Many new postgraduates are willing to work as a domestic help 

Bachelors want to become home help

Many young women who have recently finished their degrees have applied to work as a domestic help. Most of them want to do the job part-time job so they can continue their efforts to find a better job.

Several who are good at foreign languages like English or Korean want to work for foreign families to get higher pay.

Thanh, who graduated from a university in HCM City wants to temporarily work as a domestic help. She uploaded her dossiers on online recruitment sites.

Many others of her age were also seeking for an opportunity to work the job.

Xuan Duyen, 23, a financial bachelor want to find a temporary job as a home help. After uploading a CV on recruitment sites, she has received several responses.

Even though 23 year-old Nguyen Thi Huyen has a job as an accountant for one year, she is still looking for a part-time job to improve her income.

“I’m seeking for an opportunity to work as a cleaner at restaurants and guesthouses or domestic help for Overseas Vietnamese or foreign families. I’m good at English. I love children very much and can cook as well,” Thanh said in her CV.

Hanh, a 20-year-old female student of University of Law, wants to work as a domestic help during her free time. She has uploaded her CV on some employment websites.

Change in way of thinking

Previously, people tended to be apprehensive when talking about their job as a domestic help. However, nowadays, young people feel free to admit to the work.

“Now it’s really difficult to find a good job. I want to work as a domestic help for a short time before finding a better job as I don’t want to continue to live off my parents,” Thanh said.

According to her, there’s nothing to be ashamed about doing domestic help.

Several other new postgraduates shared the same view with Hanh. So they have no problem including their close friends or family members as references in their CVs.

Common payment for the job are some VND3 million (USD143.5) per month for a full-time job and around VND1 million (USD47.80) for a part-time job.

Those who are good at foreign languages and want to work for foreign families offered to work at from VND3-5 million (USD143.5-239.10) per month.

Despite the high demand for home help, many families are still hesitant to recruit those who uploaded their CVs on employment websites.

Thu Ha from Hanoi’s Hang Bong Street said, “There are recently a lot of news stories talking about domestic helps harming their landlords. My ex-home help has just quit her job but I dare not recruit a new one via online forums. I feel more secured with those who have are introduced by my friends or relatives.”

This means that young applicants for home help jobs may not find it that easy to get a job.