Nannies and Au Pairs Must Make Safety First Priority By Diane Laney Fitzpatrick Your ocean visits should be full of fun and adventure and free from accidents. Be prepared for dangers from the water, sand and sun, and practice beach safety. Love Your Lifeguard Set up your beach spot in an area manned by lifeguards. […]
Top JobsForbes.comMaurna Desmond Good help for the children is hard to find. The best costs a fortune. Don’t call Autumn Backman a nanny. A lean, high-energy brunette, she speaks French, a bit of German, graduated magna cum laude from a respectable East Coast university and has lived in Vienna and Monte Carlo. “I’m more of […]
Weekly Trip to the Library It’s summertime and why not celebrate the season by borrowing books from the library with the kids. You will find plenty of poems, scientific facts, summer activities, and summer recipes in the books listed below. There are some fun fictional books perfect for the older kids in your care. Lemonade Sun: And Other Summer Poems […]
Survey Says Grandparents are Taking Over Child Care in Recession, Expert Addresses Effect on Family Relationships(CBS) Are roles changing for grandparents — from granny to nanny? In a Grandparents.com survey of 10,000 grandparents across the country, 61 percent of those polled said they take care of their grandkids on a regular basis. Twelve percent said […]
For the past week we have been discussing misleading advertising by some nanny web sites claiming that they pre-screen caregivers posted on their web sites. Three more nanny web sites have answered our questions about “pre-screening” which we share with you below. Shannon Pitts, CEO of InteliMark Enterprises explains, “GreatAupair.com does pre-screen every candidate and […]
For the past week we have been discussing that parents must screen caregivers themselves when using nanny web sites to hire in-home childcare providers. Nannies should check the backgrounds of the parents before accepting a new job as well. When you apply for a nanny position, you should expect a background check will be conducted […]
Last week we discussed misleading advertisements made by some nanny web sites claiming to “pre-screen” caregivers on their web sites. To see the article posted on Wednesday click here, to view Part II of the article posted onThursday click here, and to read our post on Friday click here. Unlike nanny web sites, au pair […]
Talent is Overrated: What Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everybody ElseBy Geogg ColvinGeoff Colvin is a Senior Editor and columnist for Fortune Magazine. In print and on television and radio, he reports about personal and business successes and the reasons for those results. In this book, Colvin examines whether success is determined by nature or […]
Whether parents decide to hire a nanny with the help of a nanny placement agency or do it themselves on a nanny web site they should understand the importance of background screenings. While parents and agencies may think that a background screening is thorough, it may or may not include all of the information a […]
Misleading Nanny Web Site AdsWhat separates a nanny placement agency from a nanny web site is that nanny placement agencies screen job applicants for the parents prior to sending caregivers on a job interview.Yesterday we started a discussion about misleading nanny web site advertising. Some nanny web site advertisements claim that their site lists pre-screened […]
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