Agency profile · Updated October 2026
Working at Virtual Gurus
Virtual Gurus matches US and Canadian VAs with clients across admin, bookkeeping, marketing and more, and lets you choose your own hours. Its process and support are well documented, but you wait in a talent pool rather than apply to listed jobs.
The facts
- What VAs say
- 3.6 on Glassdoor (48 reviews)
- Type
- Managed VA agency (US and Canada)
- Founded
- 2016
- Hires
- United States and Canada
- Roles
- Executive and administrative assistants, bookkeeping, marketing, social media, sales, real estate, legal and medical office assistants
- Work setup
- Remote, from a quiet home office with reliable internet
- Schedules
- You set your own hours with no minimum commitment; it suggests offering at least 40 hours a month, and most clients want daytime availability
- Hiring process
- Online application (15-20 minutes), one or more skills assessments (30-60 minutes each), an onboarding session (about 1.5 hours), then matching with a first client. Takes one week to a month; a first match can take up to six weeks.
- Applicant fees
- Not published
- Impostor warning
- Not published
- Support for VAs
- A mentor who is an experienced VA, Lunch & Learns and virtual coffee chats, partner perks and academy courses
- Openings
- Talent pool for 9 kinds of assistant work; no individual job listings shown
What's good
- Flexible hours with no minimum commitment
- Fully published process, including how long each test takes
- A VA mentor plus community events and courses
- Built for VAs living in the US or Canada
What to watch
- Glassdoor rating of 3.6 from 48 reviews, with 60% recommending it
- No listed openings: you join a pool and wait for a match, which can take up to six weeks
- Only open to people in the US or Canada
Score breakdown
Rubric score 6.5/10, from the same six criteria we use for every agency.
Virtual Gurus vs VA MASTERS
Published by Outsourcing Insider, a VA MASTERS company. VA MASTERS is ranked here using the same rubric as every other agency. How we rank.
| Fact | Virtual Gurus | VA MASTERS Parent company |
|---|---|---|
| What VAs say | 3.6 on Glassdoor (48 reviews) | 4.9 on Glassdoor (16 reviews) · 4.9 on Indeed (32 reviews) |
| Hires | United States and Canada | Filipino professionals, for clients worldwide |
| Schedules | You set your own hours with no minimum commitment; it suggests offering at least 40 hours a month, and most clients want daytime availability | Part-time, full-time and project roles (40 to 180 hours a month in current listings), in the client's time zone |
| Openings | Talent pool for 9 kinds of assistant work; no individual job listings shown | 86 open remote roles listed on its careers page; 492 posted since May 2025 |
| Rubric score | 6.5 | 8.6 |
Questions people ask
Is Virtual Gurus legit?
Virtual Gurus has operated since 2016 and hires through its own careers channels. It doesn't publish a statement about applicant fees, so be careful with anyone asking you to pay in its name. Employee ratings: 3.6 on Glassdoor (48 reviews).
Does Virtual Gurus hire remote VAs?
Remote, from a quiet home office with reliable internet. It hires United States and Canada.
What is Virtual Gurus's hiring process?
Online application (15-20 minutes), one or more skills assessments (30-60 minutes each), an onboarding session (about 1.5 hours), then matching with a first client. Takes one week to a month; a first match can take up to six weeks.
How do I apply to Virtual Gurus?
Through the careers page on Virtual Gurus's own website. We don't link to the agencies we rank, so search for its careers page directly and make sure you're on its real website.
Sources: Virtual Gurus website; Glassdoor profile. Checked Oct 2026. We don't link to the agencies we profile.