——— ABOUT MHM

Built From the Inside Out.

“After fifteen years in private homes and hundreds of placements, here is what I know about why most of them fail. It is almost never the resume.”

—-— A NOTE FROM ALISON

“After fifteen years in private homes and hundreds of placements, here is what I know about why most of them fail. It is almost never the resume.”

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I have watched families pass on exceptional candidates because they had not worked in a home as large or small as theirs, or because they seemed reserved in an interview, or because something on paper did not match a mental image formed before the meeting. And I have watched those same families return months later, having hired someone who interviewed beautifully and left before the year was out.

The resume tells you what someone has done. It does not tell you how they move through a household, how they read a room, or how they handle the moments that nobody writes down in a job description. That is what fifteen years of working in homes teaches you — and it is the understanding this agency was built on.

I came to this work from two directions at once — years inside private homes, and a formal background in recruitment. Working in private homes gave me a firsthand understanding of what exceptional private service actually looks like, not in theory but in practice, in the specific texture of a well-run household. The recruitment background gave me a methodology: a systematic way of evaluating candidates that goes beyond intuition and produces placements that hold.

My Household Managed exists in the space between those two things. We work with a small number of families at any given time — not because we cannot handle more, but because doing this right requires it.

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ALISON GANKO, FOUNDER & PRINCIPAL ADVISOR

LICENSED EMPLOYMENT COUNSELOR

PALM BEACH CHAPTER PRESIDENT, PRIVATE SERVICE ALLIANCE

—-— HOW THIS AGENCY CAME TO EXIST

Two Careers.

My Household Managed was founded by someone who worked in private homes before placing anyone in them. That experience — combined with a formal background in recruitment — is the foundation of every search we conduct.

Most placement decisions are made through intuition and pattern recognition. Ours are made through a methodology that was built specifically for this industry — one that evaluates not only what a candidate has done, but how they think, how they adapt, and whether their character is the right match for a specific household's rhythms and standards.

We connect established families, private principals, and family offices with career private service professionals for long-term placements. Our focus is not on simply filling roles — it is on building working relationships that both parties are grateful for.

One Perspective.

15

Years in Private Service

Firsthand experience as a nanny and household manager in private homes.

PSA

Palm Beach Chapter President

Private Service Alliance — the leading professional association in the private household industry.

THE ACCEPTANCE RATE FOR CANDIDATES IN OUR NETWORK

OUR CLIENTS MEET ONLY THOSE WHO MADE IT THROUGH.

—— HOW WE WORK

The Standards Every Placement Is Held To

These are not aspirational statements. They are the operational standards we hold every search, every introduction, and every placement, without exception.

01

Discretion as a Non-Negotiable

Private households require absolute confidentiality — from the search itself to the details of your home, your family, and your expectations. We operate with the same privacy standards your household demands of its staff.

02

Alignment Over Speed

Rushed placements create turnover. We take the time to understand how your household actually operates before we ever present a candidate. A placement made in alignment lasts. One made in haste rarely does.

03

Precision at Every Stage

We evaluate roles, households, and candidates with the attention to detail we expect of the professionals we place. Every introduction is intentional. Ambiguity at any stage costs everyone time, resources, and trust.

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Advocacy for Both Sides

We do not simply fill positions. We build working relationships that are structured, fair, and built to last. That requires honest conversations on both sides of every match.

—— INDUSTRY LEADERSHIP

Connected at the Highest Level of The Private Service Industry

Alison serves as Palm Beach Chapter President of the Private Service Alliance — a national professional organization dedicated to setting standards and elevating the private service industry across the United States.

Through this leadership role, My Household Managed maintains direct relationships with estate managers, personal assistants, household managers, and senior private service professionals whose work is rarely publicly available and never found on general job boards.

These are not active job seekers. They are established professionals who trust MHM to represent them with the same discretion and standards they bring to their own work.

“We are not simply filling positions. We are making introductions between private households and the professionals who will become part of their everyday rhythms. That distinction shapes how we work at every stage.”

— ALISON GANKO, FOUNDER

—— TRUSTED PARTNERS