Filipino maid, that is, Filipino maid, is a senior maid from the Philippines, that is, a domestic service staff, Filipino maid is educated, understands English, known as "the world's most professional nanny" reputation, in the world housekeeping industry "Filipino maid" can be regarded as a world-renowned brand.

Filipino maids' footprints can be said to be all over the world, which is inseparable from the "World Housekeeping Service" brand established by the Philippines over the years. Far from looking down on maids, Filipinos feel that it is a great honor for a family to have women working overseas, and many highly educated women are willing to work as domestic helpers.

Filipino maids appeared in China, the "first generation" Filipino maids appeared in the 70s of the last century, in 1970 there were about 50 Filipino maids in Hong Kong, they were mainly employed by British and American families living in Hong Kong, Filipino maids were popular in Hong Kong after the 80s of the last century, with the economic take-off, women in the 80s of the last century have gone out of the family for employment, housework needs to be "fake hands on people", many families began to hire Filipino maids as domestic helpers, to the peak in 2001, Filipino maids are very popular.

Filipino maids have also quietly developed to neighboring countries, but due to various reasons such as prices, policies and living habits, the Filipino maid market has not been as hot as imagined, and the high price may be the reason why employers dare not hire.

The Philippines allows and encourages its people to work overseas, expects to improve the livelihood of the domestic people, attaches great importance to overseas workers, and every Christmas when foreign workers return to visit their relatives in China, they will roll out the red carpet at the Capital International Airport, set up a special fast track, and the welfare of overseas workers will also hold a special pick-up welcome ceremony.

In addition to female maids, Filipino overseas workers also include male tradesmen, seafarers and construction workers, whose remittances are an important and stable income for the Philippines, making them the country's "new heroes".

With more than one million legal workers, the Philippines is Asia's largest labor exporter.

Overseas female workers mainly include: nurses, midwives, entertainment operators, hotel service and hospitality, English teachers, a small number of white-collar workers, and then maids, of which the latter account for 60%.

The idea of making ends meet, raising a family, becoming wealthy, and even emigrating because of poverty is the main reason why Filipino women go abroad to work as domestic servants.

Many people in the Philippines live below the poverty line, and poverty is the primary problem faced by most families, while single-parent families in the Philippines are more common, and many families choose to have girls go out to support their families under the traditional idea of preference for sons, leaving more opportunities for boys to enjoy.

Wives and sisters are normal and helpless choices in the eyes of most Filipinos, and they cannot be considered embarrassing.

Those who choose to be a maid also think that there is nothing wrong with this profession, let alone something unseemly. On the contrary, many people who choose to go abroad to work as maids are regarded as high-quality people by the people around them because they have a higher education than others.

She told us that she had queued up at the Overseas Employment Agency office to register for an opportunity to work abroad, but that waiting was not an option. So in the end, with the introduction of her fellow countryman, she decided to work in Manila for a few years and wait for the opportunity. She's been doing it for 4 years.

Lia told us that she specializes in working as a maid for foreigners, and each family only works for about a year, in order to accumulate more "foreign-related" experience and get more employer recommendation certificates, so as to get the opportunity to make money abroad as soon as possible.

I also learned how to cook Korean, Chinese, and Japanese food. Because she speaks English well, is smart, and capable, every employer is reluctant to let her go. She said that several of her "masters" commented that they were "reluctant to let Lia leave", "I have never seen such a tireless and hard-working helper", etc., as she said, these are her migrant work capital, not inferior to her college diploma.

Singapore and the United States are the favorites of the maids. These places have high salaries and relatively few language barriers.

The first two places are very close to the Philippines and have similar climates. And the latter, due to various reasons of historical formation, has always been the dream of Filipinos as an immigrant paradise.

The income of some white-collar beauties, there are indeed many college graduates and even graduate students, who would rather give up their positions in China and willingly realize their dream of gold rush.

There are more than 180,000 Filipino maids there, the largest Filipino maids in the country and region, and I have seen them in groups, dressed brightly, and laughing in the Central area.

The United Kingdom, Malaysia and Taiwan, China, are also countries and regions with a high concentration of Filipino maids.

Myron said that the Philippines jointly supervises and coordinates labor agency companies and agencies in the two places, and the work of both supply and demand is very standardized.

The contract period of Filipino maids is two to three years, and they have the opportunity to return to China to visit relatives after the expiration of the period, and most of the employers and employers will automatically renew the contract.

She insisted on sending money to her children in the Philippines every month, but she was reluctant to return to the Philippines.

Speaking of the quality of Filipino maids, many places are rumored that they have undergone special training, in fact, this is not the case, most Filipino maids have no formal training, generally by asking fellow villagers, asking the neighbor's maid for advice, and learning from the hostess to gain experience, but why can Filipino maids be famous abroad? What are their strengths?

Some non-governmental navigation schools and nursing schools are indeed very serious about cultivating relevant talents, and they have special certificates after graduation.

Usually go to remote provinces to recruit people, as long as they pass the main aspects such as language, appearance, health, etc., and simply teach various basic skills, they can enter the "expatriate" stage, as for those with slightly inferior conditions, they will stay in the country for exercise.

Because the most demanded ordinary household full-time maids in foreign countries, their scope of work is mainly simple labor such as buying vegetables and cooking, washing and ironing beds, cleaning and tidying up the room, etc., which do not require complex training, but senior and professional domestic helpers or housekeeper maids must be trained, and this part is not in high demand.

Ms. Gigi believes that the popularity of Filipino maids is mainly due to their unique innate conditions.

Due to the bilingual education in the Philippines, English and Tagalog are the official languages, and the English proficiency of the maids can be imagined, and this is due to its education system.

For example, most Filipinos are patient, kind, Catholic, optimistic, simple, tolerant, easy to adapt to foreign cultures and unfamiliar environments, and willing to live under others.

In the Philippines, it is common for middle-class families to have maids. It is said that in Egypt, if there is no Filipino maid, even if it is rich, it will not be regarded as an upper-class person, in Italy, Filipino maids have become "sought-after goods" because of their "clean, honest, and Catholicism".

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