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House Manager vs Estate Manager vs Head of Household
The three titles describe different roles, used interchangeably in conversation and in job adverts. This creates confusion during hiring, friction inside households after placement, and a candidate po
A travelling position is a private staff role where the candidate moves with the principal or family between residences, yachts, seasonal locations, and international trips. The job is not a standard
Most principals approach their first family office hire as if they were filling a job. They write a description, list the responsibilities, set a budget, and start interviewing. The first hire in a si
Private Office Team Structures at Different Stages
A family office is not a static organisation. It evolves with the family's wealth, the complexity of the mandate, and the principal's appetite for structure. The team that serves a family wi
What to Expect When You Engage a Private Recruitment Firm
Engaging a specialist recruitment firm is different from engaging a corporate recruiter. The process is closer, slower at the front end, faster at the back end, and more demanding of the client than m
Every conversation about salaries for private staff at some point encounters a published range. A recruitment aggregator, a trade association, a salary guide, an HR platform. The numbers look authorit
Founders hire differently from inherited principals. The pace is faster, the priorities shift more often, the work bleeds across personal and professional life, and the decision rhythm is rarely struc
Most recruitment agencies present CVs. We present candidates. The distinction matters. A CV is a document. A candidate is a person whose personality, judgement, and behaviour under pressure have been
From Yacht to Land: Transitioning to Private Households
Yacht crew leave yachts. Most do, eventually. The average career on yachts is shorter than people expect: three to seven years for many crew, longer for some, but few make a full career at sea. The qu
Public salary data for private household staff is misleading. The figures on job boards reflect the mid-market, not the UHNW segment. A housekeeper at a three-bedroom home in the suburbs and a houseke
Private hiring operates on trust and verification. The two are not the same. Trust is built over time, through observed behaviour and track record. Verification is done up front, through structured ba
Principals who have built successful companies often have large, well-resourced HR functions. Dedicated teams, executive search partners, internal talent pipelines, and sophisticated hiring processes.
The three ways to engage a recruitment firm look similar on paper and produce very different outcomes in practice. Clients who understand the distinction get better hires, faster, with less disruption
The net-gross distinction is the most common source of budget confusion in private hiring, especially for cross-border households. Candidates describe salaries in net terms, clients budget in gross, a
The Definitive Guide to Executive Assistants in Family Offices
An Executive Assistant in a family office is not a corporate EA working for a wealthy person. The title overlaps, but the job is different. A family office EA sits inside a small, discreet team that s
Family offices sit somewhere between private capital and institutional investing. They have the long time horizons of family wealth, the flexibility of private capital, and increasingly the institutio
Three of the most common support titles in private life are used almost interchangeably. A principal says they need a PA. The brief describes an EA. The role as hired turns out to be a Chief of Staff.
Most recruitment firms accept most mandates. The economics of contingent and sometimes retained recruitment encourage it. A brief arrives, a fee is on the table, the firm says yes. Six weeks later, th
