Parents, do you check your nannies credentials?

[Anonymous]

If not, you should.

Andedotal but a local nanny always managed to get very high paying jobs ($5-10 more than average for our area). She ended up drunkenly confessing to another fellow nanny she made up about 50% of her resume. Including that she has a Bachelors in Early Childhood Education and a teaching degree as well as that she worked as a CNA for a few years. She also had family pretend to be references.

She's not a bad nanny, she's caring and organized but I was shocked that she lied and that all these high profile families that keep hiring her don't check her credentials.

If it seems to good to be true, it probably is...

[Anonymous]

A LOT of people lie on their resumes. I do not, and I assume anyone asking me to hire them does. I checked every single job and reference our (then potential) nanny gave us.

[Anonymous]

We checked. That is why our nanny gets paid $27.

[Anonymous]

The sad thing about this is even if parents do check, some families still try to pay $18-$20 for having a degree.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If not, you should.

Andedotal but a local nanny always managed to get very high paying jobs ($5-10 more than average for our area). She ended up drunkenly confessing to another fellow nanny she made up about 50% of her resume. Including that she has a Bachelors in Early Childhood Education and a teaching degree as well as that she worked as a CNA for a few years. She also had family pretend to be references.

She's not a bad nanny, she's caring and organized but I was shocked that she lied and that all these high profile families that keep hiring her don't check her credentials.

If it seems to good to be true, it probably is...

I don't believe OP, most families that are paying $27-$35 go through agency. And how do you know that other nanny is telling the truth? Plus most people wouldn't believe I was teaching in private schools or nanny for the Kennedy family. But I always have proof.

[Anonymous]

A lot of families don't believe that nannies of color can be educated which is sad.

[Anonymous]

This is SO true- even references can be faked. I was shocked at how many nannies we interviewed who lied.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If not, you should.

Andedotal but a local nanny always managed to get very high paying jobs ($5-10 more than average for our area). She ended up drunkenly confessing to another fellow nanny she made up about 50% of her resume. Including that she has a Bachelors in Early Childhood Education and a teaching degree as well as that she worked as a CNA for a few years. She also had family pretend to be references.

She's not a bad nanny, she's caring and organized but I was shocked that she lied and that all these high profile families that keep hiring her don't check her credentials.

If it seems to good to be true, it probably is...

I don't believe OP, most families that are paying $27-$35 go through agency. And how do you know that other nanny is telling the truth? Plus most people wouldn't believe I was teaching in private schools or nanny for the Kennedy family. But I always have proof.

Whether you believe me or not is irrelevant.

But you are correct, the other nanny could be lying but I doubt it because she's very trustworthy. The nanny finds jobs via Care or various online means (FB groups). There are plenty of families in my area who do not go through agencies.

[Anonymous]

Actually, my employers found me on care.com and I am a $27 an hour nanny.

[Anonymous]

I have heard nannies say they lied about vaccinations and CPR training. Never about fake degrees or fake references.

[Anonymous]

If you don't check, that is your problem

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have heard nannies say they lied about vaccinations and CPR training. Never about fake degrees or fake references.

As a nanny, lying about CPR/First Aid training is incredibly stupid. Way to put your charges in danger, as well as yourself.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have heard nannies say they lied about vaccinations and CPR training. Never about fake degrees or fake references.

As a nanny, lying about CPR/First Aid training is incredibly stupid. Way to put your charges in danger, as well as yourself.

I am a nanny to and I agree with you 100%. I feel the same way about vaccinations, especially tdap when you work with newborns. To lie about either is moral reprehensible.

[Anonymous]

You can check and see if someone has a degree but I don't think you can check and see what she majored in? Am I wrong?

Doesn't matter in our case - our nanny is so great, I wouldn't care if she'd lied about her major at this point!

[Anonymous]

I knew a Nanny that used to buy her Infant/Toddler First Aid & CPR certificates online every two years for twenty bucks a pop.

They looked truly legit.

Parents should not accept online training certificates.
They should only accept Red Cross.