Best time for nanny to find new family

[Anonymous]

We have an amazing nanny - she has been with us for 8 years and is flexible, trustworthy, amazing with our kids and has great judgment. With our youngest in School half day, she’s also transitioned to taking on more housework and cooking. I would love to keep her in this role forever but she loves taking care of kids and ours will all be in full day school next year. I think we are at a good point to transition to either a full time housekeeper/house manager or au pair (kids will be 4, 8 and 10). I want to give our nanny the best chance of finding a new family to spend another 5-10 years with and am wondering if there are better times to start the search to increase the number of families looking.

She is legal to work and was with the prior two families for 10 and 7 years each, so really is looking for another long-term job.

[Anonymous]

There's no best time of year. But nobody is going to move in December, when they're hoping for a holiday bonus. She could put feelers out now, for fall.

[Anonymous]

Nanny here. Oddly, all three of my last jobs were found in December/January. I only start with newborns and babies are born all year round.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nanny here. Oddly, all three of my last jobs were found in December/January. I only start with newborns and babies are born all year round.

+1. I only start with a single newborn as well (no older siblings) and have gotten new positions at all times of the year. I highly recommend this approach for any nanny who wants a long-term position. It’s better for bonding too.

[Anonymous]

We have just hired a nanny to start in feb for my now newborn. So she can start looking now if she's interested in being with a family from the beginning.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nanny here. Oddly, all three of my last jobs were found in December/January. I only start with newborns and babies are born all year round.

+1. I only start with a single newborn as well (no older siblings) and have gotten new positions at all times of the year. I highly recommend this approach for any nanny who wants a long-term position. It’s better for bonding too.

+2. Tell your nanny to get recertified in newborn CPR and care and tell her to only apply for jobs with just one newborn and first time parents.

[Anonymous]

I used to run a nanny placement agency, and January - March was always our busy season, with lots of families looking for nannies to start in that time period.

June-September are NOT great months to be looking, as lots of nannies enter the job market around that time due to the youngest child in the family starting kindergarten.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I used to run a nanny placement agency, and January - March was always our busy season, with lots of families looking for nannies to start in that time period.

June-September are NOT great months to be looking, as lots of nannies enter the job market around that time due to the youngest child in the family starting kindergarten.

Thank you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nanny here. Oddly, all three of my last jobs were found in December/January. I only start with newborns and babies are born all year round.

+1. I only start with a single newborn as well (no older siblings) and have gotten new positions at all times of the year. I highly recommend this approach for any nanny who wants a long-term position. It’s better for bonding too.

+2. Tell your nanny to get recertified in newborn CPR and care and tell her to only apply for jobs with just one newborn and first time parents.

+3

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We have an amazing nanny - she has been with us for 8 years and is flexible, trustworthy, amazing with our kids and has great judgment. With our youngest in School half day, she’s also transitioned to taking on more housework and cooking. I would love to keep her in this role forever but she loves taking care of kids and ours will all be in full day school next year. I think we are at a good point to transition to either a full time housekeeper/house manager or au pair (kids will be 4, 8 and 10). I want to give our nanny the best chance of finding a new family to spend another 5-10 years with and am wondering if there are better times to start the search to increase the number of families looking.

She is legal to work and was with the prior two families for 10 and 7 years each, so really is looking for another long-term job.

Hello, I'm a FTM due in May and would be very interested in talking to your nanny. Please have her contact me at [e-mail].

[Anonymous]

Would you consider using her for household manager position, or is that not an area where she shines? I ask because you may be surprised to learn that she would rather make the transition to a new job role than a new family. I never thought I would want to work with older kids but my current family I just fell in love with and can’t imagine leaving.

[Anonymous]

Nanny here. I'd rather stay with a family I love and getting new tasks than leaving But that's just me.
I would still want to be able to spend time with the children though.

[Anonymous]

We have a 7 month old baby girl and are looking for a nanny. We live within a 10 minute walk of the Brookland metro. My email is [e-mail].