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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would actually guess she's having trouble getting ahold of one of her former families. People move/change numbers, etc, and if she's been with her current family 7 years, she may have lost touch with the family before that. I would never give people out as references without touching base with them first. [/quote]

Wouldn't you do that work before you started the job search?  Not doing so, if you're definitely looking, seems like a level of disorganization that would be a red flag for me. [/quote]

+1. This, unfortunately.  [/quote]

-1. I don’t read it that way at all.  The nanny clearly told OP she hadn’t actively started looking for her next position.

And I really want to stress this to both nannies and employers:  do not give your references until the nanny has been offered the position and knows she will take it.  No one wants to take five reference calls from jobs the employers haven’t offered or the nanny isn’t sure if she will take.  Reference calls last between 30 to 45 minutes and too many are absolutely a burden. [/quote]

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