The Charles MacPherson Academy is pleased to offer a selection of professional development courses in New York, LA, and Toronto in early 2020. People Management for Private Service Professionals: A 3-day course intended for those responsible for managing vendors, contractors, and household staff; it covers assessing household needs, hiring, training, and retaining people. House Cleaning…
EstateJobs, in partnership with Bonnie Low-Kramen, is pleased to offer a $200 discount on the BTUA 2-day workshops in 2020! Register now for the upcoming Be the Ultimate Assistant Workshop in New York City, March 6-7 and use code: EJ200 for the best available pricing. This highly interactive and content-rich workshop is geared towards: C-Suite…
Domestic Placement Network has revised and updated their agency website for 2020. Please visit the site and check out the new pages and content to see what’s changed. You may also offer feedback for updates, changes, and any “glitches” in navigation or content mistakes! Please send any relevant notes to david@dpnonline.com. Visit Site for more…
Take a look at this quick article for a light hearted view of robots as household help. Do you think our jobs are in jeopardy? Enjoy… There’s not a chore-bound child, teen, or adult who hasn’t wished for a robot to take on the tedium of household maintenance. Laundry? Mopping? Vacuuming? Dishes? Draining the dishes?…
We look forward to seeing the adoption rate of any new estate software. Will it finally answer the old question: Are we lacking the tools to automate, or is it about the people doing the work to automate? Maybe both? EstateSpace launched its estate management made simple SaaS platform at the Domestic Estate Manager Management Association…
Here’s a quick read about the role of Estate Managers that I believe is a good description. Enjoy… According to Greenwich Property Management owner John Hone, estate managers have to be trusted that each and every detail will always remain private and confidential. “Most owners,” he explains, “have extremely full lives between work and social…
Here’s a fun story about going the extra mile for your employer! Some behind-the-scenes from the royal household. Queen Elizabeth II came face to face with an intruder, when a man broke into Buckingham Palace, and disturbed the Queen in her bedroom, in July 1982. However, one butler, Paul Whybrew, who is affectionately known as “Tall…
Glad to see our associate featured for his London visit… They’ve shed the Victorian-era tuxedos and the strict rules of etiquette, but a man who’s billed as “Canada’s most famous butler” – and runs a successful training school producing the next era of domestic staff – is proof that butlers aren’t just relics of…
Here’s a quick look at the rising market for trained staff in Scotland. We’ve seen growing demand as the world economies are building the wealthy classes. With names like Jeeves, Carson, Hudson and Alfred, butlers have often been portrayed as almost as cut-glass posh as their employers, and often far smarter. Now butlers can claim to…
Here’s a great article from one of our long time agency clients about private service opportunities, in this case a Nanny career. You may be hard pressed to find anyone who fantasizes about becoming a professional nanny. Career days in classrooms are not often filled with students being wooed by the ins and outs…