Doing this means you can have a long, rewarding career, assuming you’re not eaten by a dragon or cursed by a witch. These are occupational hazards. After the course, you will be their occupational hazard.
Check the client’s attitude. Are they kind? Humble? If they’re arrogant, you may still have them as a client but you will need the Teaching the Proud an Overdue Lesson in Humility booklet from your welcome pack. For this lesson, we will assume the client is nice.
Is the client ill-treated? Stepmothers and offspring are the usual suspects. If yes, you have found your client. Do not under any circumstances help the stepmother and/or offspring.
Check what your client needs as opposed to what they think they need. These never match.
Check when the client is always alone. That will be when you arrive, do your wand act, and get your client on their way to a better life. Only you and your client witness the magic. No hangers-on here.
Check your books, plan what you need magic for, and rehearse those spells at home. Get every word right. Don’t use magic where common sense will work. Encourage your client to do what they can to help themselves. Save the magic for when only that is the answer. Glorious ball gowns and glass slippers do need magic to bring into being, especially when under time constraint.
Bring ingredients when you help your client. Not everyone has a supply of pumpkins to hand.
Warn your client to avoid suspiciously shiny, red apples. You don’t want a witch bumping your client off. Only your client’s survival can lead to you getting a good review later.
Reassure your client magic is beneficial. If you need to transform other species, that’s fine, but put a limit spell on so they return to what they were. This will reassure the environmentally aware client. Nobody wants animal cruelty. (The sooner the witches stop using eye of newt the better).
Remind your client of what they must do. Perform the spell.
Stay out of sight of your client as she goes to the ball but find a watching position so you can help if things go wrong. This is known as following through and is the hallmark of the professional fairy godmother.
Once the client is home, check they’re okay. If they were running late, reassure them they got home and only you two know what happened. You’re bound by client confidentiality. Tell your client to contact you to report developments.
When the wedding invite comes, smile at everyone, and don’t have too much cake. It plays havoc on the waistline and can make taking off for flying difficult. Oh and start looking for your next client.
Good luck!