Hi guys!
It's Seigo & Bren!
And today we have Haruka here with us!
Hi~!
Haruka is in the US as a babysitter,
and today we want to ask her some questions about that!
She is a babysitter through a company called 'AuPair'
So we are going to ask her some questions about AuPair today.
It's probably going to be a pretty long video,
so we decided to split it up into two parts!
So make sure you watch part two! (When we upload it later this week (^_−)−☆)
Ok so,
Let's get to the question-asking!
So first of all,
there are probably people watching who havn't heard of AuPair before.
So Haruka is going to give a brief explenation of what AuPAir is about!
So, there is a specific work visa for AuPair,
and I got that to come to the US.
I live with the family I work for, and take care of their children,
and I recieve a small compensation.
So In exchange for me working and taking care of the kids,
the agreement is I get to live rent free, and the host family provides me with food as well.
So there is also a culture exchange aspect of the job, not just baby sitting.
It's kind of like a study abroad/homestay experience.
So a regular baby sitter and an AuPair babysitter is a little different, right?
Yeah, a little different...
Usually a babysitter is required to have experience.
AuPair's are required to have experience as well,
but the whole culture exchange aspect is also a big deal for them.
Someone from another country comes to America,
lives with the family, learns English
and experiences American culture.
That's one of the characteristics of AuPair.
We get that experience in exchange for working as a babysitter.
Ok, next question!
When is the best time to start looking for a host family?
When did you start looking for a family?
How long before you came to America?
There are people who register with an agent and start looking for a family
as long as one year before coming ot the US.
And people who are already in the program,
when they want to change families they probably start looking for a few family 6 months before making the move.
That's what I've heard at least.
As for me,
I registered with the company about a year before leaving Japan.
And I started looking for a family in June.
The agent put my profile on their site about 3-4 months before I came here.
Does the process usually move pretty quickly?
Or does it depend on the person?
Like for some it might be 6 months, for others 1?
Well, it's up to you.
The company I work for,
had me put my profile online,
and the families would look at my profile and contact me.
Then some of them would ask to interview me.
Interviews would come all the time sometimes, and then other times they wouldn't come at all.
After I registered I had 4 or 5 interviews right away.
I'm not exactly sure what time of the year is the best time to register,
but I'm guessing it's probably the busiest during times that American schools have breaks.
Before school starts.
Maybe September?
August or September.
Everyone wants a babysitter during summer vacation!
When the kids don't have school and are at home all day.
In America, the kids have off school for about 2 or 3 months!
For summer vacation.
Summer vacation is approaching! 😭
It will be here soon!!
I'm so nervous...
You're gonna have to come up with lot's of activities!
I have a lot I have to prepare.
So how did you find your agent?
Honestly I didn't really do much research myself!
That's because right when I started to consider doing AuPair,
it happened to be that in Osaka,
I'm from Kobe,
one AuPair agency happened to be having an information booth in Osaka at that time.
So I decided to go there.
At the time, I thoguht that maybe a smaller agency was good for me.
But after going with the smaller agency, I realized that the price didn't really change much compared to the larger agencies. About $3000 USD)
Before leaving Japan, my agency had us take an 8 hour training class online.
All in English!
And I had to complete a test as well.
Because it was just an online class,
there were a lot of things that were hard for me to understand.
Other agencies hae the online class,
but they also have an orientation/training period in New York.
So I kind of wish now that I had gone with one of those agents...
Because I would have been able to go to New York, make other AuPAir friends,
and we would go to our various places from there.
That way I would have friends here from the beginning !
I get so jealous when I see people traveling with their AuPair friends! (Haruka is a hard-core traveler ☆〜(ゝ。∂)
So your experience with AuPair really depends on your agency?
It is!
Usually the other agencies' coordinators pick up the AuPairs for their once a month meetings,
but mine doesn't do that for me.
The other agencies' meetings are really good,
and there are a lot of AuPair members there every time.
So it sounds like having a good agent means having a better experience with AuPair.
Yeah, I think so!
So how good does your English need to be to do AuPair?
I think that really depends on what family you decide on.
When I was going through the interview process,
one thing I noticed about families searching for Japanese Aupairs,
is that they usually look for someone who will speak only in Japanese to their children.
They are really focused on their kids learning Japanese.
Some of them even say they want someone with no English speaking ability!
There are a lot of families like that.
So if that'S the case, you won't need to speak English very well.
You're going to be with the kids the whole time,
and you'll be speaking Japanese to them,
But sometimes,
the parents will say "We want you to do this, we want you to do that." in English.
So it might be a good idea to be able to speak a little bit of every-day English,
since you will be spending a lot of time with them.
So you speak Japanese to the kids,
and English to the parents?
Well yes, that's how my host family is.
So are there families who only speak Japanese all the time too?
I think there are!
There are some where the mom is Japanese.
The mom is Japanese, and the American dad is always busy with work.
So they would need someone who was Japanese/could speak Japanese.
So if you're thinking you want to come to America to learn English,
you might be a little,
You may be disappointed...
Maybe...
But it says that they want to speak Japanese on their profile?
It does!
"Looking for someone who can speak Japanese" or something like that.
Maybe I should have kept looking for a family who didn't want me to speak Japanese...
maybe I would have found one.
But I wanted to hurry up and come here/
I interviewed with 5 families.
All 5 of them said they wanted Japanese speakers.
Is there any kind of qualification you need to be an AuPair?
Like a drivers license?
Should you have anything like that?
An international drivers license?
There are places that you won't need it.
But I think most of the time you will need a license. Like 98% of them!
A lot of the job is picking up and dropping off the kids,
so it's a good idea to have the ability to drive if you need to.
Especially in America...
Understandable.
It's kind of a pain if you don't have a license here!
I'm not really a good driver,
so the fact that my family doesn't need me to drive was a big part of me choosing them!
They don't need me to pick up and drop off their kids.
But if you do have an international license,
you'll have a wider range of families to choose from?
That's for sure.
I think you'll be able to find a family faster too.
In Japan you drive on the laft side of the street,
it's the opposite here!
So it's kind of scary driving.
It's so scary!
I know!
Plus American drivers are scary too!
They jump right in in front of people!
I'm like "Hey!!"
It would make me nervous if I had to drive kids around.
As a babysitter that is.
I can't do it...
Ok~
That's all for this video!
There will be a part 2 of this video,
so be sure to check it out when we upload it later!
If you have a question for Haruka about AuPair etc.,
go ahead and leave your comment down below ⬇️
And then Haruka can asnwer you!
She will.
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Bye Bye!!! ❤️
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