Josie C.
- Age: 43
- Education: 3rd Year College Undergraduate (4-year program)
- Experience: 10 year(s) overseas experience (Hong Kong, Singapore)
- Marital Status: Widowed
- Children: Yes – 4 children, ages 21, 16, 14, and 12. Sisters will care for them while she works abroad.
- Sibling Position: 2nd (among siblings)
SUMMARY BIO:
Josie is a 43-year-old widowed mother of four with over 10 years of overseas domestic work experience in Singapore and Hong Kong. She is a capable household manager and cook specializing in Filipino and Chinese cuisine, with experience caring for children of various ages and a strong willingness to learn new skills, including infant care and dog care. With a supportive family network caring for her children in the Philippines, Josie is motivated to return to Hong Kong to financially support her three younger children's education.
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- Duties: Cooking, household chores, ironing, taking care of the youngest child. She prepared breakfast, got the 7 y.o. boy ready and off to school. She then did housework, laundry, etc. The 2 y.o. was not yet in school. If madam had online work, then Josie watched the 2 y.o.
- Family composition: 2 adults (Chinese/British) , 2 children (ages 7 and 2) – family in Mid-Levels (Madam worked from home online)
- Childcare: More than 50% – focused on the 2-year-old child
- Co-workers: None (worked alone)
- Reason for leaving: Employer relocated to the UK (not due to any issue on her part) She went home because she had been in HK a long time with no break.
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- Duties: Cooking, household chores, marketing; more focused on childcare
- Family composition: Chinese couple, 2 children (ages 2 and ; the madam was stay at home.
- Childcare: More than 50% – children attended daycare during the day but she focused on them
- Co-workers: None (implied – no mention of co-workers)
- Reason for leaving: Finished contract
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- Duties: Cooking, household chores, marketing
- Family composition: 2 adults, 3 boys (ages 15, 13, and 10); madam was stay at home
- Childcare: Less than 50% – children were in school, so more time spent on household work
- Co-workers: None
- Reason for leaving: Finished contract (the employer decided not to renew and stated that long service award was the main reason)
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- Duties: Cooking, cleaning, marketing, ironing, washing clothes
- Family composition: 2 adults, 1 child (5 years old)
- Childcare: Minimal – grandmother handled childcare; household work was the primary focus
- Co-workers: None (worked alone)
- Reason for leaving: Resigned amicably to return to Philippines because her husband was experiencing a mild stroke
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• Enjoys cooking: Yes, confident that she is a good cook.
• Cuisine expertise: Filipino and Chinese food
• Meals per day: Flexible – can prepare 3 dishes and 1 soup depending on employer's preference
• Special diets: Capable of preparing vegetarian, low-sodium, and diabetic-friendly meals
• Favorite dish: Curry chicken
• Enjoys learning recipes: Yes – open to learning from employers
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• Pet Willingness: Willing to care for dogs (no prior experience but open to learning); not willing to care for cats
• Special Skills: Infant care experience from raising her own 4 children; no professional infant care experience but willing to learn; strong household management skills (cooking, cleaning, marketing, ironing, laundry); child care for school-aged and young children
