Hiring nannies might be a tiresome and a lengthy process. Before hiring a nanny, parents should look for a nanny who is perfectly suitable to take care of their child. There are many ways you can search nannies. Parents can search for nannies in websites. There are certain websites which allows parents and nannies to register for a small fee. In these websites nannies can create their own profiles and update their information regarding child care. So parents can log into the website and search for nannies who suits their criteria. In many websites parents can post about the job and nannies can look into it and call the parents. Another way of finding nannies is, posting advertisements in newspapers and in other public areas or parents can go to nanny agencies and get the details of nannies.

After selecting few nannies who you think that are suitable for taking care of your child, you have to question or interview them. Before you interview the selected nannies in-person, you have to do a phone interview first. The main aim of this phone interview is to reduce the number of candidates. You can ask about the availability of the candidate, experience, salary and other details regarding your job. This will help you to select few candidates who made a good first impression through the phone and ask them to attend an in-person interview. There are three types of in-person interviews. They are; in-person interview at your own place, interview at a neutral place and working interviews. You can ask the selected nannies to come to your own place for the interview. By this you can familiarize the candidate with the working place, you can introduce her to your friends and you can check whether the nanny is satisfied with the working place. If the nanny is not satisfied with the working place, she won't do a good job. Parents can have the interview in a neutral place. You can interview the nanny in a public library or in a restaurant. Mainly parents go for this option because some parents do not like a stranger coming in to their home. Working interviews can be done as the last process of hiring. By this you can see how the nanny spends time with the child and how she does her work.

When you are done with the interview process, you have to evaluate the nanny. If she attended the working interview you can come into a conclusion whether the nanny is perfect for the job. You can ask your friends and relatives to come and observe the working interview. Their opinion might be very helpful when evaluating the work of the nanny and in the hiring process
 
There are plenty of child care giving options today. Two of the most important options of child care giving are hiring a nanny or sending child to a daycare center. Almost all the parents are working nowadays, so taking care of their child is a big issue. Many parents send their children to daycare centers when they are away for work and some parents hire nannies too take care of their child. In parents point of view hiring a nanny is the best and the suitable option. Because they feel that the child will not get personal attention when they send their children to a daycare center. By hiring a nanny, you can give your child the best care that they need and the personal attention.

If you want to choose a nanny, there are certain important things that you need to consider. First you have to determine whether you need live-in nanny or a nanny for a short period of time, that is whether the nanny is full time or part time. Parents may need to find a nanny who can do almost all the household work like preparing food for the children, cleaning the house or sometimes taking the children to school. It is really important that you find a non-smoking nanny, because you don't want your child to grow up with people like that and you have to make sure that she is a local, this will help in certain situations like; can come to work on time or in case of an emergency etc. Parents should do some research about the pay rates of a nanny before they hire one, whether you can afford the price of that particular nanny or not.

After figuring out all the above mentioned criteria, parents then should start looking for nannies. There are many ways which you can search for nannies. You can find nannies through nanny agencies. Parents can simply visit some agencies and gather details of the nannies that the offer and find out the best nanny for their child. Another important way is by posting advertisements in newspapers with all the important criteria that the nanny that you are looking for should have. It is important for parents to hire the perfect nanny for their kids, so you should do a thorough research about nannies and then hire the most suitable nanny to take care of your child. It is your child after all, therefore you should give the best care and protection.