Advertise yourself
Have you ever applied for a job? Now that is interesting because when going to a job they are not interested in what music you like and what is your lifestyle.
Families do!!! This is why is important to write a good “Dear Family” letter. A good letter is the one that is not too long but not short either. It is your little history that is relevant to the Au Pair job. For a model of “Dear Family” letter please Click here. You could also look for other examples just going to other websites and checking other Au Pair's Dear Family letters.
Now that you wrote your Dear Family letter you can start to look for ways to let families know about you.
There are couple ways to do that:
* Au Pair Agency It is a legal requirement in some countries.
* An agency will find you a family.
* You will have to pay a fee.
* They will check if the family has got the condition to invite you to join them.
* You get services after you have been placed – in case the relationship doesn’t work they’ll find another family for you.
* Au Pair websites Good searching facilities
* You will have to pay less money than the agency one to get access to contact details of the family.
* Usually families pay for the right to contact you so you won’t have to.
* Basically is free for you but you are not getting much options
* Free websites The classified ads websites
* Lets you advertise yourself for free
* You have to contact the family direct to get more information
* Friends network We consider it to be the best option
* It is free and reliable
* Smoother integration in the host family.
We advise you to use all of them if you can. Make a Dear Family letter and a profile and submit it to as many websites and agencies as possible. It takes around 25 minutes to submit it to a website so take some time and do it. If more families know about you then you’ve got more chances to get picked by one of them. Think how much time and resources you have. Paid services are good but you might want the free option so after you decide that plan your action and spend some time submitting information.
Have you ever applied for a job? Now that is interesting because when going to a job they are not interested in what music you like and what is your lifestyle.
Families do!!! This is why is important to write a good “Dear Family” letter. A good letter is the one that is not too long but not short either. It is your little history that is relevant to the Au Pair job. For a model of “Dear Family” letter please Click here. You could also look for other examples just going to other websites and checking other Au Pair's Dear Family letters.
Now that you wrote your Dear Family letter you can start to look for ways to let families know about you.
There are couple ways to do that:
* Au Pair Agency It is a legal requirement in some countries.
* An agency will find you a family.
* You will have to pay a fee.
* They will check if the family has got the condition to invite you to join them.
* You get services after you have been placed – in case the relationship doesn’t work they’ll find another family for you.
* Au Pair websites Good searching facilities
* You will have to pay less money than the agency one to get access to contact details of the family.
* Usually families pay for the right to contact you so you won’t have to.
* Basically is free for you but you are not getting much options
* Free websites The classified ads websites
* Lets you advertise yourself for free
* You have to contact the family direct to get more information
* Friends network We consider it to be the best option
* It is free and reliable
* Smoother integration in the host family.
We advise you to use all of them if you can. Make a Dear Family letter and a profile and submit it to as many websites and agencies as possible. It takes around 25 minutes to submit it to a website so take some time and do it. If more families know about you then you’ve got more chances to get picked by one of them. Think how much time and resources you have. Paid services are good but you might want the free option so after you decide that plan your action and spend some time submitting information.
