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Contents
What Matters Most
Why This Resume Works
How to Write a Domestic Helper Resume
What to Include in a Domestic Helper Resume
Domestic Helper Resume Summary Examples
Domestic Helper Work Experience Examples
Top Domestic Helper Skills
Certifications for a Domestic Helper
Domestic Helper Salary Expectations
Common Domestic Helper Resume Mistakes
Domestic Helper Resume FAQs
Summary
Domestic helper with nine years caring for households and families in Singapore, trusted by the same two employers across long-term placements. Runs the full home — cleaning, cooking, laundry and marketing — alongside childcare and eldercare, keeping the household calm and well-organised. Cared for two young children from infancy through school age and supported an elderly family member with mobility and medication routines. Cooks for varied dietary needs and manages the household budget for groceries and supplies. Honest, dependable and discreet, with glowing references from both families. Looking for a live-in or live-out domestic role with a family that values reliability, warmth and genuine care.
Work Experience
Domestic Helper (Live-In)
Private Household — Tan Family, Singapore
Apr 2017 – Present
- Run the full household for a family of five, handling cleaning, laundry, cooking and grocery marketing to a planned budget.
- Care for two children from early years through school age, managing routines, meals, school runs and homework time.
- Support an elderly grandparent with mobility, medication reminders and companionship throughout the day.
- Cook varied meals for different dietary needs, keeping the kitchen organised and food safely handled.
- Manage household supplies and small budgets, and coordinate tradespeople and deliveries when needed.
- Trusted with keys, valuables and the children's care, with a long-standing relationship of trust with the family.
Domestic Helper (Live-In)
Private Household — Lim Family, Singapore
Aug 2012 – Mar 2017
- Managed all household cleaning, cooking and laundry for a working couple with one young child.
- Provided daily childcare from infancy, supporting early development, routines and safe play.
- Kept the home consistently clean, organised and welcoming for the family and their guests.
- Cooked daily meals and managed groceries and supplies to the household budget.
- Completed a full contract with strong references that led to the next placement.
Household Helper (Live-In)
Private Household — Manila, Manila, Philippines
Jan 2010 – Jul 2012
- Worked as a live-in household helper for a family in Manila, handling cleaning, cooking and laundry.
- Cared for young children and ran the daily household routines for a busy family.
- Learned cooking, budgeting and the discipline of running a home to a high standard.
- Earned the references and experience that led to live-in work in Singapore.
Education
High School Diploma, General Education
Cebu National High School, Philippines
Jun 2006 – Mar 2010
- Completed secondary education in the Philippines with a practical, home-economics focus. Helped run a large family household, which built early care and cooking skills. Trained in caregiving before moving abroad for domestic work.
Caregiving & Domestic Skills Certificate (NC II), Caregiving
TESDA (Technical Education and Skills Development Authority)
Jan 2011 – Jun 2011
- Government-accredited caregiving and household-management certificate covering childcare, elderly care, hygiene and safe food handling. It formalised the care skills used daily with both families. Backed by first-aid training.
Certifications
Caregiving NC II (TESDA)
TESDA
Jun 2011 – Present
- Government-accredited caregiving and household-management certificate covering childcare, elderly care and safe food handling. It formalises the care skills relied on with both families. Backed by current basic first-aid training.
Basic First Aid & CPR
Singapore First Aid Training
Jan 2016 – Present
- Certification in basic first aid and CPR for home and childcare settings, covering choking, wounds and emergency response. It reassures families and supports the safe care of children and an elderly grandparent.
References
Current Employer Reference
Private Household, Singapore
- A long-standing employer who can speak to reliability, childcare and the trust built over several years in the household. Happy to confirm honesty, discretion and the quality of day-to-day care provided.
Previous Employer Reference
Private Household, Singapore
- A previous long-term employer who can speak to childcare, housekeeping and the trust built over a full multi-year contract. Happy to confirm reliability, honesty and the warmth shown to the family's young child.
Highlights
Long-term, trusted placements
- Completed two long-term placements with the same families spanning nine years, an unusual record in domestic work. The continuity reflects the trust, reliability and warmth both households relied on.
Trusted with the whole household
- Trusted to run an entire household and budget and to care for children and an elderly grandparent, with keys and valuables left in safe hands. The continuity across many years reflects deep, earned trust.
Languages
- Filipino — Native or Bilingual Proficiency
- English — Full Professional Proficiency
Technical Skills
- Housekeeping & Cleaning
- Childcare
- Elderly Care
- Cooking (Varied Diets)
- Laundry & Ironing
- Grocery Marketing & Budgeting
- Meal Planning
- Food Hygiene
- Time Management
- First Aid Basics
Personal Skills
- Reliability
- Honesty
- Warmth
- Discretion
- Patience
Activities & Interests
- Dog Walking
- Games
- Football
- Jog
- Climbing
What Matters Most
Before the detail, here is what actually decides a strong domestic helper résumé:
- Lead with the scope of the household you run - number of people, the children's ages, and whether you handle childcare, eldercare or both - not just "cleaning and cooking".
- Length of service is your strongest signal: name your years with each family and every completed contract, because employers screen hardest for reliability and low turnover.
- Spell out the care you give - infant, school-age or elderly, including mobility help and medication reminders - since that is what separates a helper from a cleaner.
- Show you can cook for real dietary needs (allergies, diabetes, halal, low-salt) and manage a grocery budget; these are everyday deal-breakers for busy families.
- Give contactable references from past employers - in this line of work a warm reference from a previous family carries more weight than any certificate.
- State your work preference plainly (live-in or live-out, willing to relocate) and the languages you speak, because households match on fit and communication.
Why This Resume Works
The sample above is a live-in helper with nine years across two families. Here is what it gets right that a hiring family notices in the first ten seconds:
- The summary opens with years of service and names two long-term employers, so a family sees continuity and low turnover in the very first line - the single thing they screen for hardest.
- It states the full scope of the role in plain words - cleaning, cooking, laundry, marketing, plus childcare and eldercare - leaving no doubt this helper runs the whole home rather than part of it.
- The experience section pins down the workload with concrete detail ("family of five", "two children from infancy to school age", an elderly grandparent), turning vague housework into a clear picture of the load handled.
- Care duties are broken out from housekeeping - medication reminders, mobility support, school runs - which signals this helper covers both child and elderly needs and so fits a wider range of homes.
- Trust is shown through specifics (keys, valuables, the household budget) and two contactable employer references, which for domestic work counts for more than any qualification on the page.
How to Write a Domestic Helper Resume
A helper's résumé is read fast by a busy parent, not an HR team. Keep it plain, concrete and honest, and make these moves:
Open with your years and who you have worked for
Your first line should say how long you have done this and for how many families. "Domestic helper with nine years caring for two families in Singapore" tells an employer more about your reliability than any adjective. Continuity and completed contracts are what they are looking for.
Separate care duties from housework
List childcare and eldercare as their own duties, not buried in "housekeeping". Say the children's ages and what you did - feeds, school runs, homework - and for elderly care name the real tasks: mobility help, transfers, medication reminders, companionship. This is what lets a family judge if you fit their exact needs.
Show you can cook and budget for a real household
Name the diets you cook for - allergies, diabetes, halal, low-salt, a specific cuisine - and say you market for groceries to an agreed budget. "Cooks for varied dietary needs and manages the grocery budget" answers two questions every family has before they even interview you.
Make your references impossible to ignore
Give at least two past employers with a phone number and email, and a one-line note on what each can confirm (childcare, honesty, years served). Families almost always call. A warm reference from a previous family is the strongest thing on a helper's résumé, so put it where it is easy to find.
Keep it to one clean, skimmable page
One page, clear dates, no fancy design - a parent skims it on a phone between chores. If you are staring at a blank page, it is easier to start from a helper-friendly layout and drop your own details in; you can build it on a ready-made template so nothing important gets buried.
State your preference and languages
Say clearly whether you want live-in or live-out work, whether you will relocate, and which languages you speak and to what level. Agencies and families filter on exactly these, so leaving them out gets your résumé passed over before your experience is even read.
What to Include in a Domestic Helper Resume
A helper's résumé needs fewer sections than an office CV, but each one has to earn its place. Include these:
Contact details and work preference - phone, email, nationality, and whether you want live-in or live-out work and will relocate.
A short summary - years of service, the households you have run, and the care you provide.
Work experience with clear start and end dates for each family, so there are no unexplained gaps.
Duties broken into housework and care, with the children's ages and any eldercare tasks named.
Skills - cooking for special diets, budgeting, childcare, eldercare, laundry and ironing, basic first aid.
Any training or certificates (TESDA, first aid) - optional, but they reassure families with children or elderly relatives.
Languages spoken and proficiency, since communication in the home matters.
Two or more contactable references from past employers.
Domestic Helper Resume Summary Examples
Your summary is the first thing a family reads, so it must show years, scope and the kind of care you give. Here are three, pitched at different experience levels, so you can see how the same section scales:
Entry-level resume summary example
Hardworking domestic helper with two years of live-in experience caring for a young family in Manila, seeking a first overseas placement in Singapore or Hong Kong. Comfortable running a full household single-handed - daily cleaning, laundry, ironing, marketing and home-cooked meals - while keeping to a set grocery budget. Cared for two children aged three and six, handling school runs, bath and bedtime routines and safe play, and completed TESDA household-services training before applying abroad. Honest, punctual and quick to learn a family's way of doing things. Looking for a warm household where I can settle in for the long term and be trusted with both the children and the home.
Mid-level resume summary example
Experienced domestic helper with six years running busy live-in households in Singapore, trusted by two families across back-to-back contracts. Handles the whole home end to end - cleaning, laundry, ironing, cooking for mixed dietary needs and weekly marketing to an agreed budget - while caring for children from infancy through to school age. Managed morning school runs, homework time and after-school activities for two children, and kept the home spotless and welcoming for regular guests. TESDA-trained with a current first-aid certificate. Known for reliability, discretion and a calm, patient manner with children. Seeking a live-in role with a family that values long-term commitment and genuine care for their home and children.
Senior-level resume summary example
Senior domestic helper with over ten years of live-in experience across Singapore and Hong Kong, specialising in combined household management and elderly care. Runs a full household of five or more - cleaning, cooking, laundry and budgeted marketing - while supporting an elderly employer with mobility, personal care, medication reminders and companionship through the day. Has cared for a stroke-recovery patient and a bedridden grandparent, working alongside visiting nurses and following the doctor's routines closely. First-aid and CPR certified and TESDA caregiving qualified, and trusted with keys, valuables and daily medication. Warm, discreet and unshakeably reliable, looking for a settled long-term role with a family who needs experienced, gentle eldercare alongside a well-run home.
Domestic Helper Work Experience Examples
Recruiters and families want to see the real workload, not a list of chores. These sample bullets, grouped by the kind of household, show how to write duties that prove scope and trust:
Childcare-focused helper
- Cared for two children aged one and four from morning wake-up to bedtime, managing feeds, naps, bathing and safe play so both working parents could leave for the office by 7am with a settled home.
- Handled the full school routine for two children - uniforms, packed lunches, the 7:30am drop-off and 1pm pick-up, plus daily homework supervision - keeping attendance and reading practice on track every week.
- Cooked separate child-friendly meals three times a day around one child's egg and nut allergy, reading every label and keeping a strict no-cross-contamination kitchen the parents completely trusted.
- Kept a three-bedroom home consistently clean and tidy around two young children, managing daily laundry, toy sanitising and floor care while never once leaving the children unsupervised.
Eldercare-focused helper
- Supported an 82-year-old employer with limited mobility through the full day - assisting with washing, dressing, toileting and safe transfers from bed to wheelchair - while protecting her dignity and independence wherever possible.
- Managed a daily medication schedule of eight tablets across four timings using a labelled pill organiser and a written log the family and visiting doctor checked, with zero missed or double doses over three years.
- Prepared soft, low-salt meals suited to diabetes and swallowing difficulty, monitoring appetite and daily fluid intake and flagging any change in weight, mood or eating to the family and the visiting nurse promptly.
- Accompanied the elderly employer to medical appointments and daily walks, handling the wheelchair, watching for falls and keeping her company and spirits up through long afternoons at home.
First placement / new helper
- Ran a two-bedroom household single-handed for a working couple, keeping to a daily schedule of cleaning, laundry, ironing and cooking so the home was calm and in order by the time they returned each evening.
- Marketed for groceries twice a week to an agreed weekly budget, planning meals in advance to cut waste and keeping simple written accounts, with receipts, that the employer could review whenever they wanted.
- Learned to cook the family's preferred Chinese and Malay dishes within the first month by following the employer's guidance and taking notes, steadily expanding the weekly menu they enjoyed.
- Took on newborn care within the first year - sterilising bottles, preparing and timing feeds, nappy changes and settling routines through the night - under the mother's direction and with steadily growing confidence.
Extra tips
Agencies read a short stint or a gap as 'dismissed' unless you say otherwise.
A brief note beside each family, such as 'contract completed, employer relocated', removes the doubt before they ask.
Top Domestic Helper Skills
The strongest helper résumés balance the practical housework skills with the care duties families actually pay a premium for. List the ones you can genuinely back up in an interview:
Hard skills
- Housekeeping & deep cleaning
- Laundry, ironing & fabric care
- Meal preparation & home cooking
- Cooking for special diets (allergies, diabetes, halal, low-salt)
- Meal planning
- Food hygiene & safe handling
- Grocery marketing & budgeting
- Household inventory & supplies management
- Infant & newborn care
- Childcare & school-run support
- Homework & activity supervision
- Elderly care & mobility assistance
- Personal care & safe transfers
- Medication reminders & scheduling
- Basic first aid & CPR
- Kitchen & bathroom sanitation
- Pet care & dog walking
- Coordinating tradespeople & deliveries
Soft skills:
- Reliability
- Discretion
- Patience
- Warmth
- Honesty
- Adaptability
- Clear communication
Certifications for a Domestic Helper
No certificate is legally required to work as a helper, but for Filipino and other overseas applicants these are the ones families and agencies recognise and value:
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Household Services NC II
— TESDA Optional but widely recognised for overseas Filipino helpers; formalises cleaning, laundry, cooking and household-management standards.
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Caregiving NC II
— TESDA Optional; strengthens childcare and eldercare claims and is often expected for eldercare-focused roles.
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Basic First Aid & CPR
— Philippine Red Cross Optional but reassuring for families with young children or an elderly relative; covers choking, wounds and emergency response.
Domestic Helper Salary Expectations
Pay for live-in helpers is set mostly by the country of work and, in Hong Kong, by law. These are the current reference figures:
HKD 4,990 – HKD 4,990 · Statutory minimum · Hong Kong
Minimum Allowable Wage set by the HK government, plus a food allowance or meals; experienced helpers are often paid above it.
USD 570 – USD 570 · Overseas minimum reference · Deployed via the Philippines
Standard minimum monthly salary the Philippines sets for its domestic workers deployed abroad.
SGD 570 – SGD 1,000 · Typical market range · Singapore
No statutory minimum in Singapore; pay is set by contract and rises with experience, cooking ability and eldercare skills.
Common Domestic Helper Resume Mistakes
A few avoidable errors cost helpers interviews more than anything else. Watch for these:
- Listing only "cleaning and cooking" and hiding the childcare or eldercare that actually sets you apart from every other applicant.
- Leaving unexplained gaps or vague dates between placements - families read gaps as red flags, so account for every period, even time back home.
- Giving no contactable references, or references without a phone number and email - this is the one thing a family will almost always check.
- Over-claiming duties you cannot back up, such as "newborn care" or "eldercare", which unravels the moment you are asked about it in the interview.
- Leaving out your work preference and languages, so agencies cannot match you to the right household.
- A cluttered, multi-page or over-designed layout that buries your years of service and your references.
Domestic Helper Resume FAQs
The questions helpers and their agencies ask most when putting a résumé together:
Put your years of service, the households you have run, and the care you provide alongside the housework. Families want scope (how many people, children's ages, any eldercare), your cooking and budgeting ability, languages, work preference and contactable references.
No certificate is legally required to work as a helper. Training like TESDA Household Services or Caregiving and a first-aid certificate are optional, but they reassure families - especially homes with young children or an elderly relative - and can help you stand out.
Lead with any household or care you have done, even unpaid - running a large family home, minding younger siblings, caring for a grandparent. Add any TESDA or first-aid training, list your practical skills honestly, and state that you are eager to learn and settle long-term.
One page. A busy parent skims it on a phone, so keep it to a short summary, your placements with dates, skills, any training, languages and references - everything visible at a glance with no second page to scroll to.
List housekeeping, laundry and ironing, cooking for special diets, meal planning and grocery budgeting, plus the care skills you have - childcare, newborn care, eldercare, mobility help, medication reminders and basic first aid. Pick only the ones you can prove in an interview.
Yes - references are the most important part. Give at least two past employers with a phone number and email, and a one-line note on what each can confirm. Families nearly always call, and a warm reference outweighs any certificate.
It depends on the country of work. Hong Kong sets a statutory Minimum Allowable Wage (HKD 4,990/month in 2025) plus food; the Philippines sets a USD 570/month minimum for helpers deployed abroad; and Singapore has no legal minimum, with contract pay typically SGD 570-1,000 depending on experience and eldercare skills.
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