Thursday, October 7, 2010

Tips to Hire a Best Nanny

Nanny takes care of your children. So, it is important to chose a right person as a nanny. It is not an easy thing to choose the best nanny. You have to spend enough time and show high interest. There are few tips to choose a best nanny, such as:

Define needs: First, you should have clear idea about your needs. You can add the skills and characteristics of ideal nanny. You should consider the budget. Find out the duties of nanny and your needs at particular time.


Select the recruiting method: After getting idea about your needs, you can choose different options to recruit a nanny such as experienced nanny agency, using online nanny services, using newspaper advertisement, using information about nanny from your friends, relatives or others.


Check out candidate: Take a thorough telephonic interview, in this ask the important questions and choose few members among them. If you choose few nannies through the agencies then no need to consider the pre-screening test, if you choose them through online or newspaper advertisement then you have to consider the pre-screening test. It is better to not to consider the applicants with out references. Conduct a direct interview then you can find out the best person as nanny. Before you hire, it is important to check the background of candidate. For that, you need to check the date of birth, social security number, permanent address of the candidate, criminal record of a candidate.


Write work agreement: By this you will get opportunity to discuss the specifics of the job, responsibilities, compensation details, etc. You should be specific about time of payment such as weekly, hourly, monthly.


These are the tips to chose the best nanny for your child. You can consider these tips while selecting a nanny.



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