Have you made the big move to the City of Lions and are looking for the right Singapore maid? For many people, it’s difficult just to pick a person and hire them on the spot to help with household chores. After all, the person one hires has to be trusted and has to also be a hard worker. So what are the things that one can do to find the right maid to help around the household?
Agent
A good place to start is to get information from maid agencies. Maid agencies can be found in many parts of Singapore and from here you can get valuable agencies on ones with proper certification from the local government. An agency provides you with resumes of many individuals who are looking for a job as a Singapore maid.
Why Choose Agencies?
A maid agency is probably the best place to go if you are looking for a trustworthy and loyal employee for your household. Agencies can make this activity much simpler for you. Most resumes for the position of housemaid are passed on to agencies in Singapore. This is good for both the employee and the employer as it makes any transaction safe and it also protects both parties’ rights.
Your Preference
After finding the right agency, the next step is submitting required papers. These documents basically are for you to indicate your preference in an employee. This will help agencies determine which person or people will be good for your household. This information can include anything from how old a person is to how much education she has attained. Advice is to include all your preferences so that you have a better choice of employees to choose from.
Knowing Where They Are From
In Singapore, you cannot just hire a person from any country in the world. Most agencies will advise you that you can only hire maids from the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) approved source for Foreign Domestic Workers. Countries that are approved in most Singapore agencies are Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, India and Bangladesh. With this information, you can better prepare yourself by looking into the background of each country and their people. This will help you avoid any misunderstandings in culture.
Your Responsibilities
Hiring a maid in Singapore comes with many responsibilities. Of course, this holds true in any country where you decide to settle. In Singapore, it is the employer who takes care of, for example, all the medical expenses of a maid. This includes medical care and hospital fees that are incurred.
Security Fee
For security of the maid, an agency will require an employer to make a security deposit. This is because most of the maids in Singapore are from another country. The deposit is made to the MOM or to the Work Permit Department. Once a contract expires with a maid, an employer must repatriate that employee or else risk losing the security deposit made.
Getting a Singapore maid may come with complicated processes. But these strict rules are necessary and you will find that it is worth going through all the trouble of working with agencies and the local Singapore government.
