The Case for a Specialist Placement Agency When Staffing Your Private Home

When you charter a private jet or commission a bespoke yacht, you turn to people who have spent their careers in that world. Staffing a private residence to the same standard is no different. Yet every year, employers rely on generalist recruiters to fill roles that demand something far more considered — and often pay the price in poor appointments, disrupted households, and compromised privacy.

At The Curated Household Company, we work exclusively in private household placement. Here is what that means in practice.

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A Candidate Network That Cannot Be Replicated

The most accomplished professionals in private service are not always browsing job boards. They move through a small, closely held community — known, approached directly, and rarely advertised. The Curated Household Company has spent years building relationships with precisely these people. We know who is available, who is considering a move, and who would be the right fit for a particular employer and household. No algorithm replicates that.

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Vetting Proportionate to the Stakes

Your household staff are present in your most private spaces, witness to your family's daily life. Every candidate we put forward has been through in-person or video interviews examining character, values, and discretion. We verify employment histories, conduct structured telephone references with former employers — not written testimonials — and run enhanced background and financial checks as standard. What a former employer does not say often tells us more than what they do. Read more about our placement process.

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Discretion as a Working Principle

When possible, we conduct our searches without any public-facing advertising. Candidates are approached individually, on a confidential basis, and in many cases do not learn the employer's identity until an advanced stage of the process. We have built our reputation by being the people that employers, family offices, and private wealth advisors trust — and that trust is contingent on absolute discretion.

The finest private household is one where everything runs beautifully and nothing is discussed.

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Placements Built to Last

A senior staff member who leaves after eight months takes irreplaceable institutional knowledge with them. Our fee should not be compared with a general recruitment commission — it should be weighed against the true cost of getting the appointment wrong. Because we understand what employers need and what motivates long-serving household professionals, our placements hold. We stay in contact with placed staff and employers alike, and we address small issues long before they become reasons to resign.

A private home is not a commercial operation. It is where a family lives. The people who staff it deserve to be chosen with the same care and judgement brought to every other aspect of a well run private life. The Curated Household Company is happy to talk through any appointment in complete confidence.