met free Chapter 240 Interviewing a Nanny (Part 1)
Chapter 240 Interviewing a Nanny (Part 1)
The second day of the Gu family reunion went smoothly and in an orderly manner thanks to thorough preparations.
In the following days, Shen Wancheng had nothing else to do, so she stayed home to rest and prepare for her pregnancy, while also carefully planning her postpartum care center.
Because of her interactions with wealthy women during the Lunar New Year, Shen Wancheng gained a deep understanding that most people's methods for prenatal care and postpartum recovery were incorrect.
Shen Wancheng herself is currently pregnant. If she sets up the postpartum care center before giving birth, and if she recovers well after childbirth and her body is in optimal condition after the postpartum period, she herself will be the center's most valuable asset.
Shen Wancheng's expertise in maternal and infant care is undoubtedly top-notch, but it's impossible for her to be a caregiver or postpartum nanny herself. So, her first task is to finalize the location of the postpartum care center and then recruit various staff.
Shen Wancheng didn't need to worry about the address. When she was sorting out and checking her dowry some time ago, she discovered that the shop property in the betrothal gifts Gu Jinxing gave her included two large two-story apartments with a total area of 800 square meters. They were located above Gu Jinxing's clubhouse and could be used as company offices or even decorated as a postpartum care center.
Shen Wancheng spent three days planning out the layout of the postpartum care center's rooms, and then immediately had Cheng Ming find a renovation team to start working overtime to renovate.
Shen Wancheng asked Cheng Ming to do these things out of necessity, because she hadn't yet found an assistant. However, she still asked Cheng Ming to handle the matter of finding an assistant.
Shen Wancheng divided the 800-square-meter house into three areas, including a maternity area of 450 square meters and regular suites of 30 square meters each, with all necessary facilities, for a total of 10 rooms.
The top-tier suites are 50 square meters each, and there are only 3 of them.
Shen Wancheng's postpartum care center also plans to take the high-end route, with the price of a regular suite at 16 yuan per month and the top suite at 32 yuan per month.
If all the rooms at this postpartum care center are booked each month, the center's revenue will be 256 million.
In addition, Shen Wancheng learned by chance in her later life that most of the clients of postpartum care centers in Hong Kong were mistresses and concubines of wealthy men, while very few wealthy women actually used postpartum care centers for their confinement.
Therefore, Shen Wancheng also plans to open a professional postpartum care team with in-home services. A team includes a postpartum caregiver, a professional caregiver, and a cook, providing comprehensive care for the mother and baby.
Shen Wancheng plans to train five teams for the time being, with a monthly fee of 480,000 yuan for each team.
If this place is fully booked, the sales revenue will be 240 million.
The total monthly sales amount is 496 million.
The property for the postpartum care center belongs to Shen Wancheng, so there is no need for investment. The total number of staff is around 50, and the salaries will vary. Shen Wancheng plans to keep the average salary at HK$1.
It should be noted that at this time, the average salary on Hong Kong Island had only risen to HK$2000 after the Lunar New Year, while Shen Wancheng's estimated average salary was five times that of the average salary on Hong Kong Island.
The remaining costs will be entirely invested in the consumption of maternal and infant products, food supplies, which are estimated to be around 20 yuan.
Therefore, the ideal revenue for this postpartum care center is over 400 million yuan per month, and as long as 5 standard suites are booked, Shen Wancheng will not lose money.
Based on Shen Wancheng's understanding of the Hong Kong elite socialite circle during this period, she is 100% confident in achieving this performance target.
After finalizing this plan, Shen Wancheng's immediate priority was to recruit employees. She needed to personally provide the most professional training for all her employees, and recruitment had to be completed as soon as possible.
At that time, Hong Kong Island was still a British colony, and the Lunar New Year holiday was not as long as it is in later years. Most companies resumed work on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year.
Therefore, Shen Wancheng's plan to recruit on the eighth day of the lunar new year is perfectly fine.
She had Cheng Ming post the recruitment advertisement at the job market on the sixth day of the Lunar New Year.
Shen Wancheng prioritized hiring confinement nannies and caregivers.
Yes, there is now a profession in Hong Kong Island that is equivalent to a postpartum nanny, called a "confinement nanny," but these confinement nannies are all self-employed.
Only professional caregivers are required to have a degree, and Shen Wancheng specifically noted that recent graduates would be given priority. This is because Shen Wancheng believes that recent college graduates have the most professional knowledge, and since her industry is emerging, she doesn't need the experience of older caregivers in hospitals.
Anyone with even a little knowledge of the caregiver industry knows that hospital caregivers have the most tiring and dirty jobs, making it very easy for them to become demotivated and slack off.
Shen Wancheng dared not expect these "mentally traumatized" old caregivers to have any enthusiasm for their work.
Of course, Shen Wancheng also posted a job ad for a personal assistant. She was desperately short of talent, and what if she unexpectedly stumbled upon a gem?
On the eighth day of the lunar new year.
The streets of Hong Kong Island are still decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations, and the festive atmosphere of the Lunar New Year has not yet dissipated.
Shen Wancheng set up the temporary interview location at Gu Jinxing's clubhouse.
She declined Gu Jinxing's offer to send Cheng Ming to accompany her during the recruitment process, and instead called Li Su to help her make a good impression.
Shen Yao was a little worried because all the people who came to the job interview were strangers, so she came along too.
The interview is scheduled for 2 PM.
Perhaps because Shen Wancheng offered such a high salary, a large number of people came, filling the lobby of Gu Jinxing's club. It was a good thing the club was not open today.
Meanwhile, Shen Wancheng, Li Su, and Shen Yao met with the job applicants one by one in Gu Jinxing's private room at the club.
The first person to push open the door was a woman in her fifties who introduced herself as "Sister Li".
She is a very articulate person; she clearly explained her professional experience during her self-introduction.
When Shen Wancheng heard that she had been a postpartum caregiver for over twenty years, she immediately perked up.
"Sister Li" was still talking at length about the special needs mothers she had taken care of in the past when Shen Wancheng interrupted her and asked a question.
"I already know you have extensive experience in postpartum care. Now I have a few questions for you."
Sister Li smiled easily.
"Just ask. There's very little I don't know about postpartum care."