I am in Canada and have been using nanny for the past few years. According to my interview candidates before and from the agency, they need to fulfil the following:
-- university degree
-- 3 years working experience as nanny, or attended the child care course
For the skill set, I found they can lie on their resume. They put whatever they wanted. Of course, your bun bun will teach her how to put a standard resume together. They just have to pay the agency.
I mean, as long as they have money to pay to the agency (which will help them to find employers in here), the agency will teach them what to do to increase their chance and they do have standard answers of stuffs. One of the resume I've seen before, she only has been in HK for 9 months and that's it!
9 months??
It means that they are not required to finish a 2 yrs contract??
原帖由 BananaCupCake 於 11-2-16 12:41 發表
I mean, as long as they have money to pay to the agency (which will help them to find employers in here), the agency will teach them what to do to increase their chance and they do have standard answe ...
no need to complete 2 year contract! My previous maid went to canada too before completion of her 2-year contract. My maid lied to me and asked me to sign a letter to her, then it takes about 3-4 weeks, she resigned suddendly.
Banana Cup Cake, can you tell why it is so easy for a maid become a citizen in Canada after their work for 2-years?!?! A lot of HK maids are dreaming to be a Canada citizen with their family members, they come to work in HK is just a stepping stone.
Banana cup cake, do maids need reference letter or proof of working experience at all? I heard that they could lie about their experience to work in Canada...
Being a nanny in here is like being a princess -- government's always protect them more than the employer. According to the law in here, as long as you came to Canada for domestic helper, as long as you work for 2 years or 2400 hours (forgot how many but it's equal to 2 years FT hours) in 3 years, they can apply for land immigrant. Hong kong people need to pay a lot of money and trying to find a way to get in here but those bun bun just came here being princess for 2 years and they are good!
They no not need to stay in HK/oversea for 2 years!
Let me tell you why all bunbun are dying for coming over:
-- they only work 37.5 hours per week. If we ask them to work overtime we have to pay. Any hr over 40hr has to pay 1.5 times of her salary
--minimum wage is $10.25 per hour in here (Toronto). So they earn like triple of what they earn in HK!
-- They can break the contract anytime, just 2 weeks notice then it's done!!!
-- Some of the employee would apply US travelling visa for them too. I am one of them. Sometimes we need to go to US and we need bunbun to take care of kids. It's very hard for them to apply on their own and it cost $125 USD.
Generally, it's good if they can present a reference letter from previous employer and even pics with kids. However it's not a requirement. After my 1st nanny, I applied for another one from HK as well. She has a really good reference letter from her employer (but no phne number and I cannot prove if it's real). However after 2 weeks of her arrival she resigned!!! Apparently she has relatives in here but she lied before she came and she just using me to sponsor her to come over! I was so mad and agency said they can find another one for me, but I didn't have another 6 months to wait.
So I hire locally with local agency instead of chinese agency. My existing bun worked in HK for almost 2 years and work in Toronto for 1 year before. But in Canada, we cannot apply the way that we use bunbun in here. They can refuse to do anything other than taking care of kids, unless you list them all on contract and she is ok with it. They also have a hotline to complaint about employer for anything. But we, as employer, have no where to complaint and nothing to protect us.
Thank you for your reply! You know as an domestic helper's Employer in HK is not easy....! The one who graduated from University always dreaming to go to Canada...., they borrow money in HK for their agency fee to Canada and leftover a lot of troubles to us after they left HK....!
I was suffered from this problem before, no matter how hard we try to prevent this to be happended again, if the Canada government is so kind for them, I think I better to apply as a maid for you in Canada....., then I can move my family there after 2-year...!
found out the following from the website of Philpine Overseas Employment Administration (an official website of the Phil Govvernment.
Requirement for Philos to work as nannies in Canada:
1・Successful completion of the equivalent of a Canadian high school education. Philippine High School Level has only the equivalent of 10 years high school in Canada. In order to have the equivalent of Canadian High School, completion of an additional 2 years of studies is necessary.
2・Within the last 3 years, you must have completed 6 months of full-time formal training in a field related to the job you want in Canada; or, you must have completed 12 months of full-time paid employment (please note this must include at least 6 months of continuous employment) in a field related to the work you want to do in Canada.
3・ Ability to speak read and understand either English or French.
原帖由 BananaCupCake 於 11-2-17 10:54 發表
Being a nanny in here is like being a princess -- government's always protect them more than the employer. According to the law in here, as long as you came to Canada for domestic helper, as long as ...
Then Bun Bun really "大晒" in Canada.
My bun told me the policy change and the employers in Canada should pay all application fee for hiring helpers. Is it true??
原帖由 BananaCupCake 於 11-2-17 11:03 發表
Generally, it's good if they can present a reference letter from previous employer and even pics with kids. However it's not a requirement. After my 1st nanny, I applied for another one from HK as w ...
原帖由 littlepig 於 11-2-17 03:08 AM 發表
但我聽我朋友說加拿大政府去年已取消佢哋可以成為當地的公民資格, 到底是不是?
I heard about that too. They are suggesting that but it's not pass the yet. That would be good at least those bad bunbun cannot use us to stay in Canada!!!
I have just signed a contract with a Bun Bun who has very good reference from her previous employer.(I talked to her employer on phone as well.) Later I found out that her intention is to work in Canada. But her last application to work there was rejected.
Will she be able to try again ?
If so how would I know?
I don't want to go through all the hassle of looking for another helper again too soon.