Using AI at work: how Filipino VAs are getting more done

Many remote workers now use ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini during the day. Used with care, they save a skilled person a few hours a week.

Where AI helps most

• First drafts of emails, posts and product descriptions
• Summaries of long documents and meeting notes
• Cleaning and formatting spreadsheet data
• Formulas, small scripts and automations
• Outlines and a list of ideas to start from

Where a person still decides

AI doesn't know your business, your customers or what your boss meant. It writes a draft; the worker checks the facts, fixes the tone and decides what goes out. Employers want that checking step.

On PH Online Jobs, jobseekers can add an AI-powered badge to their profile and list the tools they use. It is their own declaration and it is optional. Workers who don't use AI have no badge and no penalty.