"Polished"?

[Anonymous]

How would you describe the word "polished" when it comes to being a nanny? I was sent a job description for a nanny position through an agency that I work with and one of the things listed is that the nanny must be "neat and polished". I've seen this a lot but wanted to see how other nannies may classify this.

[Anonymous]

That you will look presentable, and act properly. They expect you to act like an employee and a household worker, not a college student and not the families friend.

[Anonymous]

Polished. Put together. Hair fixed neat and tidy. Light makeup. Never wear yoga pants or sweat pants. Maybe jeans. In the warmer months, never shorts too short. Nails trimmed and clean. Neutral colors. No excessive piercings. No visible tattoos.

I would never want a nanny job like that to be honest.

[Anonymous]

I used to work for a placement agency that wanted "polished" applicants. It means put together, dressed in a flattering manner - no muffin top, no exposed mid section peeping out between pants & blouse, yoga pants might fly for a nanny job if the right flowy nice blouse were on top. Nothing to make you stand out as weird - tattoos, piercings, excessive make up, t-shirts of your favorite band, perfume, etc. You should look warm and welcoming but professional and mature. At my old agency, it was kind of code for discriminating against significantly overweight people but I hope most agencies aren't like that.

[Anonymous]

Also, proper language. No slang, no elaborate metaphors of hearing farm animals when asked a simple question during the interview.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I used to work for a placement agency that wanted "polished" applicants. It means put together, dressed in a flattering manner - no muffin top, no exposed mid section peeping out between pants & blouse, yoga pants might fly for a nanny job if the right flowy nice blouse were on top. Nothing to make you stand out as weird - tattoos, piercings, excessive make up, t-shirts of your favorite band, perfume, etc. You should look warm and welcoming but professional and mature. At my old agency, it was kind of code for discriminating against significantly overweight people but I hope most agencies aren't like that.

Nannying is not a profession that the overweight can really partake in anyways.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I used to work for a placement agency that wanted "polished" applicants. It means put together, dressed in a flattering manner - no muffin top, no exposed mid section peeping out between pants & blouse, yoga pants might fly for a nanny job if the right flowy nice blouse were on top. Nothing to make you stand out as weird - tattoos, piercings, excessive make up, t-shirts of your favorite band, perfume, etc. You should look warm and welcoming but professional and mature. At my old agency, it was kind of code for discriminating against significantly overweight people but I hope most agencies aren't like that.

Nannying is not a profession that the overweight can really partake in anyways.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I used to work for a placement agency that wanted "polished" applicants. It means put together, dressed in a flattering manner - no muffin top, no exposed mid section peeping out between pants & blouse, yoga pants might fly for a nanny job if the right flowy nice blouse were on top. Nothing to make you stand out as weird - tattoos, piercings, excessive make up, t-shirts of your favorite band, perfume, etc. You should look warm and welcoming but professional and mature. At my old agency, it was kind of code for discriminating against significantly overweight people but I hope most agencies aren't like that.

Nannying is not a profession that the overweight can really partake in anyways.

Lmfao do you have nothing better to do with your night? We can't have one damn innocent thread without some moron coming out to troll, huh? Go away dumbass.

[Anonymous]

Let the fat shaming begin

[Anonymous]

Mb here. I think of polished as having a lot more to do with behavior and speech rather than appearance.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I used to work for a placement agency that wanted "polished" applicants. It means put together, dressed in a flattering manner - no muffin top, no exposed mid section peeping out between pants & blouse, yoga pants might fly for a nanny job if the right flowy nice blouse were on top. Nothing to make you stand out as weird - tattoos, piercings, excessive make up, t-shirts of your favorite band, perfume, etc. You should look warm and welcoming but professional and mature. At my old agency, it was kind of code for discriminating against significantly overweight people but I hope most agencies aren't like that.

Nannying is not a profession that the overweight can really partake in anyways.

Lmfao do you have nothing better to do with your night? We can't have one damn innocent thread without some moron coming out to troll, huh? Go away dumbass.

Not trying to start anything. Just saying can a 250 pound woman lay on the floor with a baby? Can she run with a 1st grader at the park? Can she climb up the jungle gym climber? Can she teacher a toddler how to eat healthy? Is she a good role model?

[Anonymous]

All of the above for a max of $15/hr! Of course, the parents are lazy slobs but the kids need a role model, ergo, a "polished" nanny is mandatory.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I used to work for a placement agency that wanted "polished" applicants. It means put together, dressed in a flattering manner - no muffin top, no exposed mid section peeping out between pants & blouse, yoga pants might fly for a nanny job if the right flowy nice blouse were on top. Nothing to make you stand out as weird - tattoos, piercings, excessive make up, t-shirts of your favorite band, perfume, etc. You should look warm and welcoming but professional and mature. At my old agency, it was kind of code for discriminating against significantly overweight people but I hope most agencies aren't like that.

Nannying is not a profession that the overweight can really partake in anyways.

Lmfao do you have nothing better to do with your night? We can't have one damn innocent thread without some moron coming out to troll, huh? Go away dumbass.

Not trying to start anything. Just saying can a 250 pound woman lay on the floor with a baby? Can she run with a 1st grader at the park? Can she climb up the jungle gym climber? Can she teacher a toddler how to eat healthy? Is she a good role model?

I weigh 230, but I am also 6' tall, and carry my weight decently. To answer your question, I had no problem rolling around on the floor when my charge's were babies, nor do I have an issue keeping up with them now at 3. Yes I do teach them to eat healthily, and prepare their meals from scratch. Being overweight does mean that you don't know what healthy food looks like. As for your last question, if you want someone to model being skinny to your kids, no I'm not that, but if you want someone who can teach your kids to be healthy but also to love yourself where you are, and to teach them confidence and good character, that I can do. Finally, your post assumes that someone thinner, by virtue of being thin, is going to be able to teach kids to be healthy and be active with them. This is a really stupid assumption, and could very well land you a lazy skinny nanny with disordered eating habits. Stereotypes are stupid.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I used to work for a placement agency that wanted "polished" applicants. It means put together, dressed in a flattering manner - no muffin top, no exposed mid section peeping out between pants & blouse, yoga pants might fly for a nanny job if the right flowy nice blouse were on top. Nothing to make you stand out as weird - tattoos, piercings, excessive make up, t-shirts of your favorite band, perfume, etc. You should look warm and welcoming but professional and mature. At my old agency, it was kind of code for discriminating against significantly overweight people but I hope most agencies aren't like that.

Nannying is not a profession that the overweight can really partake in anyways.

Lmfao do you have nothing better to do with your night? We can't have one damn innocent thread without some moron coming out to troll, huh? Go away dumbass.

Not trying to start anything. Just saying can a 250 pound woman lay on the floor with a baby? Can she run with a 1st grader at the park? Can she climb up the jungle gym climber? Can she teacher a toddler how to eat healthy? Is she a good role model?

I weigh 230, but I am also 6' tall, and carry my weight decently. To answer your question, I had no problem rolling around on the floor when my charge's were babies, nor do I have an issue keeping up with them now at 3. Yes I do teach them to eat healthily, and prepare their meals from scratch. Being overweight does mean that you don't know what healthy food looks like. As for your last question, if you want someone to model being skinny to your kids, no I'm not that, but if you want someone who can teach your kids to be healthy but also to love yourself where you are, and to teach them confidence and good character, that I can do. Finally, your post assumes that someone thinner, by virtue of being thin, is going to be able to teach kids to be healthy and be active with them. This is a really stupid assumption, and could very well land you a lazy skinny nanny with disordered eating habits. Stereotypes are stupid.

Actually my post didn't make ANY assumptions at all about skinny people. I only said things that overweight people are not good at. Being skinny does not make you a good nanny, or an active person, or smart, or anything. That's what interviews are for to weed those people out. But since when I am looking for someone I want someone really active, someone that will pack up all the soccer stuff and take the kids to the park and wear them out, or take them on a hike spontaneously. Someone that doesn't consider the park to be prime time to text all her friends.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I used to work for a placement agency that wanted "polished" applicants. It means put together, dressed in a flattering manner - no muffin top, no exposed mid section peeping out between pants & blouse, yoga pants might fly for a nanny job if the right flowy nice blouse were on top. Nothing to make you stand out as weird - tattoos, piercings, excessive make up, t-shirts of your favorite band, perfume, etc. You should look warm and welcoming but professional and mature. At my old agency, it was kind of code for discriminating against significantly overweight people but I hope most agencies aren't like that.

Nannying is not a profession that the overweight can really partake in anyways.

I'm a nanny and I just checked my weight I'm 5'0 and I weigh 154 that gives me a BMI of 30.1 so technically I'm obese I would need to weigh between 94.5 and 127.5 to be considered normal weight. My goal weight has always been 130 but after looking this up it's now 127 so I can be "normal" I do however feel perfectly healthy at my obese weight of 154 I don't know physically what I will be able to do better if I loose 25 pounds other then look better in a 2 piece at the pool.