do they not read the ad?!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most of the ads I see are pretty useless anyways. These are for older kids (like 3 and above).

Lines that aren't helpful in your ad:

1) "We are looking for someone that loves children" - Oh ok, so that excludes the nannies that hate children. So your parenting style is "love the children" got it.

2) "If children frustrate you, this won't be the position for you" - A line like this makes me think your kids are not well behaved and are "hard to love" to an outsider.

3) "The children are sweet but high energy" - Ok now it's confirmed, your kids are hell raisers and most of your nannies have quit after a few months.

4) "Animal lovers please apply (we have pets)!" - What a dumb line, just say you have a cat or whatever.

5) "Arts and crafts lovers are strongly encouraged to apply!" - I see this on every ad, and I'm sure most of those kids don't want to do arts and crafts. Why not be more specific and say they like to color or want to learn to draw. Just because a nanny might like making a handprint turkey at Thanksgiving doesn't mean they could help your child learn to draw. Just be specific!

6) "Willing to pay well for the right candidate" - Everyone knows this means you pay very little money. Just list the actual amount you are willing to offer. Stop screwing around.

This is why I'm not a fan of the tick boxes .Simply not enough information. But even if a family fills out a proper listing you can't read it unless you have a premium membership.

What are you talking about? I have been using care.com and sittercity on the side for over 8 years (well sittercity for 2-3) and have never ever once paid them a dime. I have read, responded to, and landed numerous jobs without paying anything.

Sittercity IS free for nannies. Care.com has always required nannies to have a membership before they can respond to messages or apply to jobs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most of the ads I see are pretty useless anyways. These are for older kids (like 3 and above).

Lines that aren't helpful in your ad:

1) "We are looking for someone that loves children" - Oh ok, so that excludes the nannies that hate children. So your parenting style is "love the children" got it.

2) "If children frustrate you, this won't be the position for you" - A line like this makes me think your kids are not well behaved and are "hard to love" to an outsider.

3) "The children are sweet but high energy" - Ok now it's confirmed, your kids are hell raisers and most of your nannies have quit after a few months.

4) "Animal lovers please apply (we have pets)!" - What a dumb line, just say you have a cat or whatever.

5) "Arts and crafts lovers are strongly encouraged to apply!" - I see this on every ad, and I'm sure most of those kids don't want to do arts and crafts. Why not be more specific and say they like to color or want to learn to draw. Just because a nanny might like making a handprint turkey at Thanksgiving doesn't mean they could help your child learn to draw. Just be specific!

6) "Willing to pay well for the right candidate" - Everyone knows this means you pay very little money. Just list the actual amount you are willing to offer. Stop screwing around.

This is why I'm not a fan of the tick boxes .Simply not enough information. But even if a family fills out a proper listing you can't read it unless you have a premium membership.

What are you talking about? I have been using care.com and sittercity on the side for over 8 years (well sittercity for 2-3) and have never ever once paid them a dime. I have read, responded to, and landed numerous jobs without paying anything.

Sittercity IS free for nannies. Care.com has always required nannies to have a membership before they can respond to messages or apply to jobs.

Membership for nannies on Care.com is free and always has been. I have used it for every job I've gotten in the last 9 years as well and have never paid for anything except the background check, which is optional.

[Anonymous]

It is free for both parents and nannies. But you cannot view or respond to profiles and applications unless the nanny or the parent is a paying member.

So if you have never paid it is because the parents are paying members.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It is free for both parents and nannies. But you cannot view or respond to profiles and applications unless the nanny or the parent is a paying member.

So if you have never paid it is because the parents are paying members.

That is not being debated here. Read again. NANNIES do not need to pay, no one said anything about it being free for parents.

[Anonymous]

I will agree with PPs that sometimes NFs will just check the bare minimum information boxes on Care and expect someone to know what they are looking for. I just love the ones that say, "We need a nanny, and we're looking now! Must love kids!" DUH!

I had a family once say that a contributing factor to them hiring me was that I was one of only 2-3 people who responded to the ad looking for a long term position because the other applicants all assumed it was a summer job.