Golden Rules for Employers

URGENT – You Must Read This Before Employing
Domestic/Household Staff!

A major survey carried out by The Graham Agency into the most important things  prospective employers of domestic and household needs to know, revealed 15 Golden Rules.

Follow these Golden Rules to  ensure you do not have any hidden surprises in your selection process.

  1. Have all of the candidate’s references been checked?
  2. Can you speak to their referees?
  3. Does the candidate have a DBS (a Disclosure and Barring Service check, formerly a Criminal Records Bureau check)?
  4. Has the agency placed the candidate before/are they known to them?
  5. Does the candidate have somewhere else to go on their days off? You may want to spend time in your home alone.
  6. Can the candidate travel with the family as required on holidays?
  7. Does the candidate have their own family in the UK or elsewhere?
  8. Is the candidate flexible, for example, for babysitting and/or helping at dinner parties?
  9. Will the candidate be willing to work over the weekends and have time off in the week?
  10. Is the candidate’s level of fitness appropriate to the home in which they will be working, particularly in a very large house?
  11. Does the candidate like pet animals?
  12. Is the candidate skilled at cooking and able to meet specific dietary requirements?
  13. What other skills and qualifications do they have?
  14. Does the candidate have acceptable English-speaking skills? And do they speak any other language?
  15. Does the candidate have the right to work in the UK?

Using  professional recruitment consultants with relevant experience will ensure that all these checks are carried out. So when you are looking for domestic and household staff talk to us first.

I would like to thank you all for the care and attention you gave to ensure that our housekeeper was just right for us.

My family back home has welcomed me and I am enjoying my new life with the family you found for me.

Using The Graham Agency was a truly good decision, from first chat to welcoming the candidate you found for us was simplicity itself. Excellent matchmaking.

I have been working for this family now for just over a year, and am able to enjoy life and save.

The idea of finding a domestic staff member for the first time on our own was intimidating, so we would like to express our gratitude for taking away all the issues for us.

I would just like to say a big Thank You for finding the perfect job for me.

I would like to thank you all for the care and attention you gave to ensure that our housekeeper was just right for us.

My family back home has welcomed me and I am enjoying my new life with the family you found for me.

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