The Recruitment Diaries: Life in Private Staffing
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S7 E13: Helena Vavrikova - Building a Career Across Multiple Roles Within Private Service (opens the original)
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What does it really take to build a career across multiple roles within private service ? In this episode of Recruitment Diaries: Life in Private Staffing , Philippa is joined by Helena Vavrikova, an experienced Private Chef, House Manager and Estate Manager whose career has taken her from restaurant kitchens and culinary school to working inside UHNW private households across the US. Helena’s route through private staffing has been anything but one-dimensional. Starting out as a nanny before tr
S7 E12: Tony Jazz - From Five-Star Hotels to Private Butlering (opens the original)
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What does it really take to build a career as a traditional Butler at the highest levels of luxury hospitality and private service? In this episode of Recruitment Diaries: Life in Private Staffing , Philippa is joined by Tony Jazz , an experienced Butler whose career has taken him through some of London’s most prestigious five-star hotels, including The Connaught, Claridge’s and The Savoy, before moving further into private service, events and consultancy. Tony’s career has been built on hard wo
S7 E11 - Andrii Oliinyk: From Superyachts to Royal Palaces: Life as a UHNW Butler (opens the original)
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What does it really take to build a career as a Butler at the very highest level of private service? In this episode of Recruitment Diaries: Life in Private Staffing , Philippa is joined by Andrii Oliinyk , an experienced Head Butler whose career has taken him from an engineering degree and supermarket job to superyachts, a Royal residence in the Middle East and a UHNW private household in London . Andrii's route into private service was anything but traditional. Rather than starting at a presti
In Memory of Mason Haynes | Life Behind the A-List Bodyguard (opens the original)
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We were deeply saddened to hear of the recent passing of Mason Haynes. Mason joined us on the podcast back in Season 1 to share stories from an extraordinary career in close protection — a life that took him around the world, working with high-profile individuals and experiencing places and situations most of us could only imagine. Throughout our conversation, what stood out wasn't simply the remarkable career Mason had built, but his perspective on people, experience and life itself. Speaking a
S7 E10 - Patricia Levinson: Your Career Doesn't Have to Be Linear | Returning to Private Staffing (opens the original)
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What if leaving private staffing was the very thing that made you better at it? In this episode of Recruitment Diaries: Life in Private Staffing , Philippa is joined by Patricia Levinson , a House Manager and Executive Assistant based in Manhattan, whose career has taken anything but a traditional path. From owning and running a hotel in Costa Rica to managing private properties, raising a family, working in financial services and eventually returning to private service, Patricia shares how ever
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