ahh. . . matching

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My friends just went through matching. They had a similar experience to yours. Many girls turning them down before they even had a conversation- and they are an easy family with 2 schoolage kids. A few girls with whom conversations were going well, actually asked them to release them, so they could talk to other potential families.
They talked to our LCC, and she says this is common this year. They are guessing that many incoming APs only want to be in NY, FL or CA.

Our AP is here for a few more months, but it makes me scared for match season.

One suggestion for CCAP is to let the APs have 2-3 families they can talk to at a time, instead of just 1. It seems like these APs turn down a family immediately, because they don't want to be locked up in their account

The last suggestion is similar to the Au Pair in America process - which then sucks after we spend time getting to know & liking an au pair & then they can bail for the other family they are talking to or spend lots of your time skyping and getting invested while they are going & back weighing their options. Both systems have pluses and minuses I guess,

I assume the girls who bail quickly are looking for a particular location or particular age range etc. (or as easy a gig in terms of time or particular perks as possible). I think they get in trouble with CCAP if they explicitly start saying it's about location vs. that it didn't seem like a fit or other reasons.

[Anonymous]

after a couple of e-mails, we spoke to a girl on Sunday. It took 20 minutes to connect over skype because she'd never done it before. she told us she was the first family she talked to. we really liked her. we e-mailed the next day. no response. 3 days later, i noticed her profile disappeared, so I e-mailed her again asking whether she'd matched with another family. no response. called the agency this morning, just to verify, and they said she had matched with another family.

i feel like i dodged a bullet. these moments scare me because girls who seem so great turn around and demonstrate poor communication and immaturity. i can take an au pair's rejection, but just please let me know that, so i can move on. also, who are these families that go from speaking to an au pair to matching in 3 days? that seems nuts to me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:after a couple of e-mails, we spoke to a girl on Sunday. It took 20 minutes to connect over skype because she'd never done it before. she told us she was the first family she talked to. we really liked her. we e-mailed the next day. no response. 3 days later, i noticed her profile disappeared, so I e-mailed her again asking whether she'd matched with another family. no response. called the agency this morning, just to verify, and they said she had matched with another family.

i feel like i dodged a bullet. these moments scare me because girls who seem so great turn around and demonstrate poor communication and immaturity. i can take an au pair's rejection, but just please let me know that, so i can move on. also, who are these families that go from speaking to an au pair to matching in 3 days? that seems nuts to me.

It is not that rare to match quick on AIPIA. Our first AP was about 3 days and she had 5 other families try to match with her and like 2 or 3 still waiting on her response. We got lucky and we had a great year with her. Next matches on APIA took lonnger (3 weeks or so). CCAP service up tends to give both parties more time select, APIA you gotta move quick.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:after a couple of e-mails, we spoke to a girl on Sunday. It took 20 minutes to connect over skype because she'd never done it before. she told us she was the first family she talked to. we really liked her. we e-mailed the next day. no response. 3 days later, i noticed her profile disappeared, so I e-mailed her again asking whether she'd matched with another family. no response. called the agency this morning, just to verify, and they said she had matched with another family.

i feel like i dodged a bullet. these moments scare me because girls who seem so great turn around and demonstrate poor communication and immaturity. i can take an au pair's rejection, but just please let me know that, so i can move on. also, who are these families that go from speaking to an au pair to matching in 3 days? that seems nuts to me.

It is not that rare to match quick on AIPIA. Our first AP was about 3 days and she had 5 other families try to match with her and like 2 or 3 still waiting on her response. We got lucky and we had a great year with her. Next matches on APIA took lonnger (3 weeks or so). CCAP service up tends to give both parties more time select, APIA you gotta move quick.

I am 11:05 above. It was CCAP. To me, it still seems so risky on both sides to match in 3 days.