Bethesda nanny rates?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:$16-18/hour will get you TONS of resumes from candidates with lots of qualifications and experience.

If your job is a guaranteed 50 hours a week you can find skilled and experienced applicants for as little at $15/hr.

The higher the rate you offer the more demanding you can be in terms of experience, fluency, driving responsibilities, etc...

If you go as high as $20/hr you will be flooded with resumes and you'll need to set some very picky criteria to help you weed through the volume (for instance minimum number of years experience, background in child development, level of formal education, etc...)

This is spot on.

I advertised $18/hr and was overwhelmed with applicants. I immediately regretted posting such a high rate.

[Anonymous]

I only interviewed people whose employers posted recommendations for them and I was not able to find nanny share (two infants) for less than 21-22 an hour. Maybe partially due to it being a nanny share. But most people wanted a guaranteed minimum of at least 1000 a week and I had several people turn me down even with that salary.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I only interviewed people whose employers posted recommendations for them and I was not able to find nanny share (two infants) for less than 21-22 an hour. Maybe partially due to it being a nanny share. But most people wanted a guaranteed minimum of at least 1000 a week and I had several people turn me down even with that salary.

Rates for a share are different than for one infant.

[Anonymous]

PP Is only interviewing nannies who come with a local recommendation. When your actual interviewing qualified applicants you will find the rates are a bit higher. When we interviewed nannies the lowest rate we heard for 1 infant was $20hr all the way up to $30. We went with a nanny who charged $23 an hour. Could we find someone cheaper? Yes we could, but it's like the difference between staying at Best Western or The Ritz. You generally do get what you pay for. Unfortunately many don't see it this way. I think it's because a lot of what you get with a qualified applicant isn't always tangible but rather understated. Yet when you have a great nanny you have a great child, less behavior problems, generally good eaters, and sleepers, socialized(not biting and hitting others) Not that issues don't arise( they do) but they are short lived a few days maybe a week...and they child is sailing past peers in most areas manners/educational/emotional. It's because you pay for experience and also someone who gets results.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:PP Is only interviewing nannies who come with a local recommendation. When your actual interviewing qualified applicants you will find the rates are a bit higher. When we interviewed nannies the lowest rate we heard for 1 infant was $20hr all the way up to $30. We went with a nanny who charged $23 an hour. Could we find someone cheaper? Yes we could, but it's like the difference between staying at Best Western or The Ritz. You generally do get what you pay for. Unfortunately many don't see it this way. I think it's because a lot of what you get with a qualified applicant isn't always tangible but rather understated. Yet when you have a great nanny you have a great child, less behavior problems, generally good eaters, and sleepers, socialized(not biting and hitting others) Not that issues don't arise( they do) but they are short lived a few days maybe a week...and they child is sailing past peers in most areas manners/educational/emotional. It's because you pay for experience and also someone who gets results.

Nice story.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PP Is only interviewing nannies who come with a local recommendation. When your actual interviewing qualified applicants you will find the rates are a bit higher. When we interviewed nannies the lowest rate we heard for 1 infant was $20hr all the way up to $30. We went with a nanny who charged $23 an hour. Could we find someone cheaper? Yes we could, but it's like the difference between staying at Best Western or The Ritz. You generally do get what you pay for. Unfortunately many don't see it this way. I think it's because a lot of what you get with a qualified applicant isn't always tangible but rather understated. Yet when you have a great nanny you have a great child, less behavior problems, generally good eaters, and sleepers, socialized(not biting and hitting others) Not that issues don't arise( they do) but they are short lived a few days maybe a week...and they child is sailing past peers in most areas manners/educational/emotional. It's because you pay for experience and also someone who gets results.

Nice story.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:$16-18/hour will get you TONS of resumes from candidates with lots of qualifications and experience.

If your job is a guaranteed 50 hours a week you can find skilled and experienced applicants for as little at $15/hr.

The higher the rate you offer the more demanding you can be in terms of experience, fluency, driving responsibilities, etc...

If you go as high as $20/hr you will be flooded with resumes and you'll need to set some very picky criteria to help you weed through the volume (for instance minimum number of years experience, background in child development, level of formal education, etc...)

This is spot on.

I advertised $18/hr and was overwhelmed with applicants. I immediately regretted posting such a high rate.

My friend was overwhelmed when she advertised minimum wage.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:$16-18/hour will get you TONS of resumes from candidates with lots of qualifications and experience.

If your job is a guaranteed 50 hours a week you can find skilled and experienced applicants for as little at $15/hr.

The higher the rate you offer the more demanding you can be in terms of experience, fluency, driving responsibilities, etc...

If you go as high as $20/hr you will be flooded with resumes and you'll need to set some very picky criteria to help you weed through the volume (for instance minimum number of years experience, background in child development, level of formal education, etc...)

This is spot on.

I advertised $18/hr and was overwhelmed with applicants. I immediately regretted posting such a high rate.

My friend was overwhelmed when she advertised minimum wage.

Overwhelmed with what? American college graduates with years of experience as a nanny or preschool teacher? I don't think so.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:$16-18/hour will get you TONS of resumes from candidates with lots of qualifications and experience.

If your job is a guaranteed 50 hours a week you can find skilled and experienced applicants for as little at $15/hr.

The higher the rate you offer the more demanding you can be in terms of experience, fluency, driving responsibilities, etc...

If you go as high as $20/hr you will be flooded with resumes and you'll need to set some very picky criteria to help you weed through the volume (for instance minimum number of years experience, background in child development, level of formal education, etc...)

This is spot on.

I advertised $18/hr and was overwhelmed with applicants. I immediately regretted posting such a high rate.

My friend was overwhelmed when she advertised minimum wage.

Overwhelmed with what? American college graduates with years of experience as a nanny or preschool teacher? I don't think so.

Exactly. Overwhelmed with broken English babysitters, not nannies.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:$16-18/hour will get you TONS of resumes from candidates with lots of qualifications and experience.

If your job is a guaranteed 50 hours a week you can find skilled and experienced applicants for as little at $15/hr.

The higher the rate you offer the more demanding you can be in terms of experience, fluency, driving responsibilities, etc...

If you go as high as $20/hr you will be flooded with resumes and you'll need to set some very picky criteria to help you weed through the volume (for instance minimum number of years experience, background in child development, level of formal education, etc...)

This is spot on.

I advertised $18/hr and was overwhelmed with applicants. I immediately regretted posting such a high rate.

My friend was overwhelmed when she advertised minimum wage.

Overwhelmed with what? American college graduates with years of experience as a nanny or preschool teacher? I don't think so.

There is nothing special about being American, or graduating from an American college.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:PP Is only interviewing nannies who come with a local recommendation. When your actual interviewing qualified applicants you will find the rates are a bit higher. When we interviewed nannies the lowest rate we heard for 1 infant was $20hr all the way up to $30. We went with a nanny who charged $23 an hour. Could we find someone cheaper? Yes we could, but it's like the difference between staying at Best Western or The Ritz. You generally do get what you pay for. Unfortunately many don't see it this way. I think it's because a lot of what you get with a qualified applicant isn't always tangible but rather understated. Yet when you have a great nanny you have a great child, less behavior problems, generally good eaters, and sleepers, socialized(not biting and hitting others) Not that issues don't arise( they do) but they are short lived a few days maybe a week...and they child is sailing past peers in most areas manners/educational/emotional. It's because you pay for experience and also someone who gets results.

Haha. Thanks for the laugh Dcum nanny poser poster.