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Creating a Personal Portfolio: How to Showcase Your Expertise to VIP Clients
Apr 23, 2025
When elite families hire a nanny, governor, or private tutor , they aren’t just glancing at a two-page résumé. They want the Netflix trailer of your professional life: fast-paced  highlights, sparkling testimonials, and proof that you can transform jet-lagged toddlers into violin-playing polyglots who also eat broccoli (occasionally). Enter the personal portfolio : part digital calling card, part brag book, part insurance...
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Teaching Overseas: What to Expect and How Best to Adapt
Feb 27, 2025
Teaching abroad is a life-changing experience that offers professional growth, cultural enrichment, and the chance to make a lasting impact on students. However, adapting to a new country’s educational system, lifestyle, and customs can be both exciting and challenging. Whether you’re moving abroad to teach English as a foreign language (TEFL), working at an international school, or tutoring privately for high-net-worth families,...
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Rollama Your Way to Perfect English Grammar!
May 05, 2023
This week's blog is an interview with Andrew Lowery, creator of Rollama, an online interactive English grammar tool.  Can you describe Rollama in one sentence for someone who has never heard of it before? Rollama is a web app of interactive games for English spelling, punctuation, and grammar (SPAG), which uses gamification mechanics to incentivise regular practise and help all students build fluent fundamentals. What...
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Find an Au Pair: The Ultimate Guide to Finding the Right Fit For You
Apr 05, 2023
Welcome to our in-depth guide on finding the perfect au pair for your family. At Jobs in Childcare, we pride ourselves on being experts in the childcare industry. As such, we are eager to share our wealth of knowledge and experience with you, making your journey to find an au pair as smooth and successful as possible. Let's dive into the world of au pairs, exploring the main points, decision-making factors, and important ideas for...
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Highest Paying Teaching Jobs: Get Paid Big to Teach as an In-Demand Educator!
Mar 22, 2023
Welcome to our Jobs in Childcare comprehensive insight into teaching jobs with the absolute best paid salaries. Our expert perspective will provide you with all the factors you need to consider in your career as you swim towards the most lucrative and rewarding teaching opportunities available across the globe. In this extensive guide, we'll delve into each of the most common top paying teaching positions in reverse-financially-satisfying...
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What is it Like Teaching in Korea?
Nov 05, 2020
Do you want to know how to teach ESL in Korea? This week, we spoke to Matt Fennell about teaching TEFL in Korea. Matt Fennell (PGCE, MA Education, TESOL-Certified) is an English teacher and tutor from Liverpool, England. He has been teaching English as a foreign language (TEFL) for thirteen years. He taught in a secondary school in England for two years before moving to Korea to teach in schools and then to work as a university lecturer,...
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What is a Governess: The Role of a Governess for Women and Children!
Sep 08, 2020
What is a Governess? Discover the Private Household Role of a Governess! A governess is a woman employed to teach and train children in a private household. She typically provides education, discipline, and moral guidance to the children under her care. The role of a governess has evolved over time, but it remains an important part of childcare for some families. A common first step in childcare for parents is hiring a nanny to care...
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7 Top Languages Nannies and Tutors Should Teach Their Charges
Aug 07, 2020
The demand for language skills has seen a definite upward trend in recent years. Knowledge of a foreign language is now ranked eighth among the most sought-after skills in the corporate world. Research studies have also found that bilinguals and multi-lingual have  received significantly more job opportunities since 2010 .  Learning a second language at an early age promotes healthy development in children. It also helps them gain cognitive...
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Top Tips from Childcare Agency Experts!
Jun 24, 2020
Finding the right nanny job  can be a challenging task. We wanted to give you some expert tips on your nanny job search.  We spoke to our valued nanny recruitment experts from successful nanny and governess placement agencies and compiled these Top 10 expert tips on job hunting.  Read on to discover what the nanny and governess agencies suggest doing when you see nanny required job vacancies in London and worldwide! Time for a new job?...
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Language Activity Ideas for Young Children
Apr 16, 2019
Language Activity Ideas for Young Children About the author : Fluent in French and English, Ali Neill has a long history in teaching languages to children as well as adults, through workshops, babysitting, tutoring and classes. She is also the job board tester and editor for the Jobboard Finder , the largest job board search engine in the world. At a young age, children are capable of learning new languages almost effortlessly....
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