The need question, if you sit with it will expose so many things you didn’t even know you needed.
So you may discover that even though you want someone who is young and wouldn’t disrespect you, you discover that based on the scope of work need, she isn’t mature enough to handle the responsibility of managing your home in your absence.
If you hire them, when she resumes, even though she’s a good person, she’ll discover that the work is too much and then quit as soon as she can.
So when you do a needs assessment, it gives you a full picture into the kind of person who is ideal for your home.
Bear in mind that the person you end up with from your assessment will seem almost perfect and it is impossible to find a perfect human being. So the goal is not to be hunting for a perfect person but to have a picture in mind that you are working with.
So that when you come across someone with maybe 60% of the qualities you are looking for, you are able to identify and assess if the lacking qualities are things that could be worked on with time.
Let’s say you have done a full needs assessment and your ideal staff is
- Yoruba
- 30 to 35 years
- Can read and write and solve at least Primary 2 work.
- Can cook yoruba traditional meals
- Experienced with kids between ages 2 to 6
- Exposed to working with a middle class family before.
- Shows interest in working for at least 2 to 3 years. Etc.
Whose domestic staff needs looks like this list I have created?