If you book a call with Vita, you do not talk to a sales representative. You talk to our Lead Recruiter.
Our Lead Recruiter has been doing offshore placement work for about 10 years and runs every Vita placement day to day. Every shortlist we send a client has the Lead Recruiter approval.
How our recruiting partnership started.
I met our Lead Recruiter about three years ago when I was on my third failed virtual assistant placement. See the burning $40K story if you missed it. We got on a call and within 20 minutes I realized this recruiter actually understood what I was trying to hire for.
He'd been placing acquisition managers into US real estate businesses for years. He knew the work. He knew which Egyptian candidates had the temperament for it and which didn't. He knew which Indian agencies were over-promising and which Filipino candidates were quietly killing it on cold calls.
Most importantly, he knew the difference between "candidate looks good on paper" and "candidate will actually stick."
When I decided to build Vita, the first person I called was our Lead Recruiter. We built Vita together.
What our Lead Recruiter checks for that most recruiters miss.
I once asked our Lead Recruiter about the single quality most other recruiters skip.
"I want to know if they actually like working with Americans. Not whether they can. Whether they want to. Because if they don't enjoy the work, they're going to leave in three months, and you and I both lose."
That's what his 30 minute 1:1 with every candidate is really for. Not skills. Not English. Cultural fit. Genuine interest.
He'll ask candidates what they think about US business culture. What they do on weekends. What kind of feedback environment they thrive in. He's reading whether this is a person who's going to feel at home on a Slack channel with a Texas land flipper, or whether they're forcing themselves through it for the paycheck.
The candidates who are forcing themselves do not last. Our Lead Recruiter removes them in step 4 even when they passed every technical test.
Why he's still in Cairo.
People ask me why Vita's operations chief lives in Egypt instead of the US. The honest answer: that's exactly why it works.
Our Lead Recruiter lives in the same time zone as our Egyptian candidates, knows the universities they attended, and understands the local economy and fair wages. That local context helps Vita understand candidates beyond a resume.
A recruiter outside that market would be a step removed from that context. Our Lead Recruiter serves as the bridge.
It's also why every Vita placement gets pre-screened by someone who actually understands the candidates. Not someone who's reading their resume in English and guessing.
What it's like to work with him.
You will find out on the discovery call. Here is the short version. Our Lead Recruiter is calm, direct, and patient. They ask more questions than they answer, determine whether Vita is the right fit, and tell you honestly.
If we're not the right fit, he'll tell you who is. He has working relationships with agencies that focus on roles we don't (high end EAs, technical roles, niche financial work). He'd rather send you to the right place than place you with us and have it not work.
That last part is the thing I trust about him most.