California
Beverly Hills residences are smaller than the hillside estates around them but busier than almost anything else. The houses are made for entertaining, and the staff who work in them are professionals at being invisible while a room is full.
Walled, close-in estates on tight lots — show kitchens, guest suites, terraces and dining rooms used several times a week. Staff accommodation is limited, which shapes the roles families can realistically create and often decides whether a household needs a resident team or a well-organised daytime one.
Roles we search most often here
A household that hosts regularly needs people who have actually served a dinner, managed a team through an event, and reset a house overnight. We look for that specific experience rather than a broader résumé, because in this market it is the difference between a good week and a difficult one.
On a tight lot, staff and family share the same thresholds. We screen for temperament as carefully as skill: the ability to stay quiet in a house that is full of other people's opinions, and to keep a family's business where it belongs.
We start with the calendar. A household entertaining three times a month needs a different team from one hosting twice a year, and the difference shows up in the roles we search for, the hours we plan, and the accommodation we ask the family to consider.
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