# Training the virtual assistants the world hires

VA International trains people to become genuinely capable virtual assistants, and connects them with the employers who need them. We combine professional training with a jobs platform, because a certificate alone doesn't pay rent.

- 50+ countries with a VA International website, in many languages
- Every package includes structured training and jobs platform access
- Free for employers to post their jobs on the platform

## Built by operators who hire VAs

We started in 2017 with one frustration. Talented people wanted to become virtual assistants, but the training was thin. The path to real work was unclear. Employers, meanwhile, couldn't tell a job-ready VA from a hopeful one.

So we built both halves of the bridge: a structured curriculum that teaches the craft properly, and a jobs platform where employers find and hire graduates directly. No agencies, no placement fees.

We are based in the Netherlands and work as an online team of professionals from different fields. That mix is deliberate. The people who write the courses have done the work themselves.

Today, our graduates work with teams around the world. We stay deliberately small and deliberately exacting.

## Our vision

The global standard for virtual assistant training and hiring.

We want VA International to be where assistants learn the craft, get discovered, and build long careers. We want employers to find talent they can trust. One standard, wherever in the world the work happens.

## Our mission

### Make the craft reachable

Skilled virtual assistant work should be open to anyone, anywhere. We teach the real work, prove it with a certificate, and put graduates in front of employers.

### Make hiring trustworthy

Employers should be able to tell a job-ready assistant from a hopeful one. Our courses, certificates and jobs platform give them a clear signal.

## Courses that teach the actual work

VA Basics is the full path from zero to your first paying client. VA Skills lets you master one skill at a time, from email and calendar management to customer service and data. Both are practical by design: every module ends with a deliverable you can show an employer.

Every completed course unlocks its own certificate, and you keep lifetime access to the material, including every future update. We add new courses on a regular schedule. We aim to make this the strongest virtual assistant curriculum in the world.

## A jobs platform where graduates get hired

The jobs platform is included with every package. Graduates publish a profile employers can search by skill, tool, language and availability. They browse real remote roles and message employers directly.

Employers join the platform and post their jobs free of charge. There are no listing fees and no placement fees, for either side.

Coming next, we will approach employers ourselves for temporary and short-term work. We will pitch our assistants and bring those roles back to the platform. We offer roles we source that way exclusively to VAs on the Ultimate package.

## Built for the world, run from the Netherlands

We already run websites in 50+ countries and in many languages. The training reaches people wherever they are. That reach is how we are building a global standard rather than a local one.

## Principles we don't compromise on

### Craft over certificates

We teach the actual work: tools, judgement, communication. Not a badge to hang on a wall. Assignments mirror real client tasks.

### Honest about outcomes

No inflated promises. We're transparent about what training can and can't do, and we set expectations before anyone enrols.

### People, then platform

Every graduate is a real person building a career. Support comes standard. The software gets out of the way.

Some of our content is drafted with AI assistance. Every page is reviewed and edited by a person before it goes live.

## Hiring, or building something with us?

Employers post jobs on the platform free of charge. If you have a different partnership in mind, send us a note and tell us what you are working on.

[Explore our courses](/courses) · [See the jobs platform](/jobs-platform) · [Contact us](/#contact)