Our Story
Irving Scott was started by a mother and son team.
We noticed that domestic staffing agencies were not providing the bespoke service and attention to detail that was needed. We decided to set up Irving Scott as a boutique domestic staffing agency more responsive to clients’ needs. Irving Scott is “…as good at psychology as it is staff” (Sunday Times): we do this by carefully and skilfully matching candidates to your needs, always putting forward only the best candidates.
We have close relationships with our candidates and principals
This allows us to form a well-rounded understanding of candidates’ suitability beyond their specific professional skills. We believe that matching candidates to principals on personality and working style is crucial to the success of placements in private residences. We believe in quality over quantity, which is why you won’t receive dozens of options from us whenever you ask us to fill a position. We aim to put forward no more than three candidates in the first instance. Candidates put forward will be those who have truly impressed us, whom we believe to be the best fit for your home. Saving precious time is one of many benefits clients can enjoy when working with our agency: we believe that sifting through a stack of irrelevant CVs should not have to be on your to-do list. We make sure that our candidates have the necessary experience within similar households and luxury hotels to thrive within your sacred spaces and make your life easier. All candidates are thoroughly background checked so that our clients can be confident that new additions to their household are trustworthy and reliable. We take client confidentiality extremely seriously, which is why both we, and our candidates, are happy to sign non-disclosure agreements where necessary. We have a number of high-calibre candidates on our books, whom we find through active headhunting and a variety of other sources: exclusive networking events; long-established, trusted partners; referrals through other brilliant candidates we have successfully placed. This means we can provide you with candidates who tick all the boxes within a very short space of time. We suggest you take a look at our testimonials and press coverage.
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