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January 18th, 2018

1/18/2018

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5 Reasons Why You Should Hire Personal Assistant

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Many successful businessmen and businesswomen have experienced all benefits of hiring such professional time-managers and organizers as Personal Assistant.
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A qualified personal assistant can be a valuable asset both for your business and for your household.

For those who do not understand the real value of a personal assistant, and that the presence of such a candidate in your arsenal will significantly simplify your life, Morgan & Mallet International would like to provide a list of important responsibilities that can be performed by personal assistants :


  • Schedule management is one of the main tasks of a personal assistant. A busy person having a lot of tasks on their table may just forget to write down some arranged meeting in a diary and miss that after all. A personal assistant will always make sure that you remember about an important meeting or appointment and will reschedule it if necessary.
 
  • Make travel arrangements. A personal assistant will always be willing to organize their client’s trip should it be for business or pleasure. They can do their own research in order to find the best hotel for your business trip in any part of the world or contact special agencies in order to collect information about the best resorts for your vacation.  
 
  • Secretary role. Personal assistants can even cover such basic secretary role as filtering your phone calls, answering emails or dealing with correspondence.
 
  • Household management is an integral part of your daily life that takes a lot of your precious time you can spend with your family or on yourself. A personal assistant can help you with recruiting the right staff for your property as they definitely know your character, preferences and needs; they can deal with different kinds of payments; they can even contact contractors and suppliers and liaise with them afterwards so you will not need to bother if everything is done.
 
  • Event planning and gift shopping. You may feel free to ask your personal assistant to organize a corporate party or, if he/she is close to your family, the PA can arrange a birthday party, as normally a qualified and professional personal assistant may have such experience in their background. â€‹They will know how to book a table in the best restaurant in the city at a short notice or will have the list of bespoke catering companies for your event. They can keep a list of gifts you gave to your friends and relatives for birthday or Christmas last year and can recommend presents in the future or you can choose the present on your own and just ask your PA to order that. A good PA will always try to get a better price for their employer.

If you are still trying to find the right Personal Assistant or after reading this article you have decided to hire one for yourself, please feel free to contact Morgan & Mallet International.

Our consultants will provide the best specialists and the right personality for you.
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In case you have all the skills listed above, please feel free to apply through our agency so Morgan & Mallet International can help you meet your future employer. 
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January 16th, 2018

1/16/2018

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How to determinate the salary of the household employee

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Before starting the recruitment process, our consultants always have a fruitful conversation with the client, as it is important to understand the needs and expectations (and sometimes negotiate some points of the position) or give a piece of advice to the client.
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One of the most essential factors for initiating the search is to determine the salary for the right candidate.

Conducting around a hundred interviews per month with candidates from all over the world, our consultants can recommend the best range of salaries taking into consideration candidates’ expectations, marked rate, certainly client’s budget and much more.

Here are some factors that should be considered while determining the salary :


  • Market range is the basis for setting salary for a candidate. It is advisable to keep in mind that apart from “market” there are other factors that can affect the income of the candidate and we are going to speak about them further.

  • Duties. It goes without saying that each position depending on a household has its own specifics in terms of duties. It is a common practice that for example hiring a Butler, clients usually expect them to perform some House manager jobs, or hiring a Housekeeper cooking or babysitting is required. In that case, the market salary for average Butler jobs or Housekeeper jobs may not be enough. Our candidates are always flexible in terms of duties and willing to utilise all their skills fully but a good and multitasking employee should be rewarded and valued properly.

  • Schedule. We would also recommend taking into consideration the working schedule, as for example a candidate who used to work 9 hours per day will expect a higher salary while working 12 hours per day or 6 days per week. 

  • Experience. It is an obvious fact is that the salary of a candidate with 10 years of work experience in private families will be different than the salary of a candidate with 3 years’ experience. If a client is willing to hire a person with many years of experience working for different clients and in different households, our consultants would recommend adding some extra amount to the initial market salary.

  • Skills. Here we are not talking about such skills as problem solving, communication or any other general skills that cannot be checked without long-term cooperation with the candidate. We are rather talking about such skills as knowledge of other languages, cooking, staff management, facility management and even driving. We also have to take into consideration trainings that the candidate has completed, as the investment into professional development and additional knowledge should be rewarded. 

  • Location. Finally, an insignificant detail such as location plays its role in determining the salary too. For instance, not all candidates are used to living in isolated areas or ready to leave their country that is why if a client wants a good and professional candidate to stay in a position for a long time or relocate to distant countries they will have to offer a competitive salary.

Why should you work with Morgan & Mallet International ?

First of all, our main goal is to find the right and loyal candidate for each client.
Having around 50 000 candidates registered with us, our consultants always have suitable candidates in mind after a conversation with our clients.

And the last but not the least, Morgan & Mallet International always respects our clients’ needs and wishes. 

If you are still looking for the right recruitment agency then please do not hesitate to contact any of our offices worldwide.  

We are what you are looking for.
 
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January 04th, 2018

1/4/2018

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The Role of a Housekeeper within a Private Household

Having conducted numerous interviews with Housekeepers, we have noticed that most of our candidates do not fully understand their role in a private household and underestimate their experience and skills.

Especially, while discussing duties and responsibilities, most of the Housekeepers take their position for granted.
​Therefore, at the time when it is necessary to reveal as much as possible about the role and to show that they are real professionals in their industry, they become laconic and diffident.

​It is necessary to have a clear picture of your importance in a private household and to be able to convince first of all a recruiter and then your future employer that your services are an integral part of a busy household.

In order not to be unfounded, we would like to provide some examples that the work of a Housekeeper can be described with more than just the phrase "general property cleaning". During an interview you can specify what kind of cleaning you can perform, for instance deep cleaning, steam cleaning, carpet cleaning, heavy cleaning, like cleaning windows and furniture, as well as sanitizing of bathroom, kitchen and toilet, cleaning up the bedrooms and the living room, taking out the rubbish, dusting, vacuuming and mopping, cleaning of various surfaces (wooden, marble, glass, etc.).

Talking about kitchen cleaning during an interview, it will also be beneficial to mention what exactly you do for example stove top, oven or grill cleaning, cupboard interior and exterior cleaning, weekly fridge cleaning, etc. Housekeepers really specialise in looking after their client so when they come home after work everything is done (like all the cleaning, washing, ironing, folding, making beds, etc).

In case your role as a Housekeeper includes cooking, during the interview you can provide examples what dishes you can cook or which cuisine you specialise in. If you know how to take care of a luxury wardrobe, be sure to provide examples what fabrics need hand washing or dry cleaning. Moreover, it will be a great plus if you can name products that you use to remove different stains or which of them help you keep bed linen white and towels soft. 

Whatever the scope of the role, every Housekeeper should be flexible, competent and self-motivated, and the most important thing is to use your chance and time to convince a recruiter and a client that you have all those qualities. 

If you are looking for a job as a Housekeeper, or if you are a property owner and looking for a high standard Housekeeper, please feel free to contact Morgan & Mallet International offices worldwide, we will be delighted to assist.
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