30 days, then expand. Both options are supported on the platform with no minimum commitment.

Start part-time · 20 hrs/wk Scale to full-time No minimum commitment

Hire a virtual personal assistant the right way.

Post your role and start watching selective interviews this week — with no time wasted.

Frequently asked questions

What is a virtual personal assistant?+
A virtual personal assistant is a remote professional who handles executive and personal administrative work for one principal — a founder, executive, consultant, or high-output professional. Common responsibilities include inbox management, calendar coordination, travel booking, expense tracking, research, and confidential correspondence.
How much does it cost to hire a virtual PA?+
Full-time offshore virtual PAs cost $1,000 to $2,500 USD per month. Junior PAs handling scheduling and admin sit at the lower end. Executive-level virtual PAs with experience supporting C-suite or founder workloads sit at the higher end.
How do I keep my personal information safe after hiring?+
Use the same playbook as hiring an in-person executive assistant: a signed NDA at the start, role-based access through Gmail delegation and calendar permissions, password-manager invites instead of shared passwords, and clear protocols for handling sensitive information. SourceU never holds access to your accounts.
What is the difference between a virtual personal assistant and an executive assistant?+
The roles overlap heavily. An executive assistant usually supports a specific senior leader inside a larger organization with structured responsibilities. A virtual PA supports an individual — most often a founder, owner, or independent professional — across both business and personal life. The skills are similar; the scope is broader and more discretionary.