My 18 yr old daughter wants to do a gap year working overseas. Her good mate is going to work at a boarding school in the UK. Unfortunately there are no more positions available at that school.
Yesterday she said she had emailed a company that specializes in matching au pairs with overseas families. The company said they had a match and she needed to pay them $1800 that day to secure the position. They called her several times.
I told her that was very sus and when I investigated the company there were warnings from the QLD government and 2 of its 3 arms were in the hands of liquidators.
Has anyone here had some experience with this sort of thing? Either au pair or working in overseas boarding schools. Can anyone recommend a reputable specialist company?
Overseas work as an 'Au Pair"
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smells fishy.
turnaround seems too fast. no interviews or meeting with family either.
avoid.
Red flags all over this.
DO NOT SEND ANY MONEY IN ADVANCE - well known scam
I work as a nurse advocate and our nurses go overseas as nannys au pairs carers and private nurses all the time. These positions are in high demand and it is routine for companies to pay you to register not you paying them.
Almost certainly a scam.
Tell your daughter to link up with other carers who've already been and see what broker/recruiter they used. Word of mouth referrals work really well in this sector.play with them. ask them for the bank details say you'll deposit that evening. they'll ring in a few days and say it has come through, tell them you're with a building society it may take a little longer, get them to call back in a few days, they call later and say they haven't received it. tell them to check with their bank and call you back. (they will check). they'll ring back and say it has been received. ask them to confirm their bank details. tell them you made a mistake in entering their details so you have to chase up with your bank. tell them to call back in a few days….
just keep going with this sort of crap.
Who has that time or patience to do that crap
but seriously, we had a nanny here in brisbane who went to London to work as a nanny/au pair. she scored a great job with a couple with 2 young kids who would take her on holiday with them (Bermuda, Switzerland, Spain). she really enjoyed the work. it wasn't a live-in position though. but she did live with her sister in a bedsit in Earls Court.
My friends sister scored a job at a girls boarding school as a boarding room supervisor. she loved it. spent 3 years there. met a guy from the british army, got married, had kids, and has been there since 1998.
I would. i love to phish
No way, Jose.
Don't do it.
This sound very wrong. Before I even agreed to work for someone or equally work for me, I would like to meet them. I wouldn't trust a company to recruit some 18 year old with no previous experience to look after my children without at least meeting and talking to them. This is a fleece and you should do you research on companies like this before you recruit them to find you work, understand their process and fee's.