If you’ve been downsized, or perhaps looking to make a career change, you may want to consider being a Butler, or Household Manager, as they are also called. Although we tend to have a stereotypical vision of a butler from how they are portrayed in movies and television, butlers can actually be men or women and fall into 3 categories – Residential, Hotel, and Apartment.

Residential Butler: The Residential Butler acts as the CEO of the household and may manage a very large staff, multiple residences, a fleet of luxury vehicles, and budgets. An excellent butler in this type of environment can expect to earn up to $200,000 per year.

Hotel Butler: Many luxury hotel and spa properties employ butlers to act as the interface between the guest and the property. In the highly competitive luxury market it is imperative that the guests are treated like royalty in order to build a loyal client base. The butler will also sell or up-sell services to the guests.

Apartment Butler: Apartment Butlers are popular in Asia and provide the services or a concierge.

The demand for butlers is on the rise and as a result butler schools are springing up like mushrooms – 2 of them right here in Canada. The Charles MacPherson Academy is a school for Butlers and Household Managers with the first eight-week course beginning in May in Toronto. To view the Charles MacPherson Academy online brochure, follow the link below.
http://www.charlesmacpherson.com/CM_Brochure.pdf

In April, Butlers of Canada will begin its first six-week training course for butlers at the Galiano Oceanfront Inn and Spa on Galiano Island in British Columbia. To apply to the Butlers of Canada program follow the link below.
http://www.butlersofcanada.com/

For everything you ever wanted to know about butlers but were afraid to ask, follow the link below.
http://butlerbureau.com/