title: Serving America&rsquo;s Rich: How Estate Managers Get Hired
author:  Anda Blandu 
description: Anda Blandus career has focused on extraordinary customer service and assisting celebrities and high net worth individuals find private staff. She has helped thousands successfully find jobs with clients listed in the top 10 percent of the Forbes 400. Captivated by the recruitment process and how people describe themselves, she believes that job seekers deserved honest advice and a support system for success if their resume or interview skills are unlikely to land them the job they want. Blandu rose to a top management position with the nations leading residential staffing and consulting firm, where she worked with hundreds of families each year. Her first career was in the hospitality industry, working with the leading brand in luxury lodging, The Ritz-Carlton Hotel. (The Ritz-Carlton is the only service company in America that has won the Malcolm Baldridge National Quality Award twice, and it was named the best company in the nation for employee training by Training Magazine.) Blandu attended the companys award-winning training programs and earned several certifications in the positions she held. As a staff interview analyst, she learned how to select employees based on their strengths and to perform thorough evaluations of candidates. Through careful selection of employees and perpetual training, she worked her way up the corporate ladder, and by 2008, she had advanced quicker than most. Born, raised, and educated in Europe, she now lives near the beach in sunny South Florida.
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  Intro
  
  
  
  If you’ve ever seen the rich and famous in their natural habitat you’ve
  probably seen us or someone like us. As they exit their limo, we’re the ones
  behind the wheel or holding the door. As they board their private jet, we’re
  the one scurrying around to load the luggage. We’re the “little people” who
  take care of all the mundane details so they don’t have to. Domestic Couple,
  Caretaker Couple and Estate Manager Couple are some of the names for the job
  we do. They are interchangeable in terms of duties although no two jobs are
  exactly the same. Ultimately the job is whatever the employer decides it is.
  
  The names have been changed to protect the privileged and we aren’t using our
  real names either—they have lawyers and if they recognize themselves or us,
  they’ll sue us silly. The details are disguised slightly, but everything
  described actually happened with no embellishment. In fact, the real stuff is
  more unbelievable than anything we could make up.  Ultimately one sh