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
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
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