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umich92
Citizen
Username: Umich92
Post Number: 9
Registered: 7-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 4, 2004 - 2:03 pm: | 
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My husband and I are in need of a live-in nanny who has experience with infants. Unfortunately, the live-in nanny we've had for the past 3 months unexpectedly returned to Trinidad to care for an ill parent and left us in a bind! My husband and I both work fairly long hours and deperately need someone to take good care of our 3 1/2 month old little girl. Please let me know if you have any leads for us. Much thanks in advance.
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marian
Citizen
Username: Marian
Post Number: 99
Registered: 9-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 4, 2004 - 5:15 pm: |
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umich92,
Have you contacted any agencies? They charge a hefty fee, but they do pre-screen and may have some candidates ready to meet with you. |
soresident
Citizen
Username: Soresident
Post Number: 113
Registered: 10-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 4, 2004 - 5:22 pm: |
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Did you check the classified ads here for January? There were several ads suggesting people who seem to have extensive experience. Even if these aren't long-range solutions, if they haven't found a job yet they might be willing to help in the short term (Ex: someone who wants live-out might be willing to do live-in for a short time to tide you over). |
lah
Citizen
Username: Lah
Post Number: 181
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, February 5, 2004 - 8:14 am: |
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My advice is NOT to rely on the pre-screening that a nanny agency does. I hired a nanny through a local agency and she turned out to be a complete nightmare (in ways that a good screening should have picked up). If you choose to go through a nanny agency, I would advise that you do as much reference checking as you would if you were hiring directly. (I did check this nanny's references, but in retrospect not as well as I would now). I have also given references for nannies to a nanny agency. They have never asked me any probing questions and have come across as people with a checklist who are trying to get this done as quickly as possible.
As for finding live-ins, I think that many people look in the Irish Echo (which you can pick up in NYC). I've also heard that people place ads in a similar type of paper that is aimed at the Brazilian/Portugese population in the Ironbound section of Newark (don't know the name of that paper though). |
sullymw
Citizen
Username: Sullymw
Post Number: 222
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, February 5, 2004 - 9:02 am: |
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umich92: I feel your pain. Strangely enough, we had a nanny from Trinidad who did the same thing for the same reason. Name doesn't begin with a "B", does it? We've had so-so luck with other nannies and we're currently applying for an au pair thru Cultural Care. It takes a while to get an au pair, but the cost is significantly less than a full-time nanny, at least from our perspective. Best of luck |
shoshannah
Citizen
Username: Shoshannah
Post Number: 359
Registered: 7-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, February 5, 2004 - 10:21 am: |
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The local newspaper for the Portuguese-speaking community is Luso Americano. I have had great luck advertising there. |
umich92
Citizen
Username: Umich92
Post Number: 11
Registered: 7-2003
| | Posted on Friday, February 6, 2004 - 11:39 am: |
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LIVE-IN NANNY NEEDED
Thanks so much for all the advice. I will follow up with the newspapers suggested. Unfortunately, an agency is going to be too pricey for us. If you know anyone who is giving up a nanny for a good reason (i.e., kids starting school, relocating to another city, etc.) please let me know! |
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