As Household Managers begin returning to work, they are going to be tasked with many new responsibilities. The expression “Walking / Working Manager” is taking on increased saliency as households recover from the real psychological scars created by COVID, quarantine and pandemic fears (which are ongoing). A Manager who sits …
Read More »How To Find a Nanny Housekeeper
Many families often try to find private household staff who are able to combine certain roles and add more versatility to their household. A nanny housekeeper is a staff member who is highly sought after by households across the World due to their ability to not only take care of …
Read More »Interviews, Herd-like Performances and Lost Opportunities
Looking for a private staffing job is about setting yourself apart from the field. That is a cliché and this article is about clichés and avoiding them. So, oops. It’s a competitive labour market out there and the objective is always differentiation. A sure way to fail in setting yourself apart …
Read More »Working in a Private Villa or How to Swear in Perfect French
The moment the last ball had been hit at Wimbledon, all of us upped sticks from SW19 and headed south to France. The family’s grand old private villa had been a wedding present to my female boss, for one of her early marriages. It was nestled on top of a …
Read More »Simple Fall Checklist for Private and Domestic Staff
As we enter the Fall season, it is a good time to take stock of your personal, private, domestic and business staff members. Key questions and reviews include: Grading their performance by most important responsibilities Conducting a performance review How and where do they spend their time? What would I …
Read More »International Job Eligibility in the Domestic Service Industry
Having approved over 1300+ private and domestic jobs on our household staffing jobs board since it began, I felt compelled to talk about international eligibility in the private staffing industry! All over the world there are some fantastically experienced and qualified private service professionals, chefs, estate managers and so on. I …
Read More »Voltaire
One summer I accepted a gig in France, the London agency paired me with a firecracker of a girl called Nina. Nina’s role was to serve at table for our client, a French aristocrat. Nina was from Oxford and Chile and was studying for her Masters. For her this job …
Read More »Domestic/Household Staff vs. Private Staff
At the upper end of assets and incomes are multiple and beautiful homes, fast changing schedules, a desire for the most elegant and effortless lifestyle, and either a high or low public profile. High net worth families and individuals need to hire household staff to keep up the residences, cook …
Read More »The Resume Alternative
A bit of history, CVs or resumes were just a mere formality during the 1930s…back then you probably could have written something brief on the back of a Cadbury’s wrapper and that would have passed off as your vocational press release. It took a further 20 years for CVs to …
Read More »The Golden Rules of Cleaning a Luxury Home
When cleaning anything; your main goal is to oust dirt. But you would need to determine just how far you are willing to go. The last thing you want is to ruin the very thing you are trying to clean. Besides, you also want to complete it as swiftly and …
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