Agencies

First thing you may want to do is research on maid agencies in Singapore. They can be found in many places around Singapore and the information they give might be of great help. Agencies can provide you with resumes of many people looking to be hired as a Singapore maid. There are also some online agencies that you can check out, namely NetMaid (http://www.netmaid.com.sg) and MaidLibrary (http://maidlibrary.com.sg). Websites like these can make the task a while lot easier.

Why Choose Agencies?

If you are looking for an employee you can trust and one who is hard-working, you will have to go to a maid agency. These agencies make the task of finding a maid much easier. Most of the resumes of people looking for such jobs are passed on to agencies in Singapore. This is good for them as it protects their rights and it also protects the rights of employers.

Your Preference

After you choose an agency, prepare to do some paperwork. Documents that you submit will tell the agencies what you are looking for in a maid. This information will help the agencies single out the right people for you. Information that you provide regarding your preferences can include factors such as age and educational background. The more preference information that you provide, the more narrowed down your choices will be.

Location

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.

Responsible Employing

Hiring a Singapore maid is something that you, as an employer, should be responsible for. This is the same for any country you live in and involves you hiring people. Singapore laws state that an employer is responsible for all medical expenses of his or her maid. This is one of the expenses that include medical care and hospitalization fees.

Security

Also known as a Security Bond, Singapore agencies will expect that you pay a deposit of $5000 to cover costs of repatriating a maid. Remember that a Singapore maid will most likely be from another of the countries that were mentioned previously. This deposit is made with the Work Permit Department or at MOM. Keep in mind that failing to repatriating a maid after the end of her work permit will mean that you lose that security deposit.

Hiring a Singapore maid may seem complicated because of the things that you need to remember and follow. But beyond all the strict rules and paperwork that you have to go through to hire a person to help with your household work, you will see that it is worth all the trouble if you follow the requirements of agencies and the local government.