The demands for household staffing are growing
For the past 20 years, the demands for household staff have been growing. Increasingly, the super-rich are stocking up on personal assistants, maids, butlers, estate managers, nannies, and executive assistants. Employment agencies that cater to the elite are more popular than ever.
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Many humble and hard-working people are behind the extravagant lifestyles of the rich and famous. I'm talking about the maids, butlers, drivers, cleaners, estate managers, and personal assistants. Staff members ensure that the movie stars never have to do domestic chores.
Many humble and hard-working people are behind the extravagant lifestyles of the rich and famous. I'm talking about the maids, butlers, drivers, cleaners, estate managers, and personal assistants. Staff members ensure that the movie stars never have to do domestic chores.
Working for the super-rich is lucrative
It can be a very lucrative career. Some domestic staff can earn more than $150,000 a year if you know the trade tricks. Let's talk about celebrities. There is almost nothing we don't want to know. Magazines tell us where they are working, sleeping, drinking -- and who works for them.
But for those of us who might never know what it is like to work as a movie star, at least now, there's a magazine that tells us what it's like to work for a celebrity.
Butlers, personal chefs, nannies, personal assistants, and estate managers should read up on their professions. People interested in breaking into the domestic staffing industry want to know what it takes to succeed.
But for those of us who might never know what it is like to work as a movie star, at least now, there's a magazine that tells us what it's like to work for a celebrity.
Butlers, personal chefs, nannies, personal assistants, and estate managers should read up on their professions. People interested in breaking into the domestic staffing industry want to know what it takes to succeed.
Working for the super-rich takes patience
Household staffing is a booming business in Hollywood. The government says the number of private household workers in Southern California has jumped 67% over the last five years, and these people can now get crucial insight into the industry. That way, you can hear it from a real-life butler, personal assistant, or estate manager.
Butlers can show you how to set a table for dinner properly. Did you know that a salad fork should always be a thumb's distance from the table's edge? Celebrity butlers can never make mistakes.
The same goes for nannies. One has to know how to calm down a child and understand the correct temperature of warm milk before it's consumed.
Butlers can show you how to set a table for dinner properly. Did you know that a salad fork should always be a thumb's distance from the table's edge? Celebrity butlers can never make mistakes.
The same goes for nannies. One has to know how to calm down a child and understand the correct temperature of warm milk before it's consumed.
Working for the rich and famous takes stamina
When preparing milk for a baby, you need to heat the water before you mix the formula, says a former celebrity personal assistant for someone rich and famous. As a celebrity's staff member, you can only give a little information about who you are or what you're doing to the public. They must be careful to protect the VIPs they work for.
When you work for someone famous, you can never discuss it because you must sign a non-disclosure agreement.
The question is, don't celebrities have enough already without armies of people trying to cater to every need? The fact is that everyone likes to get what they want. Personal assistants, estate managers, and butlers are trained to give their high-net-worth employers what they want without judgment. In this business, we call it a "service heart."
When you work for someone famous, you can never discuss it because you must sign a non-disclosure agreement.
The question is, don't celebrities have enough already without armies of people trying to cater to every need? The fact is that everyone likes to get what they want. Personal assistants, estate managers, and butlers are trained to give their high-net-worth employers what they want without judgment. In this business, we call it a "service heart."
