Hello World! Welcome Friends! Maids for residential homes in Australia get a pretty decent salary, but some might be tempted to supplement that by stealing from their employers. If you have a look at some forums on the maid topic, you can find all sorts of horror stories. It’s one thing if your housekeeper puts on a bit of your perfume, but a very different thing when she pockets your gold earrings or any other valuables you might leave lying around. What can you do to prevent this from happening to you? Check, check, and check again!
Look for Someone Highly Recommended
When you decide you need a housekeeper, you’ll turn to the Internet and, maybe, ask around among friends and neighbors.
There are many agencies in Australia that offer maids, gardeners or nannies. Check out those in your city, but don’t look just at their salary expectations. This might be misleading.
The average salary for a maid in Australia is $27.50 per hour, or $53,625 a year. A person with little experience in this type of job might ask for less, around $45,000 a year, while highly-recommended maids could ask as much as $72,000 a year, which is quite a good salary.
Don’t pick those that offer their services cheapest, as this might end up costing you more. More, as in discovering that things around the house go suddenly missing and the maid swears she hasn’t even seen them.
Ask for Police Checks
You need to consider the fact that this person will have unrestricted access to your house. Even if you’re a sensible person and don’t keep large sums of money around the house and lock your valuables in a safe, you cannot hide everything, nor would you want to do that.
The best thing is to ask every candidate for the maid position if they’re willing to submit a background check. Be as polite as possible, but make it clear that this is a non-negotiable precondition. If they refuse, they probably have a criminal record, so just let them go.
Once a person agrees to a background check, just go online, enter their details on the standard form, upload a photo of that individual (a selfie will do) and there you go. Such agencies are fully accredited with the ACIC so they’ll provide you an accurate criminal history check mostly in just 2-3 business days.
If their police check comes back clean you’ll know that at least they’ve never been convicted for stealing. Also, make sure they don’t have drug-related offenses on their criminal record, as addicts are always in need of money to support their habit.
Also, explain to the candidates you’re going to take care of everything and they don’t have anything to do. In Australia, there are several online character check agencies like the following website for ANCC – https://www.australiannationalcharactercheck.com.au offering quick background checks at very affordable rates.
Ask for References
A professional maid needs to have a few letters of recommendation from previous employers. Don’t just give those letters a cursory glance. Ask for the names and contact numbers and be sure to give them a call. Nobody minds receiving such calls as they understand how important it is to find a reliable housekeeper.
In case you’re choosing someone you found online, see if they have good ratings on the agency’s website.
Another smart idea is to google their name. If an employer had a negative experience with that person, you might find their story on some forum.
Bonus tip: In times like these, you can never be too careful. Ask the candidate about their health, about the vaccines they had, and, of course, if they can provide the results of their latest medical checkup. After all, this person will be in your house every day and you don’t want them spreading germs or nasty viruses.
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