I’ve had a bunch of people ask me lately, “Is AI replacing virtual assistants?” And the simple answer is no — not even close.
What we’re actually seeing is the biggest increase in demand for Filipino VAs we’ve ever seen. Month after month, employers keep hiring more.
And the crazy part is… VAs are getting better at their jobs because of AI, not worse.
My team in the Philippines uses AI every single day. They use it in our social media, our SEO, our design, our programming, our video editing — everywhere.
And they’re better now at almost everything they do than they were before AI showed up. It lets us create better products, better marketing, enter new markets, and do things we’ve struggled with for years.
And the other big surprise is that AI didn’t just make the work better — it made the hiring better too.
I had to rethink how I evaluate applicants. I assume every cover letter is written by AI now, so I just focus on the signals that actually matter.
At some point I realized AI could help me evaluate all those signals without taking the human element out of the process, so we built OnlineJobs.ph’s AI matching system around them.
When I started actually using it, it blew me away.
It handled all the data instantly. It rated people the same way I would — just without me spending hours doing it. It filtered out 80–90% of the wrong applicants right away and pushed the best ones straight to the top.
And honestly, it solved the biggest hiring problem of all: wasted time.
Here’s what I’m seeing:
⚡ VAs using AI are doing better work than ever before
📈 Demand keeps growing — no slowdown at all
🔍 Most cover letters don’t matter; real signals do
🚀 AI instantly filters applicants so you skip the bad ones
🧠 Better data = better decisions = better hires
💼 You can hire fewer people and still get more done
🌏 Now is actually a great time to hire in the Philippines
The truth is, AI is making everything better — hiring, working with your VA, the quality of the work, the speed. All of it is improving because of AI.
And if you’re thinking about hiring someone in the Philippines, this is a really great time to do it.
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