When I interviewed Donna Grint as a newly-qualified BTec and placed her in her first nanny job, I knew she had a promising future, but I had no idea that 11 years later she would be telling me about her life as a nanny working for an Arab royal family in Abu Dhabi.
After a series of successful posts, Donna found herself facing a year off while her current employer took 12 months maternity leave, but wanted to keep her on. So Donna decided that she would use the year to do something completely different.
She explains, 'My fiance had worked in Tokyo teaching English and found it such an amazing experience that I decided to look for work in another country.
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