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Help with handling your profile

You have questions about your profile at AuPairWorld? Here you'll find answers to profile questions frequently asked by our users.

 

How can I make my au pair profile attractive?

It is important that your au pair profile is complete with texts, photos and references.

Your profile texts should contain a short description of yourself and your motivation for becoming an au pair. Do not forget to include information about your hobbies and interests. In writing your texts, try to answer the following questions:

  • What are your strengths and weaknesses?
  • What is the age range of the children you would like to care for?  
  • How long do you want your au pair stay to be?
  • How do you envisage life with your host family?
  • Would you like to be fully integrated into your host family or would you prefer to spend your free time more independently?
  • What are the tasks you are prepared to take on?
  • Do you have a special diet (vegetarian, allergies)?
  • Do you already have childcare experience?

If possible, write your texts in the official language of your chosen host country, even if you consider yourself to only have a basic knowledge of this language. We recommend writing with simple and short sentences. You can also write your texts in different languages if you wish. The golden rule is: always be honest and authentic in what you say!

Pictures are worth a thousand words, so upload some of you, with your family, taking care of children, or travelling, performing a hobby, etc.  

Add references from a previous host family or from other sources. You can also include certificates for language training or for a first-aide course, for example.

In case you're not getting enough host families in your EasyFind, you should change your search criteria.

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How can I make my host family profile attractive?

Your family profile should be complete with texts, photos and, if you are Premium, references.

In your family profile texts you should describe the general family situation, family interests and hobbies.  Keep the texts simple and straight foward. This will help au pairs understand the texts better, particularly if their language skills are not so well developed. Writing your texts in more than one language to help au pairs from different countries understand them can also be advantageous.

Describe your expectations and requirements to your future au pair:

  • What are the main tasks that the au pair will need to perform, how long should the au pair stay be, what can an au pair expect in general in your family?
  • What will you be offering your au pair? What sort of a room will she or he have in your home?
  • Where can the au pair participate in a language course? What sort of shops or cinemas or other types of activities can an au pair reach from where you live? 
  • What kind of a working schedule will the au pair have?
  • How do you envisage the cooperation and shared family life with the au pair?
  • Do you wish to have a close, family-like relationship with your au pair or should they spend their free time more independently?
  • Is there anything about your children that the au pair should know? (allergies, special needs, etc.)

Pictures of the whole family, your daily routines, hobbies, your house or the au pair bedroom will help au pairs get to know you better.

As a Premium member you can also upload references from your previous au pairs. 

If you are not receiving enough search results in your EasyFind, you can make changes in your search criteria.

How can I change the order of my profile pictures?

On the page where you upload your pictures, you will see that each picture is in a kind of box. In the top right corner of the box there are three horizontal lines. Drag the icon with the three horizontal lines up or down to change the order of the photos.

Why do my profile texts disappear when I save them?

Don't panic! The text does not disappear. There are constant checks on the profiles. This includes checks of texts, which may not be saved immediately in some cases. If you have just written a text and do not see it on your profile after saving it, we recommend that you wait a little while. It is very likely that a check is in progress. If after a while the text does not appear, please write to us so that we can check it.

What may a suitable profile reference look like?

Au pairs should best upload references from former host families, parents they were babysitting for, internship certificates and certificates proving their participation in babysitting or first aid courses. Host families may wish to add letters of recommendation and references from previous au pairs.

How can I upload my references?

Once you are logged in, you simply click on "My profile" and "References". You can include up to 10 pages. Your references are displayed right beneath your photo. To view other members' references, click on the link below their profile pictures.

Host families can only upload and access references if they are Premium Members. Au pairs are free to upload their references.

How can I find my own profile as a host family?

1) Log in to AuPairWorld. The more recent your last log-in, the higher your profile will appear in the list. Be sure you've got pictures and at least 1 text. Only completed profiles are shown on the lists.
2) Click on "Find a family ", because you need to put yourself in the position of a searching au pair.

  • I come from: Enter one of the countries that you have specified as the country of origin for the au pair you are looking for.
  • I am: female/male (depending on the what you have selected for your search criteria for an au pair in your profile).
  • I would like to be an au pair in: Select the country in which you live.
  • Start date: Select the earliest and latest start dates that you have entered in your profile.
  • Duration of stay: Enter the duration of stay that you have chosen in your profile.

You should now see your own profile.

How can I find my own profile as an au pair?

1) Log in to AuPairWorld. The more recent your last log-in, the higher your profile will appear in the list. Be sure you've got pictures and at least 1 text. Only completed profiles are shown on the lists.
2) Click on"Find an au pair", because you need to put yourself in the position of a host family searching for an au pair.

  • We live in: Select the country that you have entered as your preferred country.
  • We are looking for a: female au pair or male au pair (select your own gender).
  • We are looking for an au pair from: Select the country in which you live.
  • Start date: Select the earliest and latest start dates that you have entered in your profile.
  • Duration of stay: Enter the duration of stay that you have chosen in your profile.

You should now see your own profile.

How can I deactivate my profile?

  1. Log in your profile and go to "My profile".
  2. Click on "Settings".
  3. At the bottom of the page you will find the option to deactivate the profile.

When you deactivate your profile, your profile will no longer be visible to other users. Also the messages that you have exchanged with other users will no longer be shown in their inbox. If you deactivate your profile while you are Premium, the Subscription is not paused.

If you want, you can also delete your account completely. If you select this option, all your data will be automatically and irreversibly deleted after 14 days.

 

Should a slight mental disability in our child be referenced in our family profile?

We all have different definitions of what a "disability" is exactly. As a result, some families will answer this question with "yes" and other with "no" in preparing their profile when their child is slightly disabled. It's important to know that au pairs are asked a similar question when they prepare their profiles. They are asked whether they are ready to take care of disabled children. The answer that is given here then has an influence which families and au pairs are matched in the EasyFind search manager on our platform. When au pairs have answered yes to this question, they are shown families with children who have physical or mental disabilities. It is certainly helpful to describe the disability of your child in your profile texts in a few sentences. Then au pair candidates will have a clearer idea what to expect.

How can I choose the language in which I receive emails and view the website?

You can select the language that will be used in any emails and notifications that you receive from AuPairWorld as well as the default language for the website as a whole in your profile settings.